David Fofana Bio: Age, Family, Siblings, Gf, Stats, Height, Net Worth

David Fofana’s current market transfer fee is over €15 million. Recently, he became one of Chelsea’s players to be loaned out ahead of the last quarter of the 2023/2024 season. As with other Chelsea players who made it to the January 2024 transfer windows, David has had a few other recorded successful loan spills. 

Now, from being loaned out, on a season-long loan, to Bundesliga side Union Berlin, on July 11, 2023, to getting recalled by Chelsea on January 11, 2024, David was, again, on January 13, 2024, loaned out to fellow Premier League club Burnley, where he’d spend the remainder of the season. 

Interestingly, he made his loan transfer debut at Burnley, on February 3, 2024, scoring his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against Fulham. On a rather side note, David signed with Chelsea on January 8, 2023, after playing for Abidjan City for about four years, between 2019 and 2023. 

Who is David Fofana? 

Born David Datro Fofana, David is an Ivorian professional football player, who now plays as a center-forward for Premier League’s Chelsea. Recently, however, he was loaned out to fellow Premier League club Burnley, in a short contract that’d expire on May 31, 2024, ahead of the 2023/2024 season. 

Although plays for the English Premier League club, Chelsea, David is not qualified to play for the England national team. However, he is qualified and has been playing forward for the Ivory Coast national team since he made his international debut in 2019. 

Born and raised in Ivory Coast and having Ivorian nationality by birth, David Fofana plays for the Ivory Coast national team on the international level. From sources across the web, on September 22, 2019, he made his international debut with the Ivory Coast national team, in a 2–0 CHAN 2020 loss to Niger. 

Clearly, it’s not always a loss, because in fact, during the Under 23 friendly match against Morocco, David was the captain of the Ivory Coast’s U23 national team, which scored a 3–2 win against Morocco U23. 

Just as he has had many recorded goals, so does he have an injury profile. Anyhoo, get into his full biography, including details about his parents, siblings, girlfriend, style of play, stats, position, net worth, and everything else we found out about him. Before we get into his full biography, however, take a quick look at his player’s profile wiki. 

Player’s Wiki Data

Birth Name, Full Name	David Datro Fofana
Date of birth	December 22, 2002
Age	21 years old
Place of Birth	Ouragahio, Ivory Coast
Nationality	Ivorian
Ethnicity	African
Profession	Footballer
Years Active	2019 – present
Position/style of play	Forward
Monthly Salary	£200k thousand
Annual Salary	£2 million
Net Worth in [year]	£6 million
Current club	Chelsea, on loan at Premier League’s Fulham
Parents	Mr. Fofana (father), Valérie Fofana (mother)
Siblings	Five siblings
College	High school graduate
Girlfriend	Single
Current Resident	England, United Kingdom
Height	5 feet 11 inches tall
Weight	75 kg

David Fofana Biography 

Now aged 21 years old, David whose real name is David Datro Fofana, was born on December 22, 2002, to his Ivorian father, Mr. Fofana, and mother, Valérie Fofana. Though he has kept other private details about his family private, we figured that “Fofana” is his family name. 

Clearly, he has five siblings (brothers and sisters) with whom he grew up, but David has always been reluctant about putting his family in the spot. And, yes, we understand why he wanted that for his family, so respect his privacy. Meanwhile, his nationality is Ivorian, his ethnicity is African, and well, he follows the Christian religion.

Notably, his mother, Valérie Fofana, is of French origin while his father, Mr. Fofana, is of Ivorian descent. Sources say her mother has been the most vocal person in his family when it comes to his career. To buttress, a June 2020 report confirms that Davidʼs Norwegian player agent, Atta Aneke, paid Davidʼs mother 20 000 euros, according to a voice message, obtained by the media outlet.

Education, Career Timeline 

Little less is known about David Fofana’s educational background. Considering he trained and started playing with Ivory Coast-based club, Abidjan City at the age of 17, he more than likely completed both his elementary school and high school education at local schools in the Ivory Coast. 

Speaking more about that, he began his career in the Ivory Coast with Abidjan City in 2019. However, he was quickly loaned out to AFAD, after being scouted by Norwegian, Belgian, and French Clubs. Although on a free transfer, David would, on February 2nd, 2021, sign his first professional contract, a four-year contract with Molde. 

Interestingly, David Fofana, on February 18th, 2021, made his debut with Molde in a 3–3 UEFA Europa League tie with Hoffenheim, scoring his side’s third goal in the 74th minute. He continued playing for Molde, however, on December 28, 2022, it was reported that he’d be joining Premier League’s Chelsea, so that he would, on January 1st, 2023, join the club. 

Overall, he has made 17 appearances, four of which came in the Champions League. Well, we confirmed that it was for Union Berlin during the first half of the campaign. With a style of play unique to him, David’s number is number 23. His position is forward. 

David Fofana Girlfriend 

David Fofana is presumably single. Considering he has never shared any information about his romantic and dating life, we could just assume that has, at least, had one girlfriend since he became a legal adult. Otherwise, little less is known about that part of his life. 

An Ivory Coast international striker, whose career hit the spot by surprise, David has a huge social media fan base. On his @datro_9 Instagram page, he has over 260k thousand followers, and more than 70k thousand followers on his @DatroDavid X (fka Twitter) account. 

David Fofana Height, Weight 

On body measurements, David Fofana’s height is 5 feet 11 inches, approximately 181 cm. His body weight, on the other hand, is 75 kg or 165 pounds. Having an athletic body type and as a professional footballer, David loves to work out at the local gym and keep fit. 

Considering he has Ivorian nationality and African ancestry, his skin tone is Black. Meanwhile, his hair color is black and his eye color is black. Obviously, he has a skincare routine because his skin is, as with that of most players, glowing. 

David Fofana Net Worth 

With a current market transfer fee of over €15 million, David Fofana has an estimated net worth of over £6 million in [year]. His monthly salary is £200k thousand while his annual salary is over £2 million. 

Catch up with his fellow January 2024 new Chelsea loan spill transfer mate, Armando Broja, Albanian-English 22-year-old center-forward, and striker, who has a net worth of £10 million. He is also on loan from Chelsea at Premier League’s Fulham. 

Source: www.footybrief.net.