Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 1998)

Not to be confused with Mamadou Fofana (footballer, born 2000).

Mamadou Fofana (born 21 January 1998), also known as Nojo, is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defender for MLS side New England Revolution^[1] and the Mali national team.^[2]

Mamadou Fofana

Fofana with the New England Revolution in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	New England Revolution
Number	2
Youth career
2014–2016	Stade Malien
2016–2017	Alanyaspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Alanyaspor	25	(0)
2017	→ Bandırmaspor (loan)	10	(0)
2018–2021	Metz	69	(0)
2021–2024	Amiens	114	(0)
2024–	New England Revolution	15	(0)
International career‡
2015	Mali U17	7	(0)
2017–2018	Mali U20	3	(0)
2017–	Mali	44	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Fofana transferred to Alanyaspor in 2016, joining from the academy of Stade Malien.^[3] Fofana made his professional debut for Alanyaspor in a 2–3 Süper Lig loss to Çaykur Rizespor on 14 January 2017.^[4]

On 12 August 2021, he moved to Ligue 2 club Amiens and signed a five-year contract.^[5]

December 2, 2024 New England Revolution signed Mamadou Fofana from French Ligue 2 side Amiens SC.^[6] Fofana joined the Revolution for a reported fee of €1.7 million (~$1,783,000). Trésarrieu also reported Fofana signed a three-year contract with the Revolution.^[7] The deal also includes a club option for 2028.^[7] Fofana made his MLS debut, and recorded his first start for the Revolution, in the 2025 season opener, a 0-0 draw against Nashville SC on 22 February.^[8]

International career

Fofana represents Mali internationally, and represented the Mali U17s at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup,^[9] and the Mali U20s at 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.^[10]

Fofana made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Alanyaspor	2016–17	Süper Lig	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0
	2017–18	Süper Lig	24	0	2	0	—		—		26	0
	Total		25	0	2	0	—		0	0	27	0
Bandırmaspor (loan)	2016–17	TFF First League	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Metz	2018–19	Ligue 2	32	0	4	0	3	0	—		39	0
	2019–20	Ligue 2	20	0	0	0	1	0	—		21	0
	2020–21	Ligue 1	16	0	3	0	—		—		19	0
	2021–22	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		69	0	7	0	4	0	—		80	0
Amiens	2021–22	Ligue 2	32	0	4	0	—		—		36	0
	2022–23	Ligue 2	35	0	2	1	—		—		37	1
	2023–24	Ligue 2	33	0	1	0	—		—		34	0
	2024–25	Ligue 2	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		114	0	7	0	—		—		121	1
New England Revolution	2025	Major League Soccer	15	0	0	0	—		0	0	15	0
Career total			233	0	16	1	4	0	0	0	253	1

1. Includes Turkish Cup, Coupe de France

International

As of matches played on 19 November 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2017	2	0
	2018	5	1
	2019	10	0
	2020	2	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	6	1
	2023	8	0
	2024	9	0
Total		44	2

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fofana goal.

List of international goals scored by Mamadou Fofana^[12]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 October 2018	Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi	Burundi	1–1	1–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	15 November 2022	Oran Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria	Algeria	1–1	1–1	Friendly match

Honours

Mali U17

• FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up:2015^[13]