Alvi Fokou Fopa
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| name = Alvi Fokou Fopa
| fullname = Alvi Fokou Fopa
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|5|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Mbouda, Cameroon
| height = {{Height|m=1.73}}
| position = Midfielder, Right defender
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| youthclubs1 = Apejes FC Div. 3 Cameroon
| youthclubs2 = Met Oval Academy
| youthyears1 = 2006–2007
| youthyears2 = 2007–2008
| clubs1 = CFC Azul USA
| clubs2 = Panthère du Ndé
| years1 = 2012
| years2 = 2013
| nationalteam1 = Cameroon U-23
| nationalyears1 = 2013
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| youthyears3 = 2008–2009
| youthclubs3 = New York Red Bulls Academy
| years3 = 2013–2014
| years4 = 2014–2015
| years5 = 2015–2016
| years6 = 2017–
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| clubs3 = Corinthians USA
| clubs4 = Bamboutos FC
| clubs5 = New York Magic
| clubs6 = Saif Sporting Club
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Alvi Fokou Fopa (born May 19, 1990{{Cite web|url=http://www.cosmosoccerleague.com/Teams/71364582/62724305-71364641/73620255.html|title=#12 Alvi Fokou|date=2015|publisher=Cosmopolitan Soccer League|access-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811163809/http://www.cosmosoccerleague.com/teams/71364582/62724305-71364641/73620255.html|archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqZRkjVQs4l|title=Alvi Fokou|last=Hercule|first=James|date=11 August 2011|website=|publisher=YouTube|access-date=15 April 2016}}) is a professional Cameroonian-American soccer player who plays for Bangladesh Premier League club Saif Sporting Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/football/2017/04/29/bpl-2016-17-season-players-transfer-saif-sporting-announce-grand-ambition/|title = BPL 2016-17 season players' transfer: Saif Sporting announce grand ambition| work=Dhaka Tribune |date = 29 April 2017}} He has been described as a "central midfielder ". He can also easily play on the sides, and even right-back when necessary."{{Cite web|url=http://mboafootball.com/football-national/alvi-fokou-lamericain-de-la-panthere-sportive-du-nde/|title=ALVI FOKOU : " L'AMÉRICAIN " DE LA PANTHÈRE SPORTIVE DU NDÉ|last=Nsigné|first=Guy|date=3 February 2013|publisher=MBOA Football|access-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424131720/http://mboafootball.com/football-national/alvi-fokou-lamericain-de-la-panthere-sportive-du-nde/|archive-date=24 April 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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,{{cite web|url=http://www.icameroon.com/2012/07/cameroun-alvi-fokou-le-ph%C3%A9nom%C3%A8ne-camerounais-aux-usa/|title=CAMEROUN: ALVI FOKOU, LE PHÉNOMÈNE CAMEROUNAIS AUX USA|work=Cameroon News! Actualité du Cameroun - iCameroon |date=1 July 2012|publisher=icameroon.com}} 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.
In 2012, he signed with the CFC Azul (now AC Connecticut). 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.{{cite web|url=http://nesoccertoday.com/?p=13763|title=Azul Defeat Voltage in Season Finale|last=Donahue|first=Sean|date=15 July 2012|publisher=New England Soccer Today}}
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.
For the 2013–2014 season, he signed with California-based Corinthians, for which he played forward.{{cite web|url=http://www.socalpremier.org/teams/62441644/60817201-62441731/TEAM.html|title=Corinthians USA (2013–2014)|date=2014|accessdate=15 April 2016|publisher=Coast Soccer League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306080221/http://www.socalpremier.org/teams/62441644/60817201-62441731/TEAM.html|archive-date=2016-03-06|url-status=dead}} 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.lionindomptable.com/2015/03/05/transfert-alvi-fokou-de-ma-mls-a-bamboutos-de-mbouda/|title=Transfert: Alvi Fokou de l'USL Pro aux USA à Bamboutos de Mbouda|last=Kapnang|first=James|date=5 March 2015|accessdate=14 April 2016|publisher=lionindomptable.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyoP6sHYaIw Fopa playing for CFC Azul on YouTube]
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Category:American men's soccer players
Category:Cameroonian men's footballers
Category:Cameroon men's international footballers
Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Cameroon men's youth international footballers
Category:21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen
Category:Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers
Category:APEJES Academy players
Category:Panthère Sportive du Ndé FC players