Rahavi Kifouéti


Rahavi Minimbou Kifouéti is a former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger. Born in France, he represented Congo at international level.

Club career

Early career

Kifouéti was born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine. He began his career in 2005 with Auxerre. After six months without a club, following his release from Auxerre in July 2008, he signed a contract with ES Wasquehal on 12 December 2008. Afterwards, he had short spells with Le Havre, Vendeé Poiré-sur-Vie, USJA Carquefou and Luçon.

Botev Plovdiv

After a successful trial, Kifouéti signed a contract with Botev Plovdiv on 11 September 2015. During the trial, he scored twice in a friendly game against Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa.
Kifouéti made an official debut for Botev Plovdiv on 12 September, but he was unable to prevent a 2–0 home loss from Litex Lovech.
On 23 September 2015, Kifouéti scored his first goal for Botev Plovdiv during a 4–0 away win over Septemvri Simitli in a game for the Bulgarian Cup. In October, Kifouéti provided the assists for the winning goals against PFC Montana and Pirin Blagoevgrad.
In the spring of 2016, Kifouéti failed to impress. After taking part in 22 official games and scoring one goal, he was released from the club at the end of the season.

Lokomotiv GO

Kifouéti spent the next season at newly promoted Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, but left the club in June 2017 when his contract expired.

Doxa Katokopias

On 11 July 2017, Kifouéti signed with Cypriot club Doxa Katokopias.

Elazigspor

On 14 August 2018, he signed for Turkish club Elazigspor.

Bastia

On 12 October 2018, he signed a one-year contract with SC Bastia, and was released in July.

International career

Kifouéti made his debut for the Congo national team in a 5–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss with Ghana on 5 September 2017.