Hervé Koffi

Kouakou Hervé Koffi (born 16 October 1996) is a Burkinabe professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Sporting Charleroi, and the Burkina Faso national football team.

Hervé Koffi
Personal information
Full name Kouakou Hervé Koffi
Date of birth (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996
Place of birth Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Height 1.835 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Charleroi
Number 16
Youth career
Rahimo FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
ASF Bobo Dioulasso
RC Bobo Dioulasso
2015–2017 ASEC Mimosas
2017–2021 Lille 4 (0)
2019–2020 → Belenenses SAD (loan) 20 (0)
2020–2021 → Royal Excel Mouscron (loan) 34 (0)
2021– Sporting Charleroi 10 (0)
National team‡
2015 Burkina Faso U23
2016– Burkina Faso 28 (0)
Honours
Representing  Burkina Faso
African Games
2015 Congo
Africa Cup of Nations
2017 Gabon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2021

Club career

Koffi joined ASEC Mimosas of Abidjan in November 2015.[2]

On 21 June 2017, Koffi joined Lille on a five-year deal.[3] Koffi made his debut for Lille in a 2–0 Ligue 1 loss to Caen on 20 August 2017.[4]

In the 2019–20 season, Lille loaned Koffi to Belenenses SAD, where he played 20 league games despite suffering some minor injuries.[5] The following season, Lille loaned him to partner club Mouscron, where he replaced Jean Butez who had left for Antwerp.[6][7]

On 6 July 2021, he joined Sporting Charleroi in Belgium on a three-year contract.[8]

International career

In 2015, he represented Burkina Faso at the African Games football tournament. In 2017, he represented Burkina Faso in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Personal life

He is the son of former Burkinabe international footballer Hyacinthe Koffi who played in the 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification campaign.[9]

Honors

Burkina Faso

References
  1. http://www.asec.ci/fr/2016/09/25/koffi_kouakou_herve_au-dessus_du_lot/
  2. "African clubs line up for final eight". FIFA.com. 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. "Hervé Koffi s'engage pour 5 ans avec le LOSC". www.losc.fr (in French).
  4. "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 3ème journée - LOSC / SM Caen". www.lfp.fr.
  5. Atiso, Kofi (23 December 2019). "Belenenses veut définitivement recruter Hervé Koffi". Afrique Sports (in French).
  6. "Hervé Koffi dans le groupe de Mouscron". Royal Excel Mouscron (in French). 1 August 2020.
  7. Claerebout, Louis (9 April 2021). "L'ancien Lillois Jean Butez complimente Hervé Koffi". Le petit Lillois (in French).
  8. "BIENVENUE, HERVÉ !" (in French). Sporting Charleroi. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  9. "Kouakou Koffi à l'ASEC d'Abidjan : Une inquiétude pour le Burkina – Football 226". Football 226 (in French). 7 December 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  10. "2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads". newvision.co. New Vision. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  11. https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2017/1/14/14273364/can-2017-bracket-schedule-scores-groups-africa-cup-of-nations


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