Christian Kouakou

Christian Kouakou
Personal information
Full name	Christian Kouakou Yao
Date of birth	1 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
2007	Toumodi
2007–2009	Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009	Anderlecht
2010–2012	Muangthong United
2012–2015	Tours
2016–2018	Caen
2016	→ Nîmes (loan)
2019	MFK Karviná
2019	Gabala
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:31, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Christian Kouakou Yao (born 1 March 1991) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Gabala FK.

Career

Born in Abidjan, Kouakou began his career with Toumodi F.C.

In the summer of 2007, he moved to Europe signing a contract with R.S.C. Anderlecht's academy. After three years with the youth teams of Anderlecht, he signed in January 2010 for the Thai side, Muangthong United.^[2]

During the mid-season transfer period of the 2010–2011 season, he was linked with the Belgian Premier Division club KV Mechelen.

On 31 August 2016, Kouakou joined Nîmes Olympique from Stade Malherbe Caen on a season-long loan deal.^[3] In September 2018, he terminated his contract with Caen.^[4]

On 4 July 2019, Gabala FK signed Kouakou to a one-year contract, with the option of a second, from MFK Karviná.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 September 2019^[1]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Muangthong United	2010	Thai League 1							6	1			6	1
	2011	Thai League 1							10	5			10	5
	Total								16	6			16	6
Tours	2012–13	Ligue 2	24	4	0	0	2	0	–		–		26	4
	2013–14		34	9	0	0	4	0	–		–		38	9
	2014–15		18	6	2	0	1	0	–		–		21	6
	2015–16		18	6	2	0	2	1	–		–		22	7
	Total		94	25	4	0	9	1	-	-	-	-	107	26
Tours II	2013–14	Championnat National 3	1	0	–		–		–		–		1	0
	2014–15	Championnat National 3	1	0	–		–		–		–		1	0
	Total		2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
SM Caen	2015–16	Ligue 1	6	1	0	0	0	0	–		–		6	1
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2017–18		19	1	3	0	2	0	–		–		24	1
	2018–19		1	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		26	2	3	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	31	2
SM Caen II	2016–17	Championnat National 3	2	0	–		–		–		–		2	0
	2017–18		4	2	–		–		–		–		4	2
	2018–19		2	0	–		–		–		–		2	0
	Total		8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2
Nîmes (loan)	2016–17	Ligue 2	28	8	0	0	–		–		–		28	8
Karviná	2018–19	Fortuna liga	1	0	0	0	–		–		–		1	0
Gabala	2019–20	Premier League	4	0	0	0	–		2	0	–		6	0
Career total			163	37	7	0	11	1	18	6	-	-	201	44

References

^ ^a ^b Christian Kouakou at Soccerway
^ Muangthong’s king-size worries^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Christian Kouakou prêté à Nîmes" [Christian Kouakou on loan to Nîmes] (in French). Stade Malherbe Caen. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
^ "L1 - Caen : Départ de Christian Kouakou - Mercato 365". Mercato 365 (in French). 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
^ "Kristian Kouakou Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links

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[sw-1] Christian Kouakou at Soccerway

[2] Muangthong’s king-size worries^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Christian Kouakou prêté à Nîmes" [Christian Kouakou on loan to Nîmes] (in French). Stade Malherbe Caen. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.

[4] "L1 - Caen : Départ de Christian Kouakou - Mercato 365". Mercato 365 (in French). 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-11-21.

[Christian_Kouakou-5] "Kristian Kouakou Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

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