Erwin Koffi (born 10 January 1995) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for
Neftçi in the
Azerbaijan Premier League
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. Born in France, he is a youth international for the Ivory Coast.
Club career
On 14 May 2016, Koffi made his
Ligue 1
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debut against
Gazélec Ajaccio
Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio (), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1910, Gazélec played one season in Ligue 1 in the 2015–16 seaso ...
.
On 25 July, Koffi signed for
Neftçi on a two-year contract.
International career
Born in France and of Ivorian descent, Koffi represented the
Ivory Coast U23s in a 2–0 friendly defeat to
Burkina Faso U23 on 31 August 2016.
Career statistics
Club
References
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1995 births
Living people
Ivorian men's footballers
Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
Footballers from Paris
Men's association football defenders
Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers
French men's footballers
French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
LB Châteauroux players
FC Lorient players
Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
Olympiakos Nicosia players
Pau FC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Cypriot First Division players
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
21st-century French sportsmen
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