Rahavi Minimbou Kifouéti (born 12 March 1989) is a retired professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a striker or winger. Born in France, he represented Congo at international level.

Club career

Early career

Kifouéti was born in

Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called in French. It is one of Paris's entrances and is located from Notre Dame Cathedral, whic ...

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

(suburban Paris). He began his career in 2005 with

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or by the abbreviation AJA, is a French professional association football, football club based in the Communes of France, commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club plays in L ...

. After six months without a club, following his release from Auxerre in July 2008, he signed a contract with

ES Wasquehal Wasquehal Football is a French football club based in the town of Wasquehal, Hauts-de-France. The club was founded in 1924 and plays in the National 2, the fourth tier of the French football league system. History and mergers The club was foun ...

on 12 December 2008. Afterwards, he had short spells with

Le Havre Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...

, Vendeé Poiré-sur-Vie,

USJA Carquefou USJA Carquefou is a French football team currently playing in Championnat National based in Carquefou, Loire-Atlantique. History The club was founded in 1942 as merger of two local clubs, ''Union Sportive de Carquefou'' and ''Jeanne d'Arc de C ...

and

Luçon Luçon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Vendée Departments of France, department, Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region, western France. Its inhabitants are known as Luçonnais. Luçon Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Luço ...

Botev Plovdiv

After a successful trial, Kifouéti signed a contract with

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev AD, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv (, ), or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional Association football, football club based in Plovdiv. It competes in the First Professiona ...

on 11 September 2015. During the trial, he scored twice in a friendly game against

Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa Lokomotiv () is a Bulgarian association football club based in Gorna Oryahovitsa, which currently competes in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football. Established in 1932 as a sports association of the railway workers in the t ...

. Kifouéti made an official debut for

on 12 September, but he was unable to prevent the 0–2 home loss from

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

. On 23 September 2015, Kifouéti scored his first goal for

during the 0–4 away win over

FC Septemvri Simitli FC Septemvri () is a Bulgarian football club based in Simitli, which currently plays in the Third League, the third tier of the Bulgarian football league system. History The club was founded in 1942. From 1961 to 1975, it was called "Pirin miner ...

in a game for the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

. In October, Kifouéti provided the assists for the winning goals against

PFC Montana FC Montana () is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Montana, which currently plays in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. Montana plays its home matches at the Ogosta Stadium, which has a ...

and

Pirin Blagoevgrad Football club Pirin (), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the Second League, the second division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 2008, after a merger ...

. 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

, but left the club in June 2017 when his contract expired.

Doxa Katokopias

On 11 July 2017, Kifouéti signed with Cypriot club Doxa Katokopias.

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 Sporting Club Bastia (, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a French professional association football, football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football in France, ...

, and was released in July.

International career

Kifouéti made his debut for the

Congo national football team The Congo national football team ( Kikongo: ''Ekipe ya nkweso ya nsi ya Kongo'') represents the Republic of the Congo in men's association football and is governed by the Congolese Football Federation. They have never qualified for the World C ...

in a 5–1

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA FIFA#Structure, confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia national football team, Rus ...

loss with

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

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 21st-century French sportsmen