Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 1998)

Not to be confused with Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 2000).

Mamadou Fofana
Fofana with the New England Revolution in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-21) 21 January 1998
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 New England Revolution
Number 2
Youth career
2014–2016 Stade Malien
2016–2017 Alanyaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Alanyaspor 25 (0)
2017 → Bandırmaspor (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2021 Metz 69 (0)
2021–2024 Amiens 114 (0)
2024– New England Revolution 15 (0)
International career‡
2015 Mali U17 7 (0)
2017–2018 Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 44 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Mamadou Fofana (born 21 January 1998), also known as Nojo, is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defender for MLS side New England Revolution[1] and the Mali national team.[2]

Club career

Fofana transferred to Alanyaspor in 2016, joining from the academy of Stade Malien.[3] Fofana made his professional debut for Alanyaspor in a 2–3 Süper Lig loss to Çaykur Rizespor on 14 January 2017.[4]

On 12 August 2021, he moved to Ligue 2 club Amiens and signed a five-year contract.[5]

December 2, 2024 New England Revolution signed Mamadou Fofana from French Ligue 2 side Amiens SC.[6] Fofana joined the Revolution for a reported fee of €1.7 million (~$1,783,000). Trésarrieu also reported Fofana signed a three-year contract with the Revolution.[7] The deal also includes a club option for 2028.[7] Fofana made his MLS debut, and recorded his first start for the Revolution, in the 2025 season opener, a 0-0 draw against Nashville SC on 22 February.[8]

International career

Fofana represents Mali internationally, and represented the Mali U17s at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[9] and the Mali U20s at 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[10]

Fofana made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alanyaspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2017–18 Süper Lig 24 0 2 0 — — 26 0
Total 25 0 2 0 — 0 0 27 0
Bandırmaspor (loan) 2016–17 TFF First League 10 0 — — — 10 0
Metz 2018–19 Ligue 2 32 0 4 0 3 0 — 39 0
2019–20 Ligue 2 20 0 0 0 1 0 — 21 0
2020–21 Ligue 1 16 0 3 0 — — 19 0
2021–22 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 69 0 7 0 4 0 — 80 0
Amiens 2021–22 Ligue 2 32 0 4 0 — — 36 0
2022–23 Ligue 2 35 0 2 1 — — 37 1
2023–24 Ligue 2 33 0 1 0 — — 34 0
2024–25 Ligue 2 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
Total 114 0 7 0 — — 121 1
New England Revolution 2025 Major League Soccer 15 0 0 0 — 0 0 15 0
Career total 233 0 16 1 4 0 0 0 253 1
  1. ^ Includes Turkish Cup, Coupe de France

International

As of matches played on 19 November 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2017 2 0
2018 5 1
2019 10 0
2020 2 0
2021 5 0
2022 6 1
2023 8 0
2024 9 0
Total 44 2
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fofana goal.
List of international goals scored by Mamadou Fofana[12]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 October 2018 Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi  Burundi 1–1 1–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 15 November 2022 Oran Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria  Algeria 1–1 1–1 Friendly match

Honours

Mali U17

References

  1. ^ "Revolution acquire Malian center back Mamadou Fofana from Amiens SC". revolutionsoccer.net. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ Mamadou Fofana: «en Ligue 1, les erreurs ne pardonnent pas» footmercato.net
  3. ^ "Mamadou Fofana: " Je suis très heureux à Analyaspor"". 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. ^ "AYTEMİZ ALANYASPOR ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR A.Ş. - Match Details TFF". www.tff.org.
  5. ^ "MAMADOU FOFANA EST AMIÉNOIS !" (in French). Amiens. 12 August 2021.
  6. ^ Bogert, Tom (2 December 2024). "New England Revolution sign center back Mamadou Fofana: Sources". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b Bird, Hayden (3 December 2024). "Revolution announce signing of center back Mamadou Fofana from Amiens SC". Boston.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Revolution battle Nashville SC to 0-0 draw in 2025 MLS season opener". revolutionsoccer.net. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  9. ^ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Mamadou FOFANA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015.
  10. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - CAF 17-U20 Stats" (PDF). www.cafonline.com.
  11. ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Mali-Ivory Coast". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Mamadou Fofana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  13. ^ Match summary on FIFA.com
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