Bello Musa Kofarmata (12 May 1988 – 2 November 2022) was a Nigerian

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who played as a

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for

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Heartland F.C. Heartland Football Club, founded as Spartans F.C., later known as Iwuanyanwu Nationale from 1985 to 2006, is a Nigerian football club based in Owerri. The team play their home games at Dan Anyiam Stadium (and the Okigwe Stadium as their temporar ...

, Ifeanyi Ubah and

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Club career

With the team, with

he won the 2007–08

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and was with 11 goals the top scorer. In August 2008 he was on a trial at Austria's

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and played one friendly game, the forward returned from Europe to Kano Pillars at the start of the 2008 season. Kofarmata joined Heartland in January 2010 for a fee of five million

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. After two and half years he left Heartland F.C. and signed with league rivals Kano Pillars.

International career

Kofarmata was a fringe player of the Nigeria U20 national team's squad at the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup. He made his debut for the Nigeria senior national team on 3 March 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 5–2 home win over

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Death

Kofarmata died following a short illness on 2 November 2022, at the age of 34.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kofarmata, Bello Musa 1988 births 2022 deaths Men's association football forwards Nigerian expatriates in Norway Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Nigeria men's under-20 international footballers Heartland F.C. players Kano Pillars F.C. players Footballers from Kano Abuja F.C. players Ifeanyi Ubah F.C. players El-Kanemi Warriors F.C. players 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen