Alvi Fokou Fopa

Alvi Fokou Fopa (born May 19, 1990[1][2]) is a professional Cameroonian-American soccer player who plays for Bangladesh Football Premier League club Saif Sporting Club.[3] He has been described as a "central midfielder ". He can also easily play on the sides, and even right-back when necessary."[4]

Alvi Fokou Fopa
Personal information
Full name Alvi Fokou Fopa
Date of birth (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990
Place of birth Mbouda, Cameroon
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder, Right defender
Youth career
2006–2007 Apejes FC Div. 3 Cameroon
2007–2008 Met Oval Academy
2008–2009 New York Red Bulls Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 CFC Azul USA
2013 Panthère du Ndé
2013–2014 Corinthians USA
2014–2015 Bamboutos FC
2015–2016 New York Magic
2017– Saif Sporting Club
National team
2013 Cameroon U-23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Fopa trained in high school, then with the Apejes FC in Yaoundé under President Aimé Léon Zang. In 2007, at 17, while attending a youth tournament in the US, he was spotted by New York's Metropolitan Oval Academy,[5] which he joined. In 2009, he entered the New York Red Bulls Academy but an injury drew him away from stadiums for a year. After recovery, he joined the team's division 2 team.[4]

In 2012, he signed with the CFC Azul (now AC Connecticut).[4] He helped the team defeat the Vermont Voltage, 4–2, that July closing their inaugural USL Premier Development League (PDL) season in fourth place in the Northeast Division.[6]

President of Panthère du Ndé Célestine Ketcha Courtès, on a trip to the US seeking to deal with national championship, the Cameroon Cup, the League Cup and the Cup of the Confederation of African Football, asked Fokou to return to Cameroon for play for his team. In February 2013, Fopa helped the team face Unisport FC du Haut-Nkam, the 2012 winners of the Cameroon Cup.[4]

For the 2013–2014 season, he signed with California-based Corinthians, for which he played forward.[7] The next year he signed with Cameroon's Bamboutos FC, a first division club, as midfield offense, one football blogger writing of his "outstanding technical qualities."[8]

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References
  1. "#12 Alvi Fokou". Cosmopolitan Soccer League. 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. Hercule, James (11 August 2011). "Alvi Fokou". YouTube. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. http://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/football/2017/04/29/bpl-2016-17-season-players-transfer-saif-sporting-announce-grand-ambition/
  4. Nsigné, Guy (3 February 2013). "ALVI FOKOU : " L'AMÉRICAIN " DE LA PANTHÈRE SPORTIVE DU NDÉ". MBOA Football. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. "CAMEROUN: ALVI FOKOU, LE PHÉNOMÈNE CAMEROUNAIS AUX USA". icameroon.com. 1 July 2012.
  6. Donahue, Sean (15 July 2012). "Azul Defeat Voltage in Season Finale". New England Soccer Today.
  7. "Corinthians USA (2013–2014)". Coast Soccer League. 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  8. Kapnang, James (5 March 2015). "Transfert: Alvi Fokou de l'USL Pro aux USA à Bamboutos de Mbouda". lionindomptable.com. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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