Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bello Musa Kofarmata [1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 May 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Kano, Kano State, Nigeria | ||
Date of death | 2 November 2022 | (aged 34)||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | Buffalo F.C. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2007–2010 | Kano Pillars | ||
2010–2012 | Heartland F.C. | ||
2012–2015 | Kano Pillars | ||
2016 | Ifeanyi Ubah | ||
2017–2019 | El-Kanemi Warriors | ||
International career | |||
2007 | Nigeria U20 | 4 | (0) |
2010 | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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. [2] 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. [3]
Kofarmata joined Heartland in January 2010 for a fee of five million naira. [4] After two and half years he left Heartland F.C. and signed with league rivals Kano Pillars. [5]
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. [6]
Kofarmata died following a short illness on 2 November 2022, at the age of 34. [7]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Bello Musa Kofarmata [1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 May 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Kano, Kano State, Nigeria | ||
Date of death | 2 November 2022 | (aged 34)||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | Buffalo F.C. | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2007–2010 | Kano Pillars | ||
2010–2012 | Heartland F.C. | ||
2012–2015 | Kano Pillars | ||
2016 | Ifeanyi Ubah | ||
2017–2019 | El-Kanemi Warriors | ||
International career | |||
2007 | Nigeria U20 | 4 | (0) |
2010 | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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. [2] 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. [3]
Kofarmata joined Heartland in January 2010 for a fee of five million naira. [4] After two and half years he left Heartland F.C. and signed with league rivals Kano Pillars. [5]
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. [6]
Kofarmata died following a short illness on 2 November 2022, at the age of 34. [7]