Bello Kofarmata | |
Fullname: | Bello Musa Kofarmata |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1988 |
Birth Place: | Kano, Kano State, Nigeria |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Position: | Striker |
Youthyears1: | –2007 |
Youthclubs1: | Buffalo F.C. |
Years1: | 2007–2010 |
Clubs1: | Kano Pillars |
Years2: | 2010–2012 |
Clubs2: | Heartland F.C. |
Years3: | 2012–2015 |
Clubs3: | Kano Pillars |
Years4: | 2016 |
Clubs4: | Ifeanyi Ubah |
Years5: | 2017–2019 |
Clubs5: | El-Kanemi Warriors |
Nationalyears1: | 2007 |
Nationalteam1: | Nigeria U20 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2010 |
Nationalteam2: | Nigeria |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Bello Musa Kofarmata (12 May 1988 – 2 November 2022) was a Nigerian footballer who played as a forward for Kano Pillars, Heartland F.C., Ifeanyi Ubah and El-Kanemi Warriors.
With the team, with Kano Pillars he won the 2007–08 Nigerian Premier League and was with 11 goals the top scorer.[1] In August 2008 he was on a trial at Austria's LASK and played one friendly game, the forward returned from Europe to Kano Pillars at the start of the 2008 season.[2]
Kofarmata joined Heartland in January 2010 for a fee of five million naira.[3] After two and half years he left Heartland F.C. and signed with league rivals Kano Pillars.[4]
Kofarmata was a fringe player of the Nigeria U20 national team's squad at the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup. He made his debut for the Nigeria senior national team on 3 March 2010, coming on as a substitute in a 5–2 home win over Congo DR.[5]
Kofarmata died following a short illness on 2 November 2022, at the age of 34.[6]