Hervé Koffi
Koffi in 2022
Personal information
Full name Kouakou Hervé Koffi
Date of birth (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996
Place of birth Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 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 → Mouscron (loan) 34 (0)
2021– Charleroi 60 (0)
International career‡
2015 Burkina Faso U23
2016– Burkina Faso 48 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Burkina Faso
African Games
Silver medal – second place2015 Congo
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2023

Kouakou Hervé Koffi (born 16 October 1996) is a Burkinabe professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Charleroi and the Burkina Faso national team.[2]

Club career

Koffi joined ASEC Mimosas of Abidjan in November 2015.[3]

On 21 June 2017, Koffi joined Lille on a five-year deal.[4] He made his debut for Lille in a 2–0 Ligue 1 loss to Caen on 20 August 2017.[5]

In the 2019–20 season, Koffi moved to Belenenses SAD on loan, where he played 20 league games despite suffering some minor injuries.[6] The following season, he joined Lille's partner club Mouscron on another loan, where he replaced Jean Butez who had left for Antwerp.[7][8]

On 6 July 2021, Koffi joined Charleroi in Belgium on a three-year contract.[9]

International career

In 2015, Koffi represented the Burkina Faso national team at the African Games football tournament. In 2017, he represented Burkina Faso in the Africa Cup of Nations. Koffi also featured in the 2021 AFCON tournament in Cameroon.[10]

Personal life

He is the son of former Burkinabe international footballer Hyacinthe Koffi who played in the 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification campaign.[11]

Honors

Burkina Faso

References

  1. ↑ "KOFFI Kouakou Hervé, au-dessus du lot | ASEC Mimosas".
  2. ↑ "Hervé Koffi - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "African clubs line up for final eight". FIFA.com. 17 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hervé Koffi s'engage pour 5 ans avec le LOSC". www.losc.fr (in French).
  5. ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Ligue 1 Conforama - Saison 2017/2018 - 3ème journée - LOSC / SM Caen". www.lfp.fr.
  6. ↑ Atiso, Kofi (23 December 2019). "Belenenses veut définitivement recruter Hervé Koffi". Afrique Sports (in French).
  7. ↑ "Hervé Koffi dans le groupe de Mouscron". Royal Excel Mouscron (in French). 1 August 2020.
  8. ↑ Claerebout, Louis (9 April 2021). "L'ancien Lillois Jean Butez complimente Hervé Koffi". Le petit Lillois (in French).
  9. ↑ "BIENVENUE, HERVÉ !" (in French). Sporting Charleroi. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads". newvision.co. New Vision. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations 2017 schedule, scores and what you need to know". 14 January 2017.
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