Blaise Kufo

Football player infobox
playername = Blaise Kufo
fullname = Blaise Isetsima Kufo
height = height|m=1.86


dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1975|5|25|mf=y
cityofbirth = Kinshasa
countryofbirth = Zaire
currentclub = FC Twente
clubnumber = 9
contractend = 2010
position = Striker
years = 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–
clubs = Lausanne Sports FC Echallens Al-Arabi Yverdon-Sport Lausanne Sports Grasshopper CZ FC Lugano Grasshopper CZ FC Lugano FC Lucerne FSV Mainz 05 Hannover 96 FC Twente
caps(goals) = 002 0(0) 016 0(9) 012 0(6) 035 (12) 034 (18) 013 0(2) 011 (10) 005 0(2) 010 0(4) 019 0(7) 042 (20) 009 0(0) 155 (85)
nationalyears = 2000 -
nationalteam = Switzerland
nationalcaps(goals) = 018 0(4)
pcupdate = March 18, 2008
ntupdate = September 18, 2008

Blaise Isetsima Kufo (born 25 May 1975 in Kinshasa) is a Swiss football player of Congolese (DRC) origin. He currently plays as a striker for FC Twente in the Netherlands. On April 7th 2008 he signed a new contract that keeps him at the club until 2010.

Trivia

* His name is often incorrectly spelled "N'Kufo". The birth name is "Nkufo", but the player himself prefers the easier-to-pronounce form "Kufo". [ [http://www.sportweek.nl/detail.asp?groupid=0&newsid=57360 Interview in Sportweek, April 19 2008] (Dutch), Translation: "Twente-striker N'Kufo: 'my official name is Kufo, without N'."] [ [http://www.20min.ch/sport/fussball/story/22931651 20minuten.ch: Von N Kufo über Nkufo bis Kufo - Fussball ] ]

"That N plus apostrophe has been created by someone, perhaps cause it's sounding more African. My official name is Kufo, without N'. My name in my passport is Kufo."

* He was the first Black player to play for Switzerland.Fact|date=June 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=888 Weltfussball / Kufo]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3151583.stm BBC / Kufo]
* [http://www.fctwente.net/spelers_details.php?spelerID=39 FC Twente Online / Kufo] (Pictures)
* [http://www.vi.nl.kpnis.nl/Spelers/Speler/BlaiseNKufo.htm Profile at VI.nl]