Aké Arnaud Loba

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Aké Loba
Personal information
Full name Aké Arnaud Loba
Date of birth (1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Divo, Ivory Coast
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Nashville SC
Number 72
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– Nashville SC 9 (0)
National team
2017 Ivory Coast U20 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2021

Aké Arnaud Loba (born 1 April 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.

Club career[]

Born in Divo, Loba joined SOA's youth setup in 2015, from Association Sportive des Enseignants d’Abobo.[1] He made his debut for the former during the 2016–17 campaign, being also named in the Team of the Year.[2]

On 30 December 2017, Loba signed for Peruvian Primera División side Universidad San Martín.[3] 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.[4] He finished the season with 18 goals, being also named the Player of the Season, but losing it to Gabriel Costa.[5]

On 23 December 2018, Loba joined Liga MX side Querétaro on a one-year loan deal.[6]

On 14 January 2020, Loba joined Mexican club Monterrey on a permanent deal.[7]

On 7 July 2021, Loba transferred to Nashville SC of Major League Soccer as a designated player.[8] The deal was for a reported $6.8 million, a club-record transfer fee.[9]

Honours[]

Monterrey

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Voici les meilleurs de la saison" [Announced the best of the season] (in French). Sport-ivoire.ci. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "La hora de San Martín" [San Martín's time] (in Spanish). USMP. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "¡BIENVENIDO, AKÉ LOBA!". Rayados (in Spanish). 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Nashville Soccer Club Acquires Liga MX Striker Aké Loba". Nashville SC. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Nashville SC signs CF Monterrey center forward Aké Loba for club-record $6.8 million".

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