Koffi Djidji

Koffi Djidji

Personal information
Full name	Lévy Koffi Djidji
Date of birth	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992
Place of birth	Bagnolet, France
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Nantes
Number	26
Youth career
–2005	AJN Bagnolet
2006–2007	SHOC
2007–2011	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–	Nantes	41	(1)
2012–2016	Nantes B	31	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:37, 4 September 2016 (UTC).

Lévy Koffi Djidji (born November 30, 1992 in Bagnolet) is a French born Ivorian footballer, who plays for French Ligue 1 club FC Nantes.

Career

Djidji started his career in the youthteam of his hometown club AJN Bagnolet.^[1] He left than in the spring of 2006 his hometown and signed with Saint-Herblain Olympique Club.^[2] He joined than in the age of fifteen in summer 2007 from SHOC to the under-18 team of Ligue 1 side FC Nantes Atlantique and was promoted to the b team one year later for the 2008/2009 season.^[3] He played in his first three years for the reserve team in ten games in the CFA 2 Groupe G.^[4]

The defender played than his senior debut in the Ligue 2 for FC Nantes on 4 August 2012 against Nimes Olympique.

He scores his first goal in Ligue 1 against Montpellier on March 22, 2014 in a 2-1 win for Nantes over Montpellier.

International Career

Djidji was born and raised in France to an Ivorian father and French mother. He received a callup to the Ivory Coast national football team for their friendly 0-0 tie against Hungary, wherein he was on the bench.^[5]

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