Raoul Kouakou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raoul Kouakou | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JC Abidjan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | ASEC Abidjan[1] | ||
| 2001 | Stade Abidjan | ||
| 2002–2005 | Sogndal | ||
| 2005–2007 | Malmö FF | 6 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Viborg FF (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2007 | Sandefjord | ||
| National team | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 4 | (0) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Raoul Kouakou (born 3 January 1980 in Abidjan) is a Côte d'Ivoire football defender who last played for Sandefjord Fotball.
Career
During his time in Malmö FF he got the nickname Göken (Swedish for the cuckoo).[2] In a 2006 game against Hammarby IF (his 6th game in the Swedish first league),[3] he scored an own goal and accidentally head butted team-mate Christian Järdler, who ended up with a fractured cheekbone.[4][5][6]
After his transfer to Sandefjord Fotball in 2007, a knee injury stopped him from playing. Sandefjord claims that Raouls previous club, Malmö FF, withheld information about this injury when the transfer took place. In May 2010 FIFA ruled in favor of MFF and Sandefjord had to pay the transferfee to Malmö. While playing in Norway he was dubbed Røde Raoul (Red Raoul) by the tabloid media due to his many red cards.[7]
International career
He has 4 caps for the national team,[8] but was not called up to the 2006 World Cup.
References
- ↑ LES NOUVELLES
- ↑ (in Swedish) Malmö FF Profile
- ↑ http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=4557
- ↑ http://www.expressen.se/kvp/bars-ut-pa-bar---missar-tre-manader/
- ↑ http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/nar-det-inte-blir-som-man-har-tankt-sig-470643.aspx
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGQcLjYtfyM
- ↑ «Røde-Raoul» slo til igjen
- ↑ Raoul Kouakou at National-Football-Teams.com