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Name
  
Abdoulaye Koffi

Position
  
Forward

Years
  
Team

Current team
  
Al-Suwaiq Club

Number
  
3

Height
  
1.82 m

Playing position
  
Forward

Role
  
Footballer


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Date of birth
  
(1991-12-30) December 30, 1991 (age 24)

2000-2008
  
Ecole de Football Attecoube

Place of birth
  
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

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Abdoulaye Koffi (born 30 December 1991) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Shillong Lajong in the I-League.

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Abdoulaye koffi


Personal life

Abdoulaye's elder brother, Mohamed Koffi is a Burkinabé international footballer who plies his trade with Zamalek SC of Egyptian Premier League.

Egypt

Abdoulaye began his professional career in Egypt in 2008 with Hurghada-based Grand Hotel FC. In his two-year spell at the Hurghada-based club, he scored 26 goals in 44 appearances. At the end of the 2010–11 season, he received the "Top Scorer" award of the 2010–11 Egyptian Second Division League for his outstanding performance in the season and for scoring 16 league goals in 24 matches. In 2011, he moved to another Egyptian Second Division club, El Sharqia Dokhan FC. In his three-year spell at the club, he scored 17 goals in 35 appearances.

Saham

Saham SC

In August 2014, he moved to Oman and on 27 August 2014 he signed a one-year contract with Saham SC of Oman Professional League. He made his Oman Professional League debut on 19 November 2014 in a 1-0 loss against Bowsher Club and scored his first goal on 27 September 2014 in a 2-0 win over Al-Seeb Club. He also made his Sultan Qaboos Cup debut and scored his first goal on 1 December 2014 in a 3-0 win over Masirah SC in the Round of 32 of the competition. He also made his Oman Professional League Cup debut on 13 November 2014 in a 3-1 win over Al-Nahda Club and scored his first and only goal of the competition on 5 January 2014 in a 3-2 win over fierce rivals, Al-Khabourah SC. He scored 2 goals in 5 appearances in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League and 1 goal in 6 appearances in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup for the Saham-based club.

Al-Suwaiq

Al-Suwaiq Club

On January 6, 2015, he signed a six-month contract with another Oman Professional League club, Al-Suwaiq Club. He made his club debut and scored his first goal on 3 January 2014 in a 2-2 draw against Saudi Arabia's Al-Taawon FC in the 2015 GCC Champions League. He scored 12 goals in 15 appearances in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League for the Al-Suwaiq-based club which included a hat-trick on 15 April 2015 in a 4-1 win over Al-Seeb Club. He also scored 2 goals in 3 appearances in the 2015 GCC Champions League.

In August 2015, he signed a one-year contract extension with the Al-Suwaiq-based club. In the 2015-16 season, he made his first appearance and scored a brace on 5 September 2015 in a 3-1 win over Al-Shabab Club in the 2015-16 Oman Professional League Cup. He made his first appearance in the 2015-16 Oman Professional League on 13 September 2015 in a 2-1 win over Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. and scored his first goal in the competition on 18 October 2015 in a 3-1 win over Al-Shabab Club. Moreover, the other two goals in the game for the Al-Suwaiq-based club also came from the Ivorian thus making him the first hat-trick scorer of the 2015–16 Oman Professional League.

Al-Khaleej

After his eye catching performance in Oman Professional League, he caught the eye of various clubs in the region and as a result moved to Saudi Arabia on 22 January 2016 where he moved on loan to Saudi Professional League side, Al-Khaleej on loan from Omani outfit, Al-Suwaiq Club. He made his Saudi Professional League debut on 29 January 2016 in a 0-0 draw against Al-Fateh SC at the Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium and scored his first goal on 10 February 2016 in a 1-2 loss against Saudi giants, Al-Shabab FC.

Shillong Lajong

After various successful stints in the Middle East, the Ivorian finally made the decision to ply his trade in a new market and moved to India in September 2017. He signed a one-year contract with I-League side, Shillong Lajong F.C.

Individual

  • 2010–11 Egyptian Second Division: Top Scorer
  • 2014–15 Oman Professional League: Second Top Scorer
  • References

    Abdoulaye Koffi Wikipedia