Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32)
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 102 (97)
International career‡
2016– Togo 47 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:41, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:43, 29 January 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

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

He made his international debut in 2016,[2] and was named in the squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 February 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 0 0 – – – 20 4
2017–18 21 6 1 0 – 14[c] 4 – 36 10
2018–19 22 19 0 0 – 14[c] 8 – 36 27
Total 63 29 1 0 – 28 12 – 91 41
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 13 11 1 0 3 0 6[d] 6 0 0 23 17
Total 102 97 12 8 15 7 14 8 1 0 144 120
Career total 212 146 13 8 15 7 42 20 1 0 284 182
  1. ^ Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, UAE President's Cup
  2. ^ Includes UAE League Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  4. ^ a b c Appearances in AFC Champions League
  5. ^ Appearance in UAE Super Cup

International

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, Turkey  Guinea 1–0 2–0 Friendly
14. 2–0
15. 24 March 2022 Mardan Sports Complex, 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

Honours

RS Berkane

Al Ain

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". UAE Pro League. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Fujairah vs. Al Ain". Soccerway. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. ^ "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). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "K. Laba". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Al Ain vs. Shabab Al Ahli 2 – 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. ^ "UAE League Top Scorers". uaefa. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  12. ^ "UAE Pro League 2021/22 – Top Scorers & Top Assists". Soccerway.
  13. ^ "UAE Arabian Gulf League: Al Ain duo Kodjo Laba and Khalid Eisa bag best awards for March". Goal. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  14. ^ "UAE Pro League announces winners of "The Best" awards for August". Pro-League. 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.
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