John Cofie

John Cofie
Personal information
Full name John Erzuah Cofie[1]
Date of birth (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Aboso, Ghana
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2007 Burnley
2007–2010 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Manchester United 0 (0)
2012 → Royal Antwerp (loan) 13 (3)
2012–2013 → Sheffield United (loan) 16 (2)
2013 → Notts County (loan) 7 (1)
2013–2014 Barnsley 0 (0)
2014–2015 Molde 0 (0)
2015 Crawley Town 1 (0)
2015–2016 Wrexham 2 (0)
2016 AFC Telford United 17 (4)
2016–2017 Southport 8 (0)
2016 → Bradford Park Avenue (loan) 2 (1)
2016–2017 → Chorley (loan) 2 (0)
2017 Stalybridge Celtic 8 (1)
2017–2018 Derry City 4 (0)
2018 Hume City 9 (2)
2020 Global
International career
2010 England U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Erzuah Cofie (born 21 January 1993) is a retired footballer who played as a forward.

He began his career with Burnley and moved to Manchester United for a fee of £1m at the age of 14,[2] but failed to make the break into the first-team. Following loan spells with Royal Antwerp, Sheffield United and Notts County he was released by Manchester United, joining Barnsley on a free transfer in July 2013. He never made a first-team appearance at Barnsley before joining Norwegian club Molde in August 2014. In March 2015, he returned to England, joining Crawley Town. He moved to Wrexham in November 2015. In January 2016, Cofie joined AFC Telford United before moving to Southport in June 2016.

Born in Aboso, Ghana, Cofie moved to England at a young age and has been capped by England at under-17 level.

  1. ^ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). premierleague.com. Premier League. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. ^ Aarons, Ed (17 December 2015). "Paid too much, too young, but George Green makes new start at Ossett". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2016.