Rene Osei Kofi (born 31 December 1991) is a Dutch

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender. He has played for various clubs in the

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and

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Career

As a product of the

Ajax Youth Academy The Ajax Youth Academy (Dutch: ''Ajax Jeugdopleiding'') is a football youth academy based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from where the organization manages a total of 13 youth teams (ages 7–18). The academy is the primary youth clinic of Dutch foo ...

, he began his professional career at

Almere City Almere City Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Almere, Netherlands. Founded in 2001, the club currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, following relegation from the Eredivisie in 2024–25 Eredivisie, 20 ...

in the Dutch

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

on a season-long loan for the 2010–2011 season. 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. Two days later his contract with Ajax was canceled with immediate effect as a result. Osei Kofi then went on trial in England at

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

and

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but was not offered a contract. In March 2012 he signed with the Spanish club

CD Comarca de Níjar Club Deportivo Comarca de Níjar was a List of football clubs in Spain, football team based in Níjar, Spain. Founded in 2000, they were dissolved in 2015. The club's home ground is Estadio Municipal Comarca de Níjar with 850 seats. History The ...

which plays in the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. In the 2012/13 season he played for

Haaglandia VV Haaglandia was an association football club from Rijswijk, Netherlands. The club was established on 1 July 2005 through a merger of amateur sides RVC/Rijswijk (who merged years earlier themselves) and FC Kranenburg. It later played in the Hoofd ...

in the

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...

. He finished the season with FK Drita Bogovinje in

. In June 2013 he signed for a season with

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...

. Then he was without a club for several years. In October 2017 he signed for English non-league side

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

, however was released after making just a single appearance in the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

. From the 2019/20 season onward, he played for

SV TEC Sportvereniging Tielse Eendracht Combinatie, more commonly known as SV TEC or simply TEC (), is a football club based in Tiel, Gelderland. Formed on 1 June 1924, it plays in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of the Dutch football league system, ...

in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

. In February 2022, Osei Kofi was playing Germany for

Westfalenliga The Westfalenliga (''formerly the '') is the second highest amateur football league in the region of Westphalia which is part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the sixth tier of the German football league system. It operates in two group ...

side DJK TuS Hordel. In September 2022, he appeared in an

for

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...

side

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bri ...

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1991 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent AFC Ajax players Almere City FC players VV Haaglandia players Aris Limassol FC players Footballers from Amsterdam Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players Cypriot First Division players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Men's association football defenders 21st-century Dutch sportsmen Bamber Bridge F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub