Bonaventure Kalou

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Bonaventure Kalou
Full name	Bonaventure Kalou
Date of birth	January 12, 1978 (1978-01-12) (age 30)
Place of birth	Oumé, Cote d'Ivoire
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	free
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997 1997-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007 2007-	ASEC Mimosas Feyenoord AJ Auxerre Paris Saint-Germain RC Lens Al-Jazira Club	035 0(6) 149 (35) 063 (19) 055 (11) 004 0(0) 00? 0(1)
National team²
1998-	Cote d'Ivoire	051 (12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 22, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Bonaventure "Barry" Kalou (born January 12, 1978 in Oumé, Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian striker, who is currently a free agent.

He started playing for ASEC Mimosas in his home country before moving to Dutch based Feyenoord. He played in Rotterdam for six seasons as a first team regular, becoming a fans' favourite. He mainly played as a winger, but was also able to participate as a striker when necessary. In the meanwhile his brother Salomon Kalou who came visit him impressed the Feyenoord staff as well and was signed as a youth player. When Bona decided to leave Feyenoord and try his luck in another European competition in the Ligue 1 at AJ Auxerre, Salomon was sent on loan to Feyenoord's partner Excelsior on loan, before taking over his brother's tasks.

Bonaventure Kalou played two seasons at Auxerre where he developed more into a striker and an attacking midfielder then into a winger. However he still maintained to score about the same amount of goals compared to previous seasons. It was in this period that he talked his brother (who still played at Feyenoord) into a Dutch citizenship, which eventually was rejected by Dutch minister Rita Verdonk. In 2005/06 his next and team became Ligue 1 fellow contenders Paris Saint-Germain.

He played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was also active at the squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His brother, Salomon Kalou, currently plays for Chelsea FC

Fulham FC have recently showed interest in signing him.

[edit] External links

Bonaventure Kalou at Yahoo! Sport
Kalou ends fleeting Lens stay
(French) Bonaventure Kalou French league stats at lfp.fr

v • d • e Côte d'Ivoire squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Tizié • 2 Akalé • 3 Boka • 4 K. Touré • 5 Zokora • 6 Kouassi • 7 Faé • 8 Kalou • 9 A. Koné • 10 Yapi Yapo • 11 Drogba • 12 Méïté • 13 Zoro • 14 B. Koné • 15 Dindane • 16 Gnanhouan • 17 Domoraud • 18 Keïta • 19 Y. Touré • 20 Demel • 21 Eboué • 22 Romaric • 23 Barry • Coach: Michel