"[4] Fopa trained in high school, then with the Apejes FC in Yaoundé under President Aimé Léon Zang.
In 2009, he entered the New York Red Bulls Academy but an injury drew him away from stadiums for a year.
[4] He helped the team defeat the Vermont Voltage, 4–2, that July closing their inaugural USL Premier Development League (PDL) season in fourth place in the Northeast Division.
In February 2013, Fopa helped the team face Unisport FC du Haut-Nkam, the 2012 winners of the Cameroon Cup.
[7] The next year he signed with Cameroon's Bamboutos FC, a first division club, as midfield offense, one football blogger writing of his "outstanding technical qualities.