Blaise N'Kufo

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Blaise N'Kufo
N'Kufo 2006-07
Personal information
Full name Blaise Isetsima N'Kufo
Date of birth May 25, 1975
Place of birth    Kinshasa, DR Congo Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Height 186 cm
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club FC Twente
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-present
Lausanne Sports
FC Echallens
Al-Arabi Sports Club
Yverdon-Sport FC
Lausanne Sports
Grasshoppers Zürich
FC Lugano
Grasshoppers Zürich
FC Lugano
FC Lucerne
1. FSV Mainz 05
Hannover 96
FC Twente
2 (0)
16 (9)
12 (6)
35 (12)
34 (18)
13 (2)
11 (10)
5 (2)
10 (4)
19 (7)
42 (20)
9 (0)
112 (58)   
National team2
Switzerland 7 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of January 4, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of August 22, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Blaise Isetsima N'Kufo (born 25 May 1975 in Kinshasa) is a Swiss soccer player of Congolese (DRC) origin. He currently plays as a striker for FC Twente in the Netherlands. He stated to have found peace and rest at Twente after a nomadic existence career, in 2006 he signed a new contract that keeps him at the club until 2009.

In March 2007 he was asked in a interview for the biggest Dutch football magazine (VI) why Ricardo Cabanas, who only scored one goal in the 2. Bundesliga this season, and Hakan Yakın with seven goals for the Swiss side Young Boys are selected for the national team while he is not. "My average is 15 goals a season for four years long in the Eredivisie. With my Swiss nationality I advertise the country in a positive way. So there has to be another explanation. I can look myself in the mirror without my conscious calling, this doesn't count for Köbi Kuhn and his assistant."

[edit] Trivia

  • He was the first black player in the Swiss national team.
  • N'Kufo likes books about philosophy and psychology, he also enjoys playing chess.

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FC Twente - Current Squad

1 Boschker | 2 Wielaert | 3 Braafheid | 4 Zomer | 5 Viðarsson | 6 Brama | 7 Touma | 8 Bakircioglü | 9 N'Kufo | 10 Gerk | 12 Heubach | 13 Visser | 14 Wilkshire | 15 Schuurman | 16 Paauwe | 17 Bakkal | 20 Aissati | 22 Wellenberg | 23 Gerritsen | 24 El Ahmadi | 25 Oude Kamphuis | 27 Engelaar | 29 Zijler | 30 Kleizen | Coach: Rutten

 

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