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Malick Fofana

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Malick Fofana
Fofana with Lyon in 2025
Personal information
Full name Malick Martin Fofana
Date of birth (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Aalst, Belgium
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 11
Youth career
–2014 Eendracht Aalst
2014–2022 Gent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Jong Gent 13 (4)
2022–2024 Gent 41 (2)
2024– Lyon 46 (8)
International career‡
2020 Belgium U15 3 (0)
2021–2022 Belgium U17 10 (5)
2022–2023 Belgium U18 6 (2)
2022 Belgium U20 1 (0)
2023– Belgium U21 9 (0)
2024– Belgium 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:11, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:30, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Malick Martin Fofana (born 31 March 2005) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Belgium national team.

Club career

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Gent

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Fofana started playing football at Eendracht Aalst before joining Gent's youth academy at the age of nine. He signed his first professional contract there in January 2022.[1][2][3]

After he already participated in the pre-season friendlies,[4] Fofana made his professional debut for Gent on the 30 July 2022, replacing Hugo Cuypers during a 1–1 home Division A draw against Sint-Truiden.[5] Only one week later, he was awarded his first start against Westerlo, leading his team to a 2–1 home victory.[6]

Lyon

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On 10 January 2024, Fofana joined Ligue 1 side Lyon for a fee of €17 million, plus €5 million in add-ons, and a 20% sell-on clause on a future sale in favor of Gent; he signed a contract until June 2028 with the French club.[7][8][9] In the process, he became the third Belgian player in the history of Lyon, following Eric Deflandre and Jason Denayer.[9]

International career

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Fofana is a youth international for Belgium, having first established himself as a regular goalscorer with the under-17 national team,[1][2] with whom he played the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[10]

In October 2024, Fofana received his first call-up to the senior Belgium national team for their 2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches against Italy and France.[11] He debuted against the former opponent on 14 October.[12]

Personal life

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Born in Belgium, Fofana is of Guinean and Filipino descent.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 17 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jong Gent 2022–23 Belgian Division 1 13 4 — — — 13 4
Gent 2022–23 Belgian Pro League 22 0 3 1 7[b] 0 1[c] 0 33 1
2023–24 Belgian Pro League 19 2 2 0 10[b] 2 — 31 4
Total 41 2 5 1 17 2 1 0 64 5
Lyon 2023–24 Ligue 1 17 3 4 1 — — 21 4
2024–25 Ligue 1 29 5 2 0 10[d] 6 — 41 11
Total 46 8 6 1 10 6 — 62 15
Career total 100 14 11 2 27 8 1 0 139 24
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 10 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Belgium 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Lyon

References

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  1. ^ a b "Officieel: AA Gent deal met Fofana". Voetbalbelgie.be (in Dutch). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Fiammetti, Alexandre (20 January 2022). "La Gantoise offre un premier contrat professionnel à un énorme talent". Walfoot.be (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Gantoise : la pépite guinéenne Malick Fofana s'offre son premier contrat pro". Foot224 (in French). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ^ Vandenbussche, Bart (18 June 2022). "AA Gent opent voorbereiding met ruime zege, Sven Kums scoort pareltje". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  5. ^ Woos, Loïc (30 July 2022). "Saint-Trond arrache un point sur la pelouse de La Gantoise". Walfoot.be (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  6. ^ Floren, Steve (7 August 2022). "Malick voor het eerst in de basis bij Gent: "Ik krijg heel veel berichtjes"". Voetbalkrant.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  7. ^ "L'international Espoirs belge Malick Fofana s'engage avec l'OL jusqu'en 2028" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Transferts : Malick Fofana s'engage avec l'OL (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Lizin, Cédric (10 January 2024). "Le Diablotin Malick Fofana quitte La Gantoise et file à Lyon contre 22 millions d'euros". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  10. ^ Defawe, Maxence (12 May 2022). "Fofana, Mawete, Monticelli : 3 pépites belges à suivre durant l'Euro U17" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Geen De Bruyne en Lukaku bij Rode Duivels, wel selectie voor Fofana, Ngonge, Smets en Vandevoordt". Sporza (in Dutch). 4 October 2024.
  12. ^ Huët, Julien (14 October 2024). "Belgique-France : le Lyonnais Malick Fofana, petit Diable, grand talent". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  13. ^ "PSG beat Lyon 2–1 to win French Cup final in Mbappe's farewell appearance". Reuters. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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