Diaranké Fofana (born 14 July 1989) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender.
Career
Fofana began his early career with the reserves of
Creteil, and had a brief stint in Romania before returning to amateur league in France. In 2018, he joined
Chambly and helped them get promoted to
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
. He made his professional debut with Chambly in a 2–0
Coupe de la Ligue
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loss to
Gazélec Ajaccio
Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio (), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1910, Gazélec played one season in Ligue 1 in the 2015–16 seaso ...
on 13 August 2019.
In August 2020 he moved to
Championnat National
The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...
side
Cholet
Cholet (, probably from Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers. ...
at the end of his Chambly contract.
On 6 June 2021, Fofana agreed to join
Sedan. On 22 July 2022, he moved to
C'Chartres.
Personal life
Fofana was born in
Montreuil Montreuil is a French place name derived from Medieval Latin , "Little Monastery".
It most often refers to Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis (aka Montreuil-sous-Bois), a French commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, Seine-St-Denis department.
It ma ...
, France. He holds French and Malian nationalities.
Honours
Les Herbiers
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Coupe de France
The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...
runner-up:
2017–18
References
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1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
French men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC Chambly Oise players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
USC Corte players
SO Cholet players
CS Sedan Ardennes players
C'Chartres Football players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
Malian men's footballers
Black French sportspeople
21st-century French sportsmen