Gaossou Fofana

Gaoussou Fofana is a Côte d'Ivoire professional footballer who plays for Doxa Katokopias as a winger.

Early life

Fofana was born in Feseguela a small part of Abidjan city in Côte d'Ivoire. He is best friends with Christodoulos Liotatis from Paralimni.

Club career

Fofana began his professional football career at the age of 23 when he signed for Santa Clara. The season 2007-2008 Fofana transferred to Académica de Coimbra and he play 8 matches with scoring 1 goal. The next season Fofana moved back to Santa Clara from the Portuguese Liga side Académica de Coimbra as a loan. At the end of the season Fofana scored 1 goal in 22 matches and transferred to Sporting Covilhã and he stayed there for two seasons scoring 4 goals in 56 matches. On July 2012 he signed a contract with Doxa. and he made a step above with the transfer to Anorthosis Famagusta on July 2013.

Anorthosis Famagusta

On the 3rd of July 2013, Anorthosis signed a year loan contract with Gaoussou Fofana, with wages more than double the wages he was getting on Doxa. Anorthosis fans liked Fofana for his passion on every moment he is spending to the pitch.

Personal life

On 8 July 2014, his 7-year-old son died of malaria in the Makarios hospital in Nicosia.