Thievy Bifouma

Thievy Bifouma
Bifouma before a match with Reims
Personal information
Full name Thievy Guivane Bifouma Koulossa[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Esteghlal Khuzestan
Number 23
Youth career
1999–2006 CS Meaux
2006–2010 Strasbourg
2010–2011 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Espanyol B 6 (3)
2011–2016 Espanyol 32 (4)
2012–2013Las Palmas (loan) 38 (11)
2014West Bromwich Albion (loan) 6 (2)
2014–2015Almería (loan) 29 (4)
2015–2016Granada (loan) 7 (0)
2016Reims (loan) 14 (4)
2016–2017 Bastia 14 (2)
2017 Osmanlıspor 17 (1)
2017–2018 Sivasspor 28 (6)
2018–2019 Ankaragücü 13 (1)
2019–2020 Yeni Malatyaspor 31 (8)
2020–2021 Shenzhen 9 (0)
2021Heilongjiang Ice City (loan) 0 (0)
2022 Bursaspor 10 (1)
2022–2023 OFI 11 (0)
2023–2024 A.E. Kifisia 29 (2)
2024– Esteghlal Khuzestan 6 (3)
International career
2011 France U20 1 (0)
2012–2013 France U21 3 (0)
2014– Congo 41 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:21, 21 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023

Thievy Guivane Bifouma Koulossa (born 13 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal Khuzestan.

He spent most of his early career in Spain, totalling 68 La Liga games and eight goals for Espanyol, Almería and Granada in addition to a season on loan at Las Palmas in the Segunda División. As well as brief spells in England with West Bromwich Albion and France with Reims and Bastia, he represented four clubs in Turkey's Süper Lig.

Formerly a youth international for France, where he was born, Bifouma made his senior debut for the Congo in 2014. He competed at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where he was joint top scorer.

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists" (PDF). Premier League. 4 February 2014. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Thievy Bifouma". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Thievy: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 22 January 2020.