Rene Osei Kofi (born 31 December 1991) is a Ghanaian-Dutch
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 le ...
who has played as a
defender for various clubs in the
Netherlands,
England,
Spain,
Cyprus and
North Macedonia.
Career
As a product of the
Ajax Youth Academy, he began his professional career at
Almere City
Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and hosts home matches ...
in the Dutch
Eerste Divisie on a season-long loan for the 2010–2011 season.
On 10 November 2010, his loan spell was brought to an abrupt end following an incident in the Almere City locker room, where Osei Kofi put a gun to the head of teammate
Christian Gandu. Two days later his contract with Ajax was canceled with immediate effect as a result.
Osei Kofi then went on trial in England at
Birmingham City and
Crystal Palace but was not offered a contract. In March 2012 he signed with the Spanish club
CD Comarca de Níjar
Club Deportivo Comarca de Níjar is a List of football clubs in Spain, football team based in Níjar, Spain. Founded in 2000, the team plays in Tercera División, Tercera División – Group 9.
The club's home ground is Estadio Municipal Comarca d ...
which plays in the
Tercera División. In the 2012/13 season he played for
Haaglandia in the
Topklasse. He finished the season with
FK Drita Bogovinje in
North Macedonia. In June 2013 he signed for a season with
Aris Limassol in
Cyprus. Then he was without a club for several years.
In October 2017 he signed for English non-league side
Chorley
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...
, however was released after making just a single appearance in the
FA Cup.
From the 2019/20 season onward, he played for
SV TEC
Sportvereniging Tielse Eendracht Combinatie, more commonly known as SV TEC or simply TEC (), is a football club based in Tiel, Gelderland. Formed on 1 June 1924, it plays in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system ...
in the
Tweede Divisie
Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...
.
References
External links
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voetbal international profile
1991 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
Dutch people of Ghanaian descent
AFC Ajax players
Almere City FC players
VV Haaglandia players
Aris Limassol FC players
Footballers from Amsterdam
Eerste Divisie players
Derde Divisie players
Cypriot First Division players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Men's association football defenders
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