John Cofie, English footballer

John Erzuah Cofie (born 21 January 1993) is a Ghanaian-born English retired footballer who played as a forward.

He began his career with Burnley and moved to Manchester United for a fee of £1m at the age of 14, but failed to make the break into the first-team. Following loan spells with Royal Antwerp, Sheffield United and Notts County he was released by Manchester United, joining Barnsley on a free transfer in July 2013. He never made a first-team appearance at Barnsley before joining Norwegian club Molde in August 2014. In March 2015, he returned to England, joining Crawley Town. He moved to Wrexham in November 2015. In January 2016, Cofie joined AFC Telford United before moving to Southport in June 2016.

Born in Aboso, Ghana, Cofie moved to England at a young age and has been capped by England at under-17 level.