Arthur Gnahoua
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 18 September 1992||
Place of birth | France[3] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, centre-forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Morecambe | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2003 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Stalybridge Celtic | 26 | (2) |
2012–2015 | Macclesfield Town | 34 | (3) |
2013 | → Colwyn Bay (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2015–2016 | CF Gavà | ||
2016–2017 | Kidderminster Harriers | 51 | (16) |
2017–2019 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Fylde (loan) | 8 | (2) |
2019 | Carlisle United | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Macclesfield Town | 29 | (4) |
2020–2021 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | (2) |
2021– | Morecambe | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:26, 26 August 2021 (UTC) |
Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua (born 18 September 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a winger or centre-forward for Morecambe.
Club career[]
Gnahoua was born in France[3] and is of Ivorian descent.[4] He moved to England when he was six and grew up in Salford.[3] He was coached and taught how to play football by his brother.[5] In 2003 he was released from the Bolton Wanderers Academy.[3]
He began his senior career in non-league football, joining Macclesfield Town from Stalybridge Celtic in 2012.[6] On 16 January 2015 he signed for CF Gavà[7] and then moved on to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2016,[8] and was their top goal scorer in the 2016–17 season as they reached the National League North play-off semi-finals.[4]
He joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer in May 2017, signing a one-year deal with an option for a further year,[4] making his Football League debut on 5 August 2017 as a substitute in a 1−0 victory over Northampton Town.[9] Gnahoua scored his first professional goal in a 3−2 victory over Coventry City in an EFL Trophy group-stage match on 29 August,[10] followed by his first Football League goal - netting a 94th-minute winner in a 2−1 away win at Doncaster Rovers - on 26 September.[11]
His contract with Shrewsbury was extended at the end of the 2017–18 season.[12] He went on loan to Fylde on 26 November 2018.[13]
He signed for Carlisle on 21 January 2019[14] but missed the rest of the season after getting injured only 27 minutes into his debut.[15] He was released at the end of the season.[16]
Gnahoua re-joined Macclesfield Town in August 2019 on a one-year contract.[17]
Gnahoua re-signed for Bolton Wanderers on 26 September 2020, 17 years after being released from Bolton's Academy.[3] He said he signed for Bolton as it was close to his home, which became an internet meme,[18] with Bolton fans creating the chant "Arthur Gnahoua, he lives down the road!"[19] They also gave him the nickname King Arthur.[20] He made his debut the same day he signed, coming off the bench to replace Nathan Delfouneso in the 65th minute of a 0−2 Home defeat against Newport County.[21] His first goal came on 17 November as he scored Bolton's second goal in a 3–2 win against Newcastle United U21 in the EFL Trophy[22] with his first league goal coming on 13 January 2021 in a 1–1 draw against Exeter City.[23] On 19 May 2021 Bolton announced he would be released at the end of his contract.[24]
On 17 June 2021 newly promoted Morecambe announced they had signed him.[25]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stalybridge Celtic | 2010–11 | Conference North | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
2011–12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
Macclesfield Town | 2012–13 | Conference | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Colwyn Bay (loan) | 2012–13 | Conference North | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Macclesfield Town | 2013–14 | Conference | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
CF Gavà | 2014–15 | Tercera División | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
2015–16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Kidderminster Harriers | 2015–16 | National League | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |
2016–17 | National League North | 35 | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | 5[b] | 1 | 42 | 14 | ||
Shrewsbury Town | 2017–18[28] | League One | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 22 | 3 |
2018–19[29] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Fylde (loan) | 2018–19 | National League | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
Carlisle United | 2018–19[29] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Macclesfield Town | 2019–20[30] | League Two | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 32 | 4 |
Bolton Wanderers | 2020–21[31] | League Two | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 30 | 3 |
Morecambe | 2021–22[32] | League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Career total | 198 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 230 | 34 |
- Notes
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.
- ^ Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy and National League North Play Offs.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
Honours[]
Shrewsbury Town
- EFL Trophy runner-up: 2017–18[33]
Bolton Wanderers
- EFL League Two third-place (promotion): 2020–21[34][31]
References[]
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Arthur Gnahoua player Football Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Evatt boosts strike force with signing number 18". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Shrewsbury boss Paul Hurst hopes to have uncovered gem in Arthur Gnahoua". Shropshire Star. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Shrewsbury's Arthur Gnahoua is chasing his Wembley dream shropshirestar.com
- ^ "Macclesfield Town: Arthur Gnahoua rejoins as two more sign". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ CF Gava: "Descubriendo al nuevo fichaje Arthur"
- ^ "Match preview: Kidderminster Harriers vs Curzon Ashton". Curzon Ashton F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Coventry City 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 report and pictures". Shropshire Star. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Doncaster Rovers 1 Town 2". Shrewsweb. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Shrewsbury Town: Joe Riley, Shaun Rowley and AJ Leitch-Smith to be released". BBC Sport. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ shropshirestar.com: "Shrewsbury send Arthur Gnahoua on loan to AFC Fylde"
- ^ BBC Sport: "Arthur Gnahoua: Carlisle United sign midfielder following release by Shrewsbury Town"
- ^ BBC Sport: "Arthur Gnahoua: Carlisle United midfielder to miss rest of season after being hurt 27 minutes into debut"
- ^ "Carlisle United release eight players after League Two season completed". BBC Sport. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Arthur Gnahoua: Macclesfield Town re-sign forward on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ Soccer AM on Twitter: "MLS? China? No, Arthur Gnahoua revealed the REAL reason he chose to sign for Bolton Wanderers"
- ^ Bolton Wanderers on Twitter: "