Jean Evrard Kouassi
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 25 September 1994||
Place of birth | N'Damien, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Wuhan Zall | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2011 | Jeunesse Sportive de Bassam | ||
2011–2012 | Moossou | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Hajduk Split | 59 | (13) |
2015–2016 | Shanghai SIPG | 45 | (12) |
2017– | Wuhan Zall | 90 | (42) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Ivory Coast U-17 | ||
2021– | Ivory Coast | 1 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:35, 31 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2021 |
Jean Evrard Kouassi (born 25 September 1994) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League side Wuhan Zall and Ivory Coast national football team.
Club career[]
Jean Evrard Kouassi would play for the Ivorian football club Moossou F.C. youth team before going abroad to have trails with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Club Brugge and Monaco before having a successful trail with Croatian club Hajduk Split who offered him a 3-year contract in January 2013. He made his debut in a league game against Slaven Belupo on 16 February 2013 that ended in a 2-0 victory.[2] He would gradually start to establish himself within the team and on 21 April 2013, Kouassi scored in a draw against Slaven Belupo, marking the 4000th jubilee championship goal for HNK Hajduk Split.[3] He would further endear himself towards the fans when he scored and assisted for a goal against Lokomotiva in the 2012–13 Croatian Cup final, which the club won 5–4 on aggregate.[citation needed]
Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG announced that Kouassi had joined the squad in February 2015 and signed a contract until 2017.[4] He would make his debut in a league game on 7 March 2015 against Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C. in a game that ended in a 2-1 victory.[5] On 18 January 2017, Kouassi moved to League One side Wuhan Zall.[6] On 18 June 2017, he scored his first goal against Dalian Transcendence. He helped the club earn promotion to the Super League by winning the China League One title in 2018, forming a strong strike partnership with Rafael Silva and netting 15 league goals.[citation needed]
International career[]
Kouassi was named in the Ivorian squad for the 2011 African U-17 Championship. He scored in the game against Gambia on 15 January 2011.[7] He was also named in the Ivorian squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He played in all four games before the Ivorians were eliminated from the competition by France in the round of 16.[1]
He made his debut for Ivory Coast national football team on 30 March 2021 in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia and scored his team's third goal in a 3-1 victory.[8]
Career statistics[]
- As of 31 December 2020.[9]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hajduk Split | 2012–13 | Prva HNL | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 17 | 3 | |
2013–14 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
2014–15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 59 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 18 | ||
Shanghai SIPG | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 0 | ||
2016 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 8 | ||||
Total | 45 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12 | ||
Wuhan Zall | 2017 | China League One | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 7 | ||
2018 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 15 | ||||
2019 | Chinese Super League | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 12 | |||
2020 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 2[b] | 1 | 20 | 9 | |||
Total | 90 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 43 | ||
Career total | 194 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 218 | 73 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in Croatian Football Super Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs
Honours[]
Club[]
Hajduk Split
Wuhan Zall
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jean Evrard Kouassi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Video: Slaven podbacio, Hajduk dominirao u Koprivnici i golovima Jonjića i Vukovića odnio tri boda - Sportnet (Match report)". hrsport.net. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ 4000. gol i 7 gostujućih mjeseci bez poraza!(in Croatian)
- ^ "Bivši hajdukovac iz Wuhana: Karantena je bila kao zatvor. Nikad to neću zaboraviti". Index (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "SHANGHAI PORT VS. JIANGSU FC 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ 卓尔官方宣布上港外援埃弗拉加盟 双方签约五年 at sports.sina.com 2017-01-18 Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ "Ivory Coast vs Gambia Match Report" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Ivory Coast v Ethiopia game report". Confederation of African Football. 30 March 2021.
- ^ Jean Evrard Kouassi at Soccerway
- ^ "2018中甲联赛积分榜". sports.sina.cn. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
External links[]
- HNK Hajduk Split profile
- Jean Evrard Kouassi at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Ivorian footballers
- Ivory Coast youth international footballers
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- Association football forwards
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Croatian First Football League players
- Moossou FC players
- HNK Hajduk Split players
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Shanghai Port F.C. players
- Wuhan F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players
- China League One players