Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou

Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou
Personal information
Date of birthOctober 3, 1990
Place of birthBouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Height1,87 m
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
USM Alger
Number19
Youth career
1999–2002Stella Club d'Adjamé
2002–2009Ocaf
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Poshey
2010–2011Nõmme Kalju24(4)
2011Lootus Kohtla-Järve (loan)13(9)
2012–2014Infonet Tallinn95(67)
2015–USM Alger3(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 8, 2015. † Appearances (Goals).

Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou (born October 3, 1990) nickname Manucho is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a striker for USM Alger in Ligue 1, The Algerian football league.[1][2][3]

Club career

Fabrice Kouadio started his career in the youth ranks of Stella Club d'Adjamé and Ocaf FC before moving to Estonian Clubs Nõmme Kalju FC and Põlva FC Lootos and then FC Infonet.

In 2012 he received an award as the season lead scorer and best player after scoring 31 goals that year with FC Infonet in the Meistriliiga, Estonia's top level league.[4][5]

In 2014 he scored 30 goals in 31 games playing for FC Infonet.[6] This placed him as the third top scorer in the Meistriliiga,[7] also as first African scorer,[8][9] and as the twentieth top scorer worldwide for that year.[8][10] As far as scoring average he ranked fourth worldwide in 2014 with 0.97 goals per game.[8]

On January 7, 2015, Manucho joined Algerian club USM Alger, signing a two and a half year contract with the club.[1][11]

Club

As of 25 January 2015 [12]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nõmme Kalju 2010 113113
Lootus Kohtla-Järve 2011 139139
Nõmme Kalju 2011 131131
Total 37133713
Infonet Tallinn 2012 3231103331
2013 326 33349
2014 3130003130
Total 9567439870
USM Alger 2014–15 920020112
Total 920020112
Career total 13380432013583

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou". http://usma.dz/. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. "Manucho, 3ème recrue" (in French). USM Alger. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  3. "Ligue 1-J16 - Fiche du Match: ES Sétif vs USM Alger". USM-Alger.com (in French). USM Alger. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. "Elevandiluuranniku ründaja pikendas lepingut Infonetiga" (in Estonian). Delfi Sport. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. Roop, Rait (11 December 2012). "Manucho eelistas Infonetti Prantsuse klubile" (in Estonian). Soccernet. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. Ruela, João (8 November 2014). "Cristiano Ronaldo marca e sobe ao topo da Bota de Ouro" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  7. "Estonian First League - Top scorers". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Lantheaume, Romain (31 December 2014). "Manucho, l’Ivoirien qui fait mieux que Messi en 2014" (in French). Afrik.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  9. Abbad, Rachid (6 January 2015). "L’USMA engage Kako Rostan pour une durée de 30 mois" (in French). Liberté. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  10. "Máximos goleadores del 2014". Invictos (in Spanish). 29 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  11. Roop, Rait (14 January 2015). "Présentation des nouvelles recrues" (in French). http://usma.dz/. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  12. "Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

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