UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
Scored five goals so far this season, including three against UC Riverside (Oct. 4) ... Has one assist on the season … Has recorded 11 points this season … Taken 25 shots this season, with five against Central Arkansas (Aug. 25) ... Recorded 11 shots on goal this season, with three against Grand Canyon (Sept. 21).
PORTLAND
2024
Played in six games before his season was cut short by injury, scoring twice and adding an assist … Set up the Pilots’ game-winning goal against Washington on Aug. 23 … Scored twice in Portland’s 7-2 rout of Multnomah College on Sept. 2.
2023
All-WCC Second Team … CSC Academic-All District … WCC All-Academic Team … selected 81
st overall in the third round of the MLS SuperDraft by the Seattle Sounders … Started in all 17 games, scoring a career-high nine goals and adding a career-best six assists … Ranked second in the WCC in goals, total points and points per game … Ranked third in the conference in goals per game and fifth in assists and assists per game … His 1.41 points per game ranked 28
th in the country … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, against UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 1.
2022
Appeared in 11 matches as a substitute, scoring a goal and recording two assists … Scored one of Portland’s four goals against Santa Clara on Nov. 5 … Assisted two of Portland’s six goals against Utah Tech on Sept. 25.
2021 (Fall)
Made seven starts in 16 appearances, scoring twice and adding an assist on the season … Tallied a goal on opening day (Aug. 27) against Air Force … Scored and assisted in Portland’s 4-0 win over No. 15 Northern Illinois on Nov. 3.
2021 (Spring)
All-WCC Honorable Mention … All-WCC Freshman Team … Played in all 10 matches of Portland’s COVID-affected 2020 season, making six starts … Scored four goals and provided two assists … Both assists came on his collegiate debut against George Fox, where he also scored … Also scored in a win over Pacific on March 7 and twice in a win over Multnomah on March 31.
CLUB
Played for Santa Barbara Soccer Club … Won the Olympic Development Program National Championship in 2017 … Named to the ODP National Championship All-Tournament Team in both 2017 and 2018.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Cate School … Tri-Valley League Player of the Year … All-CIF First Team … Two-time All-Tri-Valley League First Team honoree … Led the Rams to an undefeated season and Tri-Valley Championship in 2018-19 … Led Cate in goals three times … Led the team in assists twice.
PERSONAL
Abubakar “Buba” Fofanah was born Dec. 12, 2001 in Tongo, Sierra Leone … Grew up in Kenema, Sierra Leone … The middle child of five siblings, has an older brother Morgan, older sister Cydney, younger brother Amadu and younger sister Umu … Studying Business Administration, Business Leadership and Digital Marketing at UC Santa Barbara … Plans to become a real estate agent after his soccer career ends.
