He left France, his Ligue 1 and his RC Lens in 2023 with the 8 on the back on his jersey. Seko Fofana returns this time in the colors of Stade Rennais. With a new number on his red and black tunic. The central midfielder chose to play with the 75.
Seko Fofana will wear the 75 with Stade Rennais
It is perhaps because the 8, or even the 6 which accompanied him to Udinese or more recently with Al-Nassr and which he wears in the Ivory Coast selection, were already taken in Rennes, the first by Baptiste Santamaria, the other is on the shoulders of Azor Matusiwa; two players who play in the same position as him. It is also surely, because this number 75 corresponds to the department and the city of Paris, where the African champion in 2024 was born and raised.
A number banned for a long time on the lawns of Ligue 1
This 75, he had already chosen during his two stints on loan from Al-Nassr to Al-Ettifaq FC. And if he never wore it during all his years spent in French football, it is also because until almost his departure for Saudi Arabia, he did not have the right to do so, Ligue 1 only authorizing numbers over 30 since 2022.
Seko Fofana will debut his new tunic this Friday evening, on the occasion of the resumption of the French championship and the match of his Stade Rennais which faces OGC Nice, at the Allianz Riviera.
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