John Cofie
John Erzuah Cofie (born 21 January 1993 Aboso, Ghana ) is a Ghanaian- German - English football player. He plays primarily as a center forward in the storm. Since 2013 he is at FC Barnsley under contract.
Career
Association
John Cofie began his career in the youth of Burnley FC. In November of 2007, such as Liverpool chased by many top clubs Cofie joined the youth of Manchester United and signed for six years. In the 2009/10 season, he came at the age of seventeen years, three months and eight days under coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to debut in the Premier Reserve League, as in the away match against the reserve of his former clubs Burnley FC He (1:0 ) came on in the 63rd minute for Etzaz Hussain. In the season 2010/11 he did not come due to a lengthy knee injury mostly used. He did not return until the end of the season and could then win on 24 May 2011 with Man Utd FA Youth Cup. In the first half of the season 2011/12 he was playing in the Premier Reserve League before he was loaned out in January 2012 for half a year to the Belgian second division club Royal Antwerp FC. He already came on January 14, 2012, the 20th round of the second division season, making his debut in professional football. Cofie was surprisingly at home against CS Visé (3:1 ) in the starting and prepared the gate in front of the 3-1 final score by Kevin Oris. His first goal in professional football, he scored three game days later, on 29 January 2012 at the away game against KFC Verbroedering Dender EH (1:1). At the end of the season he returned to Manchester. In July 2012, he was loaned for one season to the English third division Sheffield United. However Cofie already returned in January 2013 to Manchester. Beginning in February 2013 Cofie was awarded for a month to the third division Notts County. There he came in seven games for use and scoring one goal.
National
In February 2009, the player who is eligible for Ghanaian and German junior national teams Cofie opted for the English U- 16th In November 2010, he first came into the English U-18 are used.
Achievements
- FA Youth Cup: 2011