Christian Kouamé
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Anderlecht (on loan from Fiorentina) | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Prato | ||
| 2014–2015 | → Sassuolo (loan) | ||
| 2016 | → Internazionale (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Prato | 13 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Cittadella (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Cittadella | 40 | (11) |
| 2018–2020 | Genoa | 49 | (9) |
| 2020 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2020– | Fiorentina | 33 | (1) |
| 2021– | → Anderlecht (loan) | 20 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | Ivory Coast U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Ivory Coast Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | Ivory Coast | 12 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:29, 1 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 January 2022 | |||
Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou (born 6 December 1997), known as Christian Kouamé, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian First Division A club Anderlecht on loan from Serie A club Fiorentina. He also represents the Ivory Coast national team.
Club career[]
Kouamé started playing football on the streets of Bingerville, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. At the age of 16, he moved with other Ivorian teenagers to Italy to participate in trials with several clubs. Eventually he was signed by Prato and as still a minor at that time, grew up with an Italian foster family he is still close with.[1]
Kouamé made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for Prato on 6 September 2015 in a game against Pisa.[2]
On 13 July 2018, Kouamé signed with Serie A side Genoa.[3]
On 31 January 2020 he joined Fiorentina on loan with an obligation to buy.[4]
International career[]
Kouamé debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.[5][6] He was called-up for the final tournament in November 2019,[7] suffering a knee injury.[8]
He made his debut for the senior Ivory Coast national football team on 13 October 2019 in a friendly against DR Congo.[9]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 27 December 2021[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Prato | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Cittadella (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| Cittadella | 2017–18 | Serie B | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 47 | 13 | |
| Total | 55 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 15 | ||
| Genoa | 2018–19 | Serie A | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9 | ||
| Fiorentina (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Fiorentina | 2020–21 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| Total | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
| Anderlecht (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 17 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 162 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 189 | 35 | ||
Honours[]
Ivory Coast U23
- Africa U-23 Cup of Nations: runner-up 2019[11]
References[]
- ^ "Football KOUAME Christian - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Kouamé signed with Genoa". Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "KOUAME COMPLETES FIORENTINA MOVE" (Press release). Fiorentina. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Marc, ALLA Jean (14 March 2019). "CAN U23 : Nicolas Tié, Kouamé Christian, Guiagon Parfait… les surprises du chef Kamara". Mondialsport.net.
- ^ "CAF - Competitions - Qualifiers of Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
- ^ "Ivory Coast under-23 secure release of striker Kouame". 1 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Ivory Coast striker Christian Kouame leaves U-23 Nations Cup with knee injury". 16 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Ivory Coast v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 13 October 2019.
- ^ "Christian Kouame". Soccerway.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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External links[]
- Christian Kouamé at WorldFootball.net
- Christian Kouamé at Soccerway
- Christian Kouamé at National-Football-Teams.com
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