Ibrahima Breze Fofana

Ibrahima Breze Fofana (born 15 August 2002) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Kocaelispor in the TFF First League, on loan from Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF.

Early life
Born and raised in Conakry, Guinea, Fofana played youth football with local clubs FC Atouga and Diamants de Guinee.

Club Brugge
On 17 September 2020, following a successful trial, Fofana signed a three-year contract with Club Brugge in the Belgian First Division A. In 2020–21, Fofana made nine appearances for the club's reserve team Club NXT, competing in the second tier First Division B. He was regularly called up to train and play friendlies with the first-team squad, but failed to make any competitive appearances for Club Brugge. In late February 2021, Fofana sat on the bench in both legs against Dynamo Kyiv in the Europa League's round of 16, but remained an unused substitute.

Hammarby IF
On 22 July 2022, Fofana joined Hammarby TFF, the feeder team of Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF. He moved on a free transfer and signed a six month-deal, with an option for a further year. In 2022, he made 16 league appearances for Hammarby TFF, scoring four goals, helping the side to finish 6th in the Ettan table. On 30 January 2023, Fofana was promoted to Hammarby's senior squad, signing a four-year contract. On 17 July, before making any competitive appearances for Hammarby, Fofana was sent on a one-year loan to Kocaelispor in the TFF First League, with an option for a permanent transfer.

International career
In June 2023, Fofana was included in the final squad of the Guinean under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Morocco, where the Syli finished in fourth place.