Rahavi Minimbou Kifouéti (born 12 March 1989) is a retired professional footballer who played as a

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or winger. Born in France, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

Early career

Kifouéti was born in Issy-les-Moulineaux,

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(suburban Paris). He began his career in 2005 with AJ Auxerre. After six months without a club, following his release from Auxerre in July 2008, he signed a contract with ES Wasquehal on 12 December 2008. Afterwards, he had short spells with Le Havre, Vendeé Poiré-sur-Vie, USJA Carquefou and Luçon.

Botev Plovdiv

After a successful trial, Kifouéti signed a contract with

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on 11 September 2015. During the trial, he scored twice in a friendly game against Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa. Kifouéti made an official debut for

on 12 September, but he was unable to prevent the 0–2 home loss from Litex Lovech. On 23 September 2015, Kifouéti scored his first goal for

during the 0–4 away win over

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in a game for the Bulgarian Cup. In October, Kifouéti provided the assists for the winning goals against PFC Montana and

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. In the spring of 2016, Kifouéti failed to impress. After taking part in 22 official games and scoring one goal, he was released from the club at the end of the season.

Lokomotiv GO

Kifouéti spent the next season at newly promoted Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, but left the club in June 2017 when his contract expired.

Doxa Katokopias

On 11 July 2017, Kifouéti signed with Cypriot club

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Elazigspor

On 14 August 2018, he signed for Turkish club Elazigspor.

Bastia

On 12 October 2018, he signed a one-year contract with SC Bastia, and was released in July.

International career

Kifouéti made his debut for the Congo national football team in a 5–1

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loss with Ghana on 5 September 2017.

References

External links

Player Profile
at foot-national.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kifoueti, Rahavi 1989 births Living people People from Issy-les-Moulineaux Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine Republic of the Congo men's footballers Republic of the Congo men's international footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards AJ Auxerre players Le Havre AC players Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie Football players USJA Carquefou players Luçon FC players Botev Plovdiv players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players Doxa Katokopias FC players SC Bastia players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in France 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers Wasquehal Football players Black French sportspeople