Full name John Erzuah Cofie Years Team Weight 81 kg Name John Cofie Career start 2007 | Playing position Role Footballer Height 1.83 m Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 22) Number 29 (Barnsley F.C. / Forward), 31 (Crawley Town F.C. / Forward) | ||
John cofie goal
John Erzuah Cofie (born 21 January 1993) is a professional footballer who plays for Wrexham. he began his career with Burnley and moved to Manchester United for a fee of £1m at 14 but failed to make the break into the first team. Following loan spells with Royal Antwerp, Sheffield United and Notts County he was released by United before joining Barnsley on a free transfer. Born in Aboso, Ghana, Cofie moved to England at a young age and has been capped by England at Under-17 level.
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- John cofie goal
- Former manchester united 1m prospect john cofie joins derry city
- Manchester United
- Barnsley
- Molde
- Return to England with Crawley Town
- Wrexham
- Career statistics
- References
Former manchester united £1m prospect john cofie joins derry city
Manchester United
Cofie began his football career as a junior player with Burnley. After Burnley rejected a £250,000 bid from Liverpool for Cofie in November 2007, he refused to return to training with the club. After further interest from Chelsea, Cofie was signed by Manchester United in November 2007 and joined their Academy in July 2009. After signing professional terms with United in 2010, he continued to play for the youth side and looked to break through into the reserve side.
In 2012, he was loaned to Belgian side Royal Antwerp to gain first-team experience. The following summer, Cofie signed a one–year loan deal with League One side Sheffield United for the 2012–13 season. After making his debut in the opening game of the season against Shrewsbury Town, Cofie scored his first goal for the club a week later at Colchester United. On 3 January 2013, it was revealed that Cofie had returned to Manchester United, despite having expressed a desire to see out the season with the Blades.
In February 2013, Cofie joined another League One side, Notts County, on an month's loan. Cofie scored on his debut, in a 1–1 draw with Crewe Alexandra, but his deal was not extended and he returned to United in March having made seven appearances for County. After failing to break through into their first team, Cofie was released by Manchester United at the end of the 2012–13 season.
Barnsley
Available on a free transfer, Cofie signed a one-year deal with Championship side Barnsley on 19 July 2013. Cofie was released by Barnsley at the end of the 2013–14 season.
Molde
On 9 August 2014, Cofie signed a contract with Tippeligaen side Molde FK.
He was released in January 2015 after not making a single first team appearance for the club. He played 9 games for the reserve side in the Norwegian 2nd Division (third level), scoring 5 goals.
Return to England with Crawley Town
Cofie signed for Crawley Town on a one-month contract on 25 March 2015.
Wrexham
Cofie signed for Wrexham F.C. on Non-Contract terms on 25 November 2015.