Laurent Pokou

Laurent Pokou

Pokou in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Laurent N'Dri Pokou
Date of birth	(1947-08-10)10 August 1947
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Date of death	13 November 2016(2016-11-13) (aged 69)
Place of death	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1973	ASEC Abidjan
1974–1977	Rennes	63	(44)
1977–1978	Nancy	19	(3)
1978–1979	Rennes	12	(6)
1979–1982	ASEC Abidjan
1982–1983	RS Anyama
National team
1967–1980	Ivory Coast	30	(21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Laurent N'Dri Pokou (10 August 1947 – 13 November 2016) was an Ivorian footballer who played as a striker.^[1] He notably played for French club Stade Rennais F.C.^[2]

International career[]

Pokou was a member of the Ivorian national team, who was twice the highest goalscorer of the Africa Cup of Nations, scoring six goals in the 1968 tournament in Ethiopia and eight in the 1970 edition in Sudan, including 5 in one match against Ethiopia, which Ivory Coast won 6–1. This performance gave him his nickname L'homme d'Asmara (the man of Asmara). With 14 total goals, he is also the tournament's second highest overall goalscorer, behind Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, who eclipsed Pokou's record in the 2008 ACN tournament.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Laurent Pokou – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Laurent N'Dri Pokou - Goals in International Matches

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