Kouakou Hervé Koffi (born 16 October 1996) is a Burkinabé professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Burkina Faso national team.

Club career

Koffi joined

ASEC Mimosas ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club competitions. Founded in 194 ...

of Abidjan in November 2015. On 21 June 2017, Koffi joined

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

on a five-year deal. He made his debut for Lille in a 2–0

loss to

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on 20 August 2017. In the 2019–20 season, Koffi moved to

Belenenses SAD B-SAD was a Portuguese football club currently based in Almada, founded on 30 June 2018 as an independent entity. An offshoot of Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, they played four seasons in the Primeira Liga, being relegated to the Liga Portugal ...

on loan, where he played 20 league games despite suffering some minor injuries. The following season, he joined Lille's partner club

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch language, Dutch and , ; Picard language, Picard and Walloon language, Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Belgium, Belgian Hainaut Provinc ...

on another loan, where he replaced Jean Butez who had left for

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

. On 6 July 2021, Koffi joined

Charleroi Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...

in Belgium on a three-year contract.

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

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. Koffi also featured in the 2021 AFCON tournament in

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Personal life

He is the son of former Burkinabe international footballer

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who played in the

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campaign.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Burkina Faso *

third place:

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References

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* * 1996 births Living people Footballers from Bobo-Dioulasso Burkinabe men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Burkina Faso men's international footballers African Games silver medalists for Burkina Faso African Games silver medalists in football Footballers at the 2015 African Games Medalists at the 2015 African Games 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players ASF Bobo Dioulasso players ASEC Mimosas players Lille OSC players B-SAD players Royal Excel Mouscron players Royal Charleroi S.C. players Ligue 1 players Primeira Liga players Belgian Pro League players Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Expatriate men's footballers in France Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century Burkinabe sportsmen {{BurkinaFaso-footy-bio-stub