Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba

Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (born 27 January 1992) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro-League side Al Ain and the Togo national team.

Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba

Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Lomé, Togo
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Al Ain
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Anges
2015–2016	US Bitam	49	(21)
2016–2019	RS Berkane	63	(29)
2019–	Al Ain	119	(113)
International career‡
2016–	Togo	53	(20)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:41, 21 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:30, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Lomé, Laba has played for Anges FC, US Bitam and RS Berkane.^[2][3] He signed for Al Ain in June 2019.^[4] On 25 October 2019, Laba scored four goals in a 7–1 league win against Fujairah.^[5] On 21 February 2020, Laba again scored four times in a game; this coming in a 6–5 victory over Al Wasl in the quarter-finals of the UAE President's Cup.^[6]

International career

He made his international debut in 2016,^[2] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 January 2025^[8]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
US Bitam	2014–15	Championnat National D1	29	7	0	0	–		–		–		20	7
	2015–16		20	14	0	0	–		–		–		29	14
	Total		49	21	0	0	–		–		–		49	21
RS Berkane	2016–17	Botola	20	4	2	0	–		–		–		22	4
	2017–18		21	6	7	1	–		14[c]	4	–		42	11
	2018–19		22	19	0	0	–		14[c]	8	–		36	27
	Total		63	29	9	1	–		28	12	–		100	42
Al Ain	2019–20	UAE Pro League	18	19	1	4	5	3	0	0	–		24	26
	2020–21		23	13	1	0	0	0	7[d]	2	–		31	15
	2021–22		22	26	2	1	5	4	1[d]	0	–		30	31
	2022–23		26	28	7	3	2	0	0	0	1[e]	0	36	31
	2023–24		19	12	1	0	4	0	7[d]	8	0	0	31	20
	2024–25		11	15	1	1	3	1	5[f]	0	1	0	21	17
	Total		119	113	13	9	19	8	20	10	2	0	173	140
Career total			229	162	22	10	21	8	48	22	2	0	321	203

1. Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, UAE President's Cup
2. Includes UAE League Cup
3. Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
4. Appearances in AFC Champions League
5. Appearance in UAE Super Cup
6. Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite

International

As of match played 13 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Togo	2016	6	4
	2017	12	6
	2018	6	1
	2019	7	1
	2020	2	0
	2021	5	2
	2022	6	4
	2023	4	1
	2024	5	1
Total		53	20

Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.^[2]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 June 2016	Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia	Liberia	2–2	2–2	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.	4 September 2016	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Djibouti	3–0	5–0
3.	9 October 2016		Mozambique	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4.				2–0
5.	24 January 2017	Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon	DR Congo	1–2	1–3	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
6.	4 June 2017	Stade Paul Le Cesne, Marseille, France	Comoros	1–0	2–0	Friendly
7.	12 November 2017	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Mauritius	2–0	6–0
8.				3–0
9.				5–0
10.				6–0
11.	18 November 2018	Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo	Algeria	1–3	1–4	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.	6 September 2019	Stade de Moroni, Moroni, Comoros	Comoros	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.	5 June 2021	Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi, Manavgat, Turkey	Guinea	1–0	2–0	Friendly
14.				2–0
15.	24 March 2022	Mardan Sports Complex, Aksu, Turkey	Sierra Leone	3–0	3–0
16.	29 March 2022		Benin	1–0	1–1
17.	3 Juin 2022	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Eswatini	1–0	2–2	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18.	27 September 2022	Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca, Morocco	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	2–2	Friendly
19.	28 March 2023	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Burkina Faso	1–1	1–1	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
20.	9 September 2024	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	2–2	2–2	2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

RS Berkane

• Moroccan Throne Cup: 2018^[9]

Al Ain

• AFC Champions League: 2023–24^[10]
• UAE Pro League: 2021–22^[11]
• UAE League Cup: 2021–22^[12]

Individual

• Moroccan League Top Scorer: 2018–19^[13]
• UAE Pro League Top Scorer: 2019–20,^[14] 2021–22,^[15] 2024–25^[16]
• UAE Pro League Player of the Month: March 2021,^[17] August 2021^[18]