Aké Arnaud Loba
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Divo, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Querétaro (on loan from Tijuana) | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
AS d'Abobo | |||
2015–2016 | SOA | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | SOA | 25 | (7) |
2018–2020 | Universidad San Martín | 32 | (18) |
2019 | → Querétaro (loan) | 36 | (9) |
2020–2021 | Monterrey | 21 | (6) |
2021–2023 | Nashville SC | 40 | (2) |
2023 | → Mazatlán (loan) | 12 | (2) |
2023–2024 | Mazatlán | 14 | (9) |
2024– | Tijuana | 0 | (0) |
2024– | → Querétaro (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017 | Ivory Coast U20 | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2023 |
Aké Arnaud Loba (born 1 April 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Querétaro, on loan from Tijuana.
Club career
[edit]Born in Divo, Loba joined SOA's youth setup in 2015, from Association Sportive des Enseignants d’Abobo.[2] He made his debut for the former during the 2016–17 campaign, being also named in the Team of the Year.[3]
On 30 December 2017, Loba signed for Peruvian Primera División side Universidad San Martín.[4] He made his professional debut the following 4 February, starting in a 4–0 home routing of Ayacucho FC.
Loba scored his first professional goal on 11 February 2018, netting his team's second in a 2–1 away win against Comerciantes Unidos.[5] He finished the season with 18 goals, being also named the Player of the Season, but losing it to Gabriel Costa.[6]
On 23 December 2018, Loba joined Liga MX side Querétaro on a one-year loan deal.[7]
On 14 January 2020, Loba joined Mexican club Monterrey on a permanent deal.[8]
On 7 July 2021, Loba transferred to Nashville SC of Major League Soccer as a designated player.[9] The deal was for a reported $6.8 million, a club-record transfer fee.[10]
Honours
[edit]Monterrey
References
[edit]- ^ "Aké Arnaud Loba". Nashville SC. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Aké Loba: cinco cosas que no sabes del 'santo' que hizo sufrir a Universitario" [Aké Loba: Five things that you do not know about the 'saint' who made Universitario suffer] (in Spanish). Depor. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Voici les meilleurs de la saison" [Announced the best of the season] (in French). Sport-ivoire.ci. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "San Martín no para de reforzarse: dos marfileños se encargarán de los goles en el 2018" [San Martín do not stop bolstering themselves: two Ivorians will be in charge of the goals for 2018] (in Spanish). Depor. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "La hora de San Martín" [San Martín's time] (in Spanish). USMP. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Conoce a los ganadores de los premios a los mejores del Descentralizado 2018" [Know the winners of the awards to the best of the 2018 Descentralizado] (in Spanish). Diario Correo. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Gallos anuncia como refuerzo a un joven jugador africano; Aké Arnaud Loba" [Gallos announce as an addition a young African player; Aké Arnaud Loba] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "¡BIENVENIDO, AKÉ LOBA!". Rayados (in Spanish). 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Nashville Soccer Club Acquires Liga MX Striker Aké Loba". Nashville SC. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Nashville SC signs CF Monterrey center forward Aké Loba for club-record $6.8 million".
External links
[edit]- Aké Arnaud Loba at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Divo, Ivory Coast
- Ivorian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players
- Nashville SC players
- Mazatlán Futbol Club footballers
- Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers
- Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Designated Players (MLS)
- Major League Soccer players
- Ivorian football biography stubs