Manucho (Ivorian footballer)

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Manucho
Personal information
Full name Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou
Date of birth (1990-10-03) October 3, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Orouba SC
Number 88
Youth career
1999–2002 Stella Club d'Adjamé
2002–2009 Ocaf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Poshey
2010–2011 Nõmme Kalju 24 (4)
2011 → Lootus Kohtla-Järve (loan) 13 (9)
2012–2014 Infonet Tallinn 95 (67)
2015–2017 USM Alger 9 (2)
2015–2016 → RC Relizane (loan) 26 (11)
2016–2017 → CS Constantine (loan) 22 (6)
2017–2018 Al Ittihad 15 (4)
2018 → Baniyas (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 CS Sfaxien 12 (0)
2019 Liepāja 5 (1)
2020–2021 Levadia Tallinn 19 (6)
2021 Al-Kawkab
2021–2022 Al Jazirah Al-Hamra
2022– Al-Orouba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:46, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou (born 3 October 1990), commonly known as Manucho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Al-Orouba SC[1] as a forward.[2][3][4]

Club career[edit]

Manucho started his career in the youth ranks of Stella Club d'Adjamé and Ocaf FC, before moving to Estonian clubs Nõmme Kalju FC and Lootus Kohtla Järve and then FC Infonet.

In 2012, he received an award as the season's lead scorer and best player, after scoring 31 goals that year with FC Infonet in the Meistriliiga, Estonia's top-level league.[5][6]

In 2014, he scored 30 goals in 31 games while playing for FC Infonet.[7] This placed him as the third top scorer in the Meistriliiga,[8] also as first African scorer,[9][10] and as the twentieth top scorer worldwide for that year.[9][11] As far as scoring average, he ranked fourth worldwide in 2014 with 0.97 goals per game.[9]

On 7 January 2015, Manucho joined Algerian club USM Alger, signing a two and a half year contract with the club.[2][12]

On 9 December 2019, FCI Levadia Tallinn confirmed that Manucho had joined the club on a contract until the end of 2020.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 1 July 2017[14]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nõmme Kalju 2010 11 3 — — — — 11 3
Lootus Kohtla-Järve 2011 13 9 — — — — 13 9
Nõmme Kalju 2011 13 1 — — — — 13 1
Infonet Tallinn 2012 32 31 1 0 — — 33 31
2013 32 6 3 3 — — 34 9
2014 31 30 1 0 — — 31 30
Total 95 67 5 3 — — 100 70
USM Alger 2014–15 9 2 0 0 3 0 — 12 2
RC Relizane (loan) 2015–16 26 11 2 1 — — 28 12
CS Constantine (loan) 2016–17 22 6 2 0 — — 24 6
Career total 189 99 9 4 3 0 — — 201 103

Honours[edit]

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "المهاجم العاجي " مانوتشو " ينضم لصفوف العُروبة أهلا وسهلًا #Welcome" [Ivorian striker "Manucho" joins the ranks of Arabism. Welcome]. Twitter. Al-Orouba @Twitter. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou". usma.dz. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Manucho, 3ème recrue" (in French). USM Alger. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Ligue 1-J16 - Fiche du Match: ES Sétif vs USM Alger". USM-Alger.com (in French). USM Alger. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Elevandiluuranniku ründaja pikendas lepingut Infonetiga" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. ^ Roop, Rait (11 December 2012). "Manucho eelistas Infonetti Prantsuse klubile" (in Estonian). Soccernet. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  7. ^ Ruela, João (8 November 2014). "Cristiano Ronaldo marca e sobe ao topo da Bota de Ouro" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Estonian First League - Top scorers". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  9. ^ a b c Lantheaume, Romain (31 December 2014). "Manucho, l'Ivoirien qui fait mieux que Messi en 2014" (in French). Afrik.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  10. ^ Abbad, Rachid (6 January 2015). "L'USMA engage Kako Rostan pour une durée de 30 mois" (in French). Liberté. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Máximos goleadores del 2014". Invictos (in Spanish). 29 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  12. ^ Roop, Rait (14 January 2015). "Présentation des nouvelles recrues" (in French). usma.dz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  13. ^ Väravakütt Manucho liitus FCI Levadiaga!, fcilevadia.ee, 9 December 2019
  14. ^ "Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Premium liiga kuu parimad on Manucho ja Frantsev" (in Estonian). Estonian Football Association. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

External links[edit]

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