Kofi Nimeley (born 11 December 1992) is a

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ian professional

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currently playing for

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Club career

Nimeley initially started his career with

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but quickly moved on to

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and ...

as an academy player. At Basel he was able to rise through the youth ranks and broke into their reserve team towards the end of the 2009–10 season. He made his debut for

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on 21 April 2010 in a 4–1 home win against

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, coming on as a late substitute. He scored his first goal for the club on 12 March 2011 in a match against Grasshopper Club Zürich II that ended in a 1–1 draw. After not being able to break into the Basel first-team, Nimeley transferred to

FC Locarno FC Locarno is a Swiss football club based in Locarno in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ...

of the

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in July 2013. He made his debut for Locarno on 14 July 2014 in a 1–0 home win against

FC Biel-Bienne Fussballclub Biel-Bienne is a Swiss association football club based in Biel/Bienne. The currently play in the 2. Liga Interregional. Honours Swiss championship *Champions: 1946–47 *Runners-up: 1947–48, 1959–60 Swiss Cup *Runners ...

International career

Nimeley was a Switzerland youth international, having previously competed at under-17, under-19, and under-20 level. In 2009, he was part of the Swiss under-17 team that won the

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beating the host nation

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1–0 in the final, featuring in five of the seven matches at the tournament and having been an integral part of the team in helping them qualify. Despite featuring for Switzerland at various youth levels, Nimeley has also expressed an interest in representing Ghana.

Honours

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* 1992 births Living people Footballers from Accra Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers Ghanaian men's footballers Swiss people of Ghanaian descent Ghanaian emigrants to Switzerland Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders FC Locarno players Swiss Challenge League players Sportspeople from Basel-Landschaft {{Switzerland-footy-midfielder-stub