Cheick Doukouré
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cheick Kader Doukouré | ||
Date of birth | 11 September 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Levante | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2007 | Aubervilliers | ||
2007–2010 | Lorient | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Lorient II | 42 | (1) |
2010–2014 | Lorient | 23 | (1) |
2012–2013 | → Épinal (loan) | 23 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Metz II | 5 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Metz | 58 | (1) |
2017– | Levante | 16 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2009 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
2011 | France U19 | 4 | (0) |
2015– | Ivory Coast | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2017 |
Cheick Kader Doukouré (born 11 September 1992)[1] is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club Levante UD.
Club career
Lorient
Born in Abidjan, Doukouré moved to France at early age and joined FC Lorient's youth setup in 2007, from FCM Aubervilliers. After featuring regularly for the reserves, he made his first team – and Ligue 1 – debut on 7 August 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute for Yann Jouffre in a 2–2 away draw against AJ Auxerre.
After being rarely used Doukouré was loaned to Championnat National side SAS Épinal for one year on 27 July 2012.[2] Upon returning, he started to feature more regularly, and scored his first goal for the club on 10 May 2014 in a 1–0 away success over Olympique Lyonnais.
Metz
On 20 June 2014, Doukouré joined fellow first division side FC Metz on a free transfer.[3] He made his debut for the club on 9 August, replacing Fadil Sido in a 0–0 draw at Lille OSC.
Doukouré appeared in 20 matches during the 2014–15 season, as his side suffered relegation. The following campaign, he appeared rarely as his side returned to the main category; in 2017, he also wore the captain armband in some matches.
Levante
On 4 August 2017, Doukouré signed a four-year deal with La Liga side Levante UD. The transfer fee paid to Metz was reported as €1.5 million.[4][5] He made his debut in the category on 21 August, coming on as a substitute for Enis Bardhi in a 1–0 home win against Villarreal CF.[6]
International career
After representing France at under-18 and under-19 levels, Doukouré subsequently switched allegance back to his home country Ivory Coast. On 11 January 2015 he made his full international debut for the latter, starting in a 1–0 friendly win against Nigeria.
Honours
Ivory Coast
References
- ^ Player details, Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015
- ^ "Lorient: Doukouré prêté à Epinal" [Lorient: Doukouré loaned to Epinal] (in French). Mercato 365. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Metz: C.Doukouré débarque" [Metz: C.Doukouré arrives] (in French). Mercato 365. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Football : Cheick Doukouré (FC Metz) file à Levante". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Cheick Doukouré se compromete con el Levante por las cuatro próximas temporadas" [Cheick Doukouré signs for Levante for the following four seasons] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "La Liga echaba de menos a Morales" [La Liga was missing Morales] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO, CAF
External links
- France profile at FFF
- Cheick Doukouré – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Cheick Doukouré at BDFutbol
- Cheick Doukouré at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cheick Doukouré at Soccerbase
- Cheick Doukouré at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abidjan
- Ivorian footballers
- French footballers
- French people of Ivorian descent
- Association football midfielders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- FC Lorient players
- SAS Épinal players
- FC Metz players
- La Liga players
- Levante UD footballers
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
- France youth international footballers
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Ivorian expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain