Laurent Pokou
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| Laurent Pokou | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Laurent Pokou | |
| Date of birth | October 8, 1947 | |
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1965-1973 1974-1976 1976-1978 1978-1980 |
ASEC Abidjan Stade Rennais AS Nancy Stade Rennais |
? (?) 51 (27) 19 (3) 12 (6) |
| National team | ||
| Ivory Coast | ? (?) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Laurent Pokou (born October 8, 1947 in Abidjan) is a former footballer from Ivory Coast. He was a notable striker for French club Stade Rennais and the Ivory Coast national team.
Pokou 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.
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