Isaac Cofie

{{short description|Ghanaian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Isaac Cofie

| image = Isaac Cofie.jpg

| caption = Cofie, playing for Sporting Gijón in 2018

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

| height = 1.84 m{{cite web |url=https://www.sivasspor.org.tr/futbolcular/isaac-cofie-5/ |title=Isaac Cofie |publisher=Sivasspor |access-date=12 November 2022}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2008–2010

| youthclubs1 = Genoa{{cite web|url=http://genoacfc.it/pdf/Rosa%20Ufficiale%20Primavera.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205222458/http://genoacfc.it/pdf/Rosa%20Ufficiale%20Primavera.pdf|title=ROSA UFFICIALE PRIMAVERA 2008/09|date=19 September 2008|access-date=13 September 2016|archive-date=5 February 2009|publisher=Genoa C.F.C.|language=it}}

| years1 = 2010–2012

| clubs1 = Genoa

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2010–2011

| clubs2 = → Torino (loan)

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2011

| clubs3 = → Piacenza (loan)

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2011–2012

| clubs4 = → Sassuolo (loan)

| caps4 = 36

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2012–2013

| clubs5 = Chievo

| years6 = 2013–2018

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 2

| clubs6 = Genoa

| caps6 = 27

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2014–2015

| clubs7 = → Chievo (loan)

| caps7 = 18

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2015–2016

| clubs8 = → Carpi (loan)

| caps8 = 29

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2018–2019

| clubs9 = Sporting Gijón

| caps9 = 25

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2019–2023

| clubs10 = Sivasspor

| caps10 = 85

| goals10 = 3

| years11 = 2023–2024

| clubs11 = Ümraniyespor

| caps11 = 18

| goals11 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = Ghana

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 10 May 2024

| ntupdate = 20:46, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

}}

Isaac Cofie (born 20 September 1991){{Cite web|url=http://genoacfc.it/giocatore/isaac-cofie/|title = Isaac Cofie – Genoa Cricket and Football Club – Official Website}} is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

=Genoa=

Cofie made his Serie A debut for Genoa C.F.C. on 2 May 2010, when he came on as a substitute in the 64th minute for Alberto Zapater in a game against A.S. Bari.{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=278325&league=ITA.1&cc=5901 |title=Game report by ESPN |access-date=2010-05-04 |archive-date=2012-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021071934/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=278325&league=ITA.1&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}

==Torino (loan)==

Cofie joined Torino on loan in the 2010–11 Serie B season.{{cite news|url=http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/7539/61/|title=Risolto il prestito di Cofie|date=4 January 2011|access-date=5 January 2011|work=Torino FC|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111201522/http://www.torinofc.it/content/view/7539/61/|archive-date=11 January 2013}}

==Piacenza (loan)==

On 4 January 2011, Cofie's loan to Torino from Genoa CFC was pre-matured. Cofie played for Piacenza until the end of the 2010–11 Serie B season.

==Sassuolo (loan)==

Cofie then joined Sassuolo on loan for the 2011–12 Serie B season, where he helped Sassuolo to reach the 2011–12 Serie B promotion play-offs, but they lost 3–2 on aggregate to UC Sampdoria over a two-legged tie.

=Chievo=

In July 2012, Cofie signed a contract with Serie A club Chievo Verona in co-ownership deal, for €1.5 million transfer fee.{{cite web|url=http://www.chievoverona.it/en/news/acerbi-genoa-cofie-chievo|title=Acerbi to Genoa, Cofie to Chievo|date=9 July 2012|access-date=17 August 2015|publisher=A.C. Chievo Verona}} On 6 January 2013, he scored his first goal for Chievo against Atalanta (Serie A round 19). in June 2013 Genoa bought back Cofie for €5 million,AC ChievoVerona Srl bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.] in cash plus player deal (€1.5M cash plus Dejan Lazarević)Genoa CFC SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2013 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.]{{cite web|url=http://www.chievoverona.it/it/node/11554|title=Cofie to Genoa, Lazarević to Chievo|date=20 June 2013|access-date=17 August 2015|publisher=A.C. Chievo Verona}}

=Return to Genoa=

Cofie played 17 games in 2013–14 Serie A season for Genoa.

==Return to Cheivo==

On 28 August 2014, Cofie was signed by A.C. Chievo Verona in a temporary deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.chievoverona.it/en/news/official-cofie-giallobl%C3%B9-again|title=Official: Cofie Gialloblù again|date=28 August 2014|access-date=17 August 2015|publisher=A.C. Chievo Verona|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203017/http://www.chievoverona.it/en/news/official-cofie-giallobl%C3%B9-again|url-status=dead}}

=Sporting Gijón=

On 7 August 2018, Cofie moved to Spain for signing a two-year contract with Segunda División team Sporting de Gijón.{{cite web|url=https://www.realsporting.com/noticia/isaac-cofie-nuevo-refuerzo|publisher=Sporting Gijón|date=7 August 2018|access-date=7 August 2018|title=Isaac Cofie, nuevo refuerzo|language=es|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808011855/https://www.realsporting.com/noticia/isaac-cofie-nuevo-refuerzo|url-status=dead}}

=Sivasspor=

In July 2019, he moved to Turkish side Sivasspor.{{cite web|url=https://www.realsporting.com/noticia/cofie-traspasado-al-sivasspor|publisher=Sporting de Gijón|date=17 July 2019|language=es|title=Cofie, traspasado al Sivasspor}} On 2 July 2021, Cofie signed a two-year contract extension with the club.{{cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/isaac-cofie-pens-new-two-year-contract-with-turkish-super-lig-side-sivasspor|title=Isaac Cofie pens new two-year contract with Turkish Super Lig side Sivasspor|website=Ghana Soccer Net|date=2 July 2021|accessdate=2 September 2021}}

International career

Cofie made his debut with the Ghana national team on 8 September 2012.

Honours

Sivasspor

Turkish Cup: 2021–22

References

External links

{{Soccerway|isaac-cofie/129173}}
{{BDFutbol | id=97561}}
[http://www.genoacfc.it/index.php?option=com_campionato&task=giocatore&giocatore=22729 Profile at Genoa]

Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Ghanaian men's footballers

Category:Ghana men's international footballers

Category:Serie A players

Category:Serie B players

Category:Segunda División players

Category:Süper Lig players

Category:TFF 1. Lig players

Category:Genoa CFC players

Category:Sporting de Gijón players