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DeutschKodjo Fo-Doh Laba
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al Ain | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Anges FC | ||
| 2015–2016 | US Bitam | 49 | (21) |
| 2016–2019 | RS Berkane | 63 | (29) |
| 2019– | Al Ain | 115 | (112) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | Togo | 53 | (20) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 20 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:30, 20 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (born 27 January 1992) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Pro-League side Al Ain, and the Togo national team.
Club career
[edit]Born in Lomé, Laba has played for Anges FC, US Bitam and RS Berkane.[2][3] He signed for Al Ain in June 2019.[4] On 25 October 2019, Laba scored four goals in a 7–1 league win against Fujairah.[5] On 21 February 2020, Laba again scored four times in a game; this coming in a 6–5 victory over Al Wasl in the quarter-finals of the UAE President's Cup.[6]
International career
[edit]He made his international debut in 2016,[2] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 22 December 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| US Bitam | 2014–15 | Championnat National D1 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 20 | 7 | |||
| 2015–16 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 29 | 14 | |||||
| Total | 49 | 21 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 49 | 21 | |||||
| RS Berkane | 2016–17 | Botola | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 4 | |||
| 2017–18 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 1 | – | 14[c] | 4 | – | 42 | 11 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | – | 14[c] | 8 | – | 39 | 28 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 29 | 12 | 2 | – | 28 | 12 | – | 102 | 43 | ||||
| Al Ain | 2019–20 | UAE Pro League | 18 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 26 | |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 2 | – | 31 | 15 | |||
| 2021–22 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1[d] | 0 | – | 30 | 31 | |||
| 2022–23 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 36 | 31 | ||
| 2023–24 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7[d] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 20 | ||
| 2024–25 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5[f] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Total | 115 | 112 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 168 | 139 | ||
| Career total | 225 | 161 | 25 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 319 | 203 | ||
- ^ Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, UAE President's Cup
- ^ Includes UAE League Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearance in UAE Super Cup
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite
International
[edit]- As of match played 13 November 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 2016 | 6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 53 | 20 | |
- Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.[2]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 June 2016 | Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia |  Liberia | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2. | 4 September 2016 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo |  Djibouti | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
| 3. | 9 October 2016 |  Mozambique | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 2–0 | |||||
| 5. | 24 January 2017 | Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon |  DR Congo | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 6. | 4 June 2017 | Stade Paul Le Cesne, Marseille, France |  Comoros | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 12 November 2017 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo |  Mauritius | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| 8. | 3–0 | |||||
| 9. | 5–0 | |||||
| 10. | 6–0 | |||||
| 11. | 18 November 2018 | Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo |  Algeria | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 12. | 6 September 2019 | Stade de Moroni, Moroni, Comoros | Comoros | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13. | 5 June 2021 | Arslan Zeki Demirci Spor Kompleksi, Manavgat, Turkey |  Guinea | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 14. | 2–0 | |||||
| 15. | 24 March 2022 | Mardan Sports Complex, Aksu, Turkey |  Sierra Leone | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 16. | 29 March 2022 |  Benin | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 17. | 3 Juin 2022 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo |  Eswatini | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 18. | 27 September 2022 | Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca, Morocco |  Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 19. | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo |  Burkina Faso | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 20. | 9 September 2024 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
[edit]RS Berkane
Al Ain
Individual
- Moroccan League Top Scorer: 2018–19[12]
- UAE Pro League Top Scorer: 2019–20,[13] 2021–22[14]
- UAE Pro League Player of the Month: March 2021,[15] August 2021[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". UAE Pro League. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Al Ain's busy summer continues with signings of Abderrahmane Meziane and Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". The National. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Fujairah vs. Al Ain". Soccerway. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "الزعيم يتأهل إلى نصف نهائي البطولة 💪 العين يتغلب على فريق الوصل بنتيجة 6 – 5 ضمن منافسات دور الـ8 من بطولة كأس رئيس الدولة". Al Ain FC Twitter (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 6 June 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (4 January 2017). "Afcon 2017: Adebayor to lead Togo in Gabon". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "K. Laba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Al Ain claim historic second title". The AFC. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "AL AIN CLUB IS THE BOSS OF THE LEAGUE IN WORDS AND DEEDS.. THE BOSS CRUSHED AL JAZIRA BY 5–0 AND SNATCHES THE LEAGUE TITLE". Al Ain. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Al Ain vs. Shabab Al Ahli 2 – 2". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "UAE League Top Scorers". uaefa. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.
- ^ "UAE Arabian Gulf League: Al Ain duo Kodjo Laba and Khalid Eisa bag best awards for March". Goal. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "UAE Pro League announces winners of "The Best" awards for August". Pro-League. 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.
