Gueïda Fofana

Le Havre

Fofana began his career playing for hometown club ES Mont-Gaillard. The youngster drew the interest of Le Havre, which he initially rejected preferring to play with his friends and remain close to his family. However, after constant inquiries, Fofana accepted and joined the club at age 12. While in the club's training center, Fofana developed into youth international and one of the club's most promising prospects, alongside the now-departed Paul Pogba, captaining several of the team's youth squads. In 2008, he signed an élite contract until June 2011. In the 2008–09 season, despite being 17 years old, he appeared on the bench as a senior team player for several matches, though he didn't make an appearance, mainly due to dealing with the rigorous effects of a herniated disc. The club suffered relegation from Ligue 1 in the 2008–09 season and, for the 2009–10 season, Fofana began training with the first team on a permanent basis. In the club's first competitive match of the new campaign, Fofana appeared on the bench in the club's 2–1 loss to Tours in the Coupe de la Ligue. He made his professional debut on 18 August 2009 in a league match against Tours appearing as a substitute in the 78th minute. Le Havre, again, lost to Tours 2–0. Fofana earned his first start on 26 September 2009 playing the entire 90 minutes in the club's 2–0 victory over Metz. On 26 November, Fofana scored his first professional goal in the club's 1–0 victory over AC Ajaccio. Two weeks…

Fofana has been active with France on the youth level having appeared at all levels. Prior to representing France on international level, Fofana earned regional caps with Normandy at age 13. He made his international youth debut with the under-16 team in the team's opening match against the Republic of Ireland in a 1–1 draw. On 5 December, Fofana scored his first youth international goal converting a penalty in the team's 4–1 victory over Turkey. Fofana finished his under-16 career playing against Germany at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on 30 May 2006. Germany won the match 1–0 with Felix Kroos scoring the lone goal. With the under-17 team, Fofana was named captain of the team by coach Francis Smerecki and scored his first goal on his debut in a 4–0 victory over Switzerland. In qualification for the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, Fofana scored a brace against Albania in the first qualifying round. He also captained the team to a second-place finish at the Algarve Cup in Portugal scoring his lone goal in a group stage match against the hosts. At the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, Fofana led the team to the final where they were defeated 4–0 by Spain. With the under-18 team, he captained the squad that played against England at Wembley Stadium. France won the match 4–2 and Fofana, as captain, was presented with the Fallenhero Trophy by The Football Association chairman Trevor Brooking. On 9 September 2009, Fofana made his debut with the…

Fofana began his managerial career as assistant manager to Christian Bassila for Lyon's reserve team in the 2018–19 season before becoming manager on 28 May 2019, ahead of the 2019–20 season. Fofana led the team to a 7th place finish in his first season in charge, improving on the previous two season's 12th and 11th place finishes. In April 2025, he became the head coach of Challenger Pro League side RWD Molenbeek during the promotion play-offs.

Fofana was born in France is of Malian and Mauritanian descent. He is the brother of the professional footballers Guessouma and Mamadou Fofana.