Adama Fofana (born 11 October 1999) is a 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 plays as a defender.
Born in the Ivory Coast, Fofana plays for the
Burkina Faso national team.
Club career
Fofana attended the
Right to Dream Academy
Right to Dream is a youth association football academy system based in Ghana. It started in 1999 as a residential school and training center in Accra. It is owned by the Mansour Group.
It is now a multi-club multi-academy group with branches i ...
before joining Swedish club
Varbergs BoIS
Varbergs BoIS FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Varberg, the main town of Varberg Municipality in Halland County.
Background
The club was formed at a meeting in the Varbergs Folkets Hus on 25 March 1925. The backbone of the ...
in 2018.
On 31 August 2021, he moved to
Dijon
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...
in France on a three-year contract.
Personal life
Born in the Ivory Coast, Fofana is of Burkinabé descent. He debuted with the
Burkina Faso national team in a friendly 1–0 win over
DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
on 23 September 2022.
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1999 births
People from Woroba District
Living people
21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen
21st-century Ivorian sportsmen
Ivorian people of Burkinabe descent
Men's association football defenders
Ivorian men's footballers
Burkinabe men's footballers
Burkina Faso men's international footballers
Right to Dream Academy players
Varbergs BoIS players
Dijon FCO players
Adanaspor footballers
Superettan players
Allsvenskan players
Ligue 2 players
TFF 1. Lig players
Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers
Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France
Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Turkey