Mechac Koffi | |
Birth Date: | 1988 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Bouna, Ivory Coast |
Height: | 1.82 m |
Position: | Striker |
Youthyears1: | 2006–2008 |
Youthclubs1: | AS Denguélé |
Years1: | 2008–2011 |
Clubs1: | OC Khouribga |
Caps1: | 28 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 2011–2012 |
Clubs2: | AS Khroub |
Caps2: | 20 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2012–2013 |
Clubs3: | ES Sétif |
Caps3: | 10 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs4: | RC Arbaâ |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2014 |
Clubs5: | Ismaily |
Caps5: | 5 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2014–2015 |
Clubs6: | Al-Nasr |
Caps6: | 25 |
Goals6: | 19 |
Years7: | 2015–2016 |
Caps7: | 5 |
Goals7: | 3 |
Years8: | 2016 |
Clubs8: | Al-Nasr |
Caps8: | 10 |
Goals8: | 4 |
Years9: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs9: | Al-Shabab |
Caps9: | 9 |
Goals9: | 9 |
Years10: | 2017 |
Clubs10: | Al-Feiha |
Caps10: | 12 |
Goals10: | 3 |
Years11: | 2018–2019 |
Caps11: | 10 |
Goals11: | 4 |
Years12: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs12: | Al-Taawon |
Years13: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs13: | Masafi |
Caps13: | 7 |
Goals13: | 2 |
Mechac Koffi (born 24 September 1988) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Mechac began his professional career in 2009 in Morocco with OC Khouribga in Botola (Moroccan top division league). He scored 14 goals in 28 appearances for the Moroccan side.
On 1 July 2011, he moved to Algeria and signed a one-year contract with AS Khroub of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. He scored 13 goals in 20 league appearances for the Algerian side. On 6 August 2012, he again signed a one-year contract with an Algerian club, ES Sétif of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[1] He scored 2 goals in 11 appearances for the Sétif-based club. On 17 June 2013, he signed a six-months contract with an Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club, RC Arbaâ.
After spending a three-years spell in Algeria, he moved to Egypt and signed a contract with Ismaily SC of the Egyptian Premier League. He scored 4 goal in 5 appearances for the Ismaïlia-based club.
On 23 July 2014, he arrived in Oman and on 6 August 2014 he signed a two-years contract with Salalah-based club Al-Nasr S.C.S.C.[2] [3] He made his Oman Professional League debut and scored his first goal on 20 September 2014 in a 3–2 loss in the derby match against fierce rivals, Dhofar S.C.S.C.[4] He scored 19 goals in 25 appearances in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League which also included a hat-trick on 8 January 2015 in a 4–2 win over eventual runners-up of the 2014–15 Professional League season, Fanja SC,[5] thus emerging as the top scorer of the 2014–15 Oman Professional League season. He also made an appearance and scored a goal in the 2014–15 Oman Professional League Cup. He scored 5 goals in 6 appearances in the 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup, thus emerging as the top scorer and he also helped his team reach the semi-finals of the competition where his side lost 2–1 on aggregate to the eventual winners of the 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup and also the 2014–15 Oman Professional League, Al-Oruba SC.
On 27 May 2015, he arrived in the United Arab Emirates and on the very next day he signed a two-year contract with UAE First Division League side, Ittihad Kalba SC.[6] [7] [8] He made his debut for the club on 24 October 2015 in a 1–1 draw against Hatta Club in the UAE League Cup[9] and scored his first goal for the club in the same competition on 14 November 2015 in a 3–1 win over Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club.[10] He made his UAE First Division League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 11 December 2015 in a 1–1 draw against Al-Urooba.[11]
In January 2016, news speculated that the Ivorian striker could make a move back to Oman with clubs like Al-Suwaiq Club, Al-Nahda Club and his former side, Al-Nasr being the potential destinations.[12] [13] [14] [15] As a result, on 28 January 2016, he moved back to Oman and on the very same day signed a short-term contract with his former side, Al-Nasr until the end of the 2015–16 Oman Professional League season.[16] He made his first appearance in the 2015–16 Oman Professional League on 31 January 2016 in a 1–0 loss against Al-Oruba SC[17] and scored his first goal on 4 February 2016 in a 1–0 win over relegation threatened Al-Khaboura SC.[18] He scored 1 goal in 2 appearances in the 2015–16 Oman Professional League Cup, helping his side win the title for the first time in the history of the club.[19] [20] He made his first appearance in the 2015–16 Sultan Qaboos Cup on 15 February 2016 in a 0–1 loss against Fanja SC[21] and scored a brace in a 2–1 win against the same side in the 2nd leg of the Quarter-finals,[22] helping his side qualify for the semi-finals[23] where Al-Nasr lost 1–0 on aggregate to Saham Club.
On 20 July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with another Oman Professional League club, Al-Shabab Club.[24]
In December 2017, he moved to India and signed a short-term contract with Goan giants, Churchill Brothers S.C. He made his I-League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 8 January in a 1–1 draw against Indian club East Bengal F.C. and helped his side secure their first point of the season.[25] [26] [27]
Mechac has three brothers and has one younger sister. He has already lost a sister who was older than him back in 2012. His elder brother, Yao Simon Koffi is also a player.
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
OC Khouribga | 2009–10 | Botola | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
2010–11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
Total | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 3 | |||
AS Khroub | 2011–12 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
ES Sétif | 2012–13 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Ismaily | 2013–14 | Egyptian Premier League | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
Al-Nasr | 2014–15 | Oman Professional League | 25 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 25 | |
Ittihad Kalba | 2015–16 | UAE First Division League | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
Al-Nasr | 2015–16 | Oman Professional League | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
Al-Shabab | 2016–17 | Oman Professional League | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
Al-Feiha | 2016–17 | Saudi First Division | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
Churchill Brothers | 2017–18 | I-League | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
Career total | 128 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 54 |
ES Sétif
Al-Nasr
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