Portland Timbers Transfer George Fochive to Viborg FF https://t.co/PmGVzMEn1K pic.twitter.com/skB3rrgEbP— William Conwell (@williamconwell) February 2, 2016 Fochive was a 3rd round pick by Portland in 2014, but did not feature at all his rookie season. However, he had a decent sophomore campaign playing in 11 games with 8 starts for the MLS Cup winning Timbers. Viborg finished in 10th place in the 2015/16 Danish Superliga season.
According to transfermarkt, he has played a total of 19 minutes in 2 matches: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/george-fochive/leistungsdaten/spieler/265671 Which means he has graduated to a full-fledged YA. @bungadiri @Friedel'sAccent
Former Portland Timber George Fochive kicked off his first full season at Viborg in the starting lineup, however it was otherwise an evening to forget for the Green Ones as they suffered a heavy home loss to Nordsjaelland. After joining Viborg midway through last season and gradually seeing more action as the season wound down, Fochive was at the heart of the team's midfield for the season's opening whistle and played for the first 67 minutes of the game. http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mode=show&id=11995
On the bench: Vi møder i dag klokken 16.00 AGF på Ceres Park. Følgende 11 spillere starter inde:#vfflive #agfvff pic.twitter.com/kGYUrYui0r— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) May 7, 2017
On the bench: Vi møder i dag klokken 18.00 AC Horsens. Følgende spillere starter inde:#vfflive #vffach pic.twitter.com/GKA0Z7YbE2— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) May 12, 2017
On the bench: Vi møder i dag klokken 18.00 AGF på Ceres Park i sæsonens vigtigste kamp. Følgende spillere starter inde:#vfflive #agfvff pic.twitter.com/Ce0NCTLQ38— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) May 28, 2017
On the bench: Vi møder i dag klokken 20.00 FC Helsingør på udebane. Følgende spillere starter inde:#FCHVFF #vfflive pic.twitter.com/po1i2LFXem— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) May 31, 2017
On the bench: Vi møder i dag klokken 18.00 FC Helsingør på Energi Viborg Arena. Følgende spillere starter inde:#VFFFCH #vfflive pic.twitter.com/WmbPpT5Fza— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) June 4, 2017
Fochive and Viborg FF suffered relegation to the Danish 1. Division when they only managed a 2-2 AET home result in the relegation play-off against Danish-American Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati and FC Helsingør (Elsinore, known from William Shakespeares Hamlet). The first leg in Elsinore finished 1-1
I can see that Fochives contract expire on 31. December 2018, so he will most likely also be playing for Viborg next season, though they have now been relegated and obviously are going to suffer a huge budget cut ...
6 players are leaving Viborg for sure, after they suffered relegation ... the 36-yo former Lazio midfielder Christian Keller is going to retire, while the Ivorian winger Serges Déblé is too expensive to get his contract extended. Also midfielder Mathias Wichmann is leaving and the two defenders Jonas Thorsen and Ghanaian Baba Mensah... and then the GK Peter Friis Jensen, who is no longer first choice. I suspect that a few more will be off ... most likely some of their older players like Jonas Kamper and Jeppe Curth who could chose to retire.
In november last year, Lokeren made Viborg a 2.5 million kroner ($ 380,000) bid on Fochive which the club refused : http://www.bt.dk/superligaen/vaek-efter-en-saeson-belgiere-vil-have-superliga-amerikaner ...but now Viborg is rumoured to consider a sale... if the Belgium club is still interested.
Starts: Start-11 mod @EsbjergfB: Viitala - Dehn, Moberg, Reese, Jespersen - Sivebæk, Grønning, Fochive, Kamper - Arrieta, Beck #viborgff #vfflive pic.twitter.com/mzbn7vMc11— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) August 6, 2017
FWIW, the MLS Transfers twitter said Colorado is interested in bringing him back to the States. https://www.burgundywave.com/2017/7...-george-fochive-of-viborg-ff-portland-timbers
Starts: Vores hold til aftenens pokalkamp mod Silkeborg KFUM #dbupokalen pic.twitter.com/XPdq7jSdpe— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) August 9, 2017
Started yesterday in a 6-0 win: Vores hold til dagens kamp ude mod @FremadAelite #vfflive pic.twitter.com/WrIMr1bPBE— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) August 20, 2017
Starts: Vi møder i aften klokken 18.00 FC Fredericia på Energi Viborg Arena.Følgende spillere starter inde:#vfflive pic.twitter.com/tYhGQXH7H8— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) August 23, 2017
On the bench: Her er holdet til aftenens kamp mod Vendsyssel FF.#vfflive pic.twitter.com/GM34J71X9m— Viborg FF ☘️ (@viborgff) August 28, 2017