Jean Romaric Kevin Koffi (born 25 June 1986) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

A youth product of Modena, Koffi left for Virtus Castelfranco of

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in the summer of 2004, a team in the

Province of Modena The Province of Modena ( it, Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena. It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 ''comuni'' (singular: ''co ...

. In the summer of 2007, Modena re-signed Koffi. After playing three times in

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, he was released. In October 2010, he signed for ''Seconda Divisione'' side

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, but he was released in December. However on 31 January 2011, he signed for

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team

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and immediately loaned to Siracusa (swapped with youngster Andrea Petta). It was because when Koffi became a free agent, Napoli would got a non-EU signing from abroad quota to "replace" Koffi. On 15 August 2011, he signed for another Serie A team,

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. He moved to the

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side Royal Boussu Dour Borinage on the same day. In the same window, Roma also signed Alain Mendy and released him to Belgium in order to get the non-EU quota. On 31 January 2014, he signed for

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References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2007–08)
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