Lévy Koffi Djidji (born 30 November 1992) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for Italian

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club

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. Born in France, Djidji represents the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Djidji started his career in the youth team of his hometown club AJN Bagnolet. In the spring of 2006, he left his hometown and signed with Saint-Herblain Olympique Club. In summer 2007, at the age of fifteen, he moved to the under-18 team of

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side

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...

, being promoted to the reserve team one year later for the 2008–09 season. He played in his first three years for the reserve team in ten games in the CFA 2 Groupe G. On 4 August 2012, he played his senior debut in the

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for Nantes against Nimes Olympique. He scored his first goal in

against Montpellier on 22 March 2014, in a 2–1 win for Nantes over Montpellier. On 17 August 2018, Djidji joined the Italian

club

on loan with an option to buy. On 5 October 2020, Djidji joined

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on loan.

International career

Djidji was born and raised in France to an Ivorian father and a French mother. He received a call-up to the Ivory national team for their friendly 0–0 tie against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Djidji, Koffi 1992 births Living people Citizens of Ivory Coast through descent Ivorian footballers Association football defenders Ivory Coast international footballers French footballers Ivorian people of French descent French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Serie A players FC Nantes players Torino F.C. players F.C. Crotone players French expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy