Jean-Jacques Gosso

Jean-Jacques Gosso

Personal information
Full name	Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso
Date of birth	15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Orduspor
Number	19
Youth career
	Stella Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2002	Stella Club
2003–2007	Wydad Casablanca
2008	Ashdod	44	(2)
2008–2011	Monaco	61	(1)
2011–	Orduspor	16	(0)
National team‡
2003	Côte d'Ivoire U20
2008–	Côte d'Ivoire	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 June 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso (born 15 March 1983 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Orduspor in Turkey as a midfielder.

Gosso, a defensive midfielder, has played in Côte d'Ivoire, Israel, Morocco, France and Turkey.

Africa

Stella Club

Gosso started his career at Stella Club d'Adjamé in his native Cote d'Ivoire. In 2004 he moved to Wydad Casablanca in Morocco, before travelling to Israel to discuss terms with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2006. Due to financial constraints at the club, they were unable to come up with the transfer fee that the Moroccan club had come up with.

Europe

F.C. Ashdod

Months later Gosso's name came up again but this time word had spread that F.C. Ashdod had agreed terms with the club and player and that he was due to sign a contract. In the end, Gosso did indeed join F.C. Ashdod where he immediately received a starting position in his first league match against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

AS Monaco

On July 8, 2008, it was announced that Gosso would go on trial with French side AS Monaco FC. On July 22, 2008, it was announced that Monaco would sign Gosso after the successful trial on a three year contract.

Orduspor

Gosso signed a three-year contract with the Turkish Süper Lig club Orduspor in July 2011.

International

He was member of the Ivory Coast U-20 squad in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates.

He was called up to the senior squad for the first time in 2008, and was named as part of the Elephants squad for the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola.

He was selected for the 2012 African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, playing mostly at right-back.

External links

• (Hebrew) Jean-Jacques Gosso's profile on One.co.il
• (French) Football: la fiche de Jean-Jacques Gosso
• Profile on national-football-teams.com
• (French) Jean-Jacques Gosso : « Plus le droit à l'erreur »