Venance Zézé

Venance Zézé
Personal information
Date of birth June 17, 1981 (1981-06-17) (age 30)
Place of birth Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder, Forward[1]
Club information
Current club free agent
Youth career
ASEC Abidjan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2000–2001 ASEC Abidjan
2001–2003 KSK Beveren 62 (20)
2003–2004 AA Gent 29 (4)
2004–2005 Brussels 24 (1)
2005–2006 KSK Beveren 20 (3)
2006–2007 Metalurh Donetsk 24 (3)
2007–2011 Metalist Kharkiv 28 (4)
2010 → FF Jaro (loan) 24 (7)
2011 FF Jaro 21 (3)
National team
2000–2001[2] Cote d'Ivoire 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 August 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).

Venance Zézé nickname Zézéto (born 17 June 1981 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian footballer who is currently without a club.

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International

He has been capped by the Côte d'Ivoire national side.

Career

Like many successful Ivorian footballers, he is a product of the famed youth academy at ASEC Abidjan, where he began his career. Following this, he moved to Belgian side K.S.K. Beveren in 2001, where he starred with other Ivorians such as Yaya Touré and Gilles Yapi Yapo. He left Beveren in 2003 to join AA Gent where he spent a season before moving to Brussels. In 2005 he returned to his former club Beveren for another season, before moving to Ukrainian side FC Metalurh Donetsk in 2006. After a successful loan to Metalurh's Vyscha Liga rivals FC Metalist Kharkiv in the first half of the 2007/08 season, a permanent transfer was agreed between the clubs on December 14, 2007. His contract with FF Jaro has been revoked 22nd of September 2011.

Clubs

References

  1. ^ according to statistics at Football Federation of Ukraine website
  2. ^ http://www.nationalfootballteams.com/v2/player.php?id=1674

External links

FC Metalist Kharkiv – current squad
FF Jaro – current squad