Youssouf Falikou Fofana (born 26 July 1966 in Divo) is an Ivorian former professional

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who played as a

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for clubs like

ASEC Mimosas The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas A ...

AS Cannes Association Sportive de Cannes Football (; commonly referred to as AS Cannes or simply Cannes) is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently plays in the Championnat National 3, ...

AS Monaco FC Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Fre ...

Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The ...

Karşıyaka S.K. Karşıyaka Spor Kulübü (English: Karşıyaka Sports Club) also known as Karşıyaka is a Turkish sports club located in Karşıyaka, Izmir. Founded in 1912, they are Izmir's oldest club. Like all others in Turkey; the "SK" suffix refers to ''s ...

Al-Nassr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yello ...

, and the Ivory Coast national team. Fofana is the sporting director of

ASEC Abidjan The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas Abidjan'' and ''ASEC Abidjan'', especi ...

Honours

Monaco *

1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1991–92 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Werder Bremen in the final against Monaco. Both were first-time finalists in the competition. Defending champions Manchester United were eliminated by Atlético Madrid in the second ...

runner-up: 1991–92 Ivory Coast *

African Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

References

External links

Youssouf Fofana: Pure ivory
at FIFA.com * 1966 births Living people People from Divo, Ivory Coast Ivorian footballers Association football forwards Ivory Coast international footballers Ivory Coast under-20 international footballers Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players AS Cannes players AS Monaco FC players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players ASEC Mimosas players Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Al Nassr FC players Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Expatriate footballers in Monaco Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub