Venance Zézé

Venance Zézé

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-06-17) June 17, 1981
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	FC Haka
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)
2012	AC Oulu	17	(4)
2013	FC Haka	0	(0)
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 4 September 2012. † Appearances (Goals).

Venance Zézé nickname Zézéto (born 17 June 1981 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian footballer who is currently playing for Finnish club FC Haka.

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 His contract with FF Jaro was revoked on 22 September 2011.

Clubs

• – 2001 ASEC Abidjan
• 2001–2003 K.S.K. Beveren
• 2003–2004 AA Gent
• 2004–2005 Brussels
• 2005–2006 K.S.K. Beveren
• 2006–2007 FC Metalurh Donetsk
• 2007–2011 FC Metalist Kharkiv
• 2010–2011 FF Jaro
• 2012 AC Oulu
• 2013 FC Haka

References

External links

• Interview with Zezeto (French)