René Osei Kofi
Personal information
Full name René Osei Kofi
Date of birth (1991-12-31) 31 December 1991
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Zeeburgia
2007–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Ajax 0 (0)
2010Almere City (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 Comarca de Níjar
2012–2013 Haaglandia 15 (2)
2013 FK Drita 1 (0)
2013 Aris Limassol 7 (0)
2017 Chorley 0 (0)
2019 TEC 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:14, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Rene Osei Kofi (born 31 December 1991) is a Ghanaian-Dutch footballer who has played as a defender for various clubs in the Netherlands, England, Spain, Cyprus and North Macedonia.

Career

As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he began his professional career at Almere City in the Dutch Eerste Divisie on a season-long loan for the 2010–2011 season.[1]

On 10 November 2010, his loan spell was brought to an abrupt end following an incident in the Almere City locker room, where Osei Kofi put a gun to the head of teammate Christian Gandu.[2] Two days later his contract with Ajax was canceled with immediate effect as a result.[3]

Osei Kofi then went on trial in England at Birmingham City and Crystal Palace but was not offered a contract. In March 2012 he signed with the Spanish club CD Comarca de Níjar which plays in the Tercera División.[4] In the 2012/13 season he played for Haaglandia in the Topklasse. He finished the season with FK Drita Bogovinje in North Macedonia. In June 2013 he signed for a season with Aris Limassol in Cyprus. Then he was without a club for several years.

In October 2017 he signed for English non-league side Chorley, however was released after making just a single appearance in the FA Cup.[5]

From the 2019/20 season onward, he played for SV TEC in the Tweede Divisie.

References

  1. sports reference retrieved 2 June 2012
  2. Ajacied weg na dreigen met pistool, RTL.nl, 12 november 2010
  3. Almere City stuurt Ajacied Kofi Osei weg om bedreiging De Telegraaf, 12 november 2010
  4. El Comarca cierra la incorporación del defensa holandés René Osei Kofi, elalmeria.es, 6 maart 2012
  5. Locke, Mark. "Rene Osei KOFI". www.chorleyfc.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
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