Christian Kouamé

Christian Kouamé
Kouamé with Anderlecht in 2022
Personal information
Full name Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou
Date of birth (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 99
Youth career
0000–2015 Prato
2014–2015 → Sassuolo (loan)
2016 → Internazionale (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Prato 13 (0)
2016–2017 → Cittadella (loan) 15 (2)
2017–2018 Cittadella 40 (11)
2018–2020 Genoa 49 (9)
2020 → Fiorentina (loan) 7 (1)
2020– Fiorentina 93 (7)
2021–2022 → Anderlecht (loan) 31 (8)
International career‡
2019 Ivory Coast U23 2 (0)
2021 Ivory Coast Olympic 1 (0)
2019– Ivory Coast 31 (3)
Medal record
Representing  Ivory Coast
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2023 Ivory Coast
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2024

Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou (born 6 December 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Ivory Coast national team.

Club career

Kouamé started playing football on the streets of Bingerville, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. At the age of 16, he moved with other Ivorian teenagers to Italy to participate in trials with several clubs. Eventually he was signed by Prato and as still a minor at that time, grew up with an Italian foster family he is still close with.[1]

Kouamé made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for Prato on 6 September 2015 in a game against Pisa.[2]

On 13 July 2018, Kouamé signed with Serie A side Genoa.[3]

On 31 January 2020, he joined Fiorentina on loan with an obligation to buy.[4]

International career

Kouamé debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.[5][6] He was called-up for the final tournament in November 2019,[7] suffering a knee injury.[8]

He made his debut for the Ivory Coast senior national team on 13 October 2019 in a friendly against DR Congo.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 October 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Prato 2015–16 Lega Pro 13 0 2 0 — — 15 0
Cittadella (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 15 2 0 0 — 1 0 16 2
Cittadella 2017–18 Serie B 40 11 4 1 — 3 1 47 13
Total 55 13 4 1 0 0 4 1 63 15
Genoa 2018–19 Serie A 38 4 1 0 — — 39 4
2019–20 11 5 1 0 — — 12 5
Total 49 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 51 9
Fiorentina (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 7 1 0 0 — — 7 1
Fiorentina 2020–21 Serie A 33 1 3 1 — — 36 2
2022–23 28 4 3 0 12[b] 1 — 43 5
2023–24 23 2 3 0 12[b] 0 0 0 38 2
2024–25 9 0 0 0 4[b] 0 — 13 0
Total 100 8 9 1 28 1 0 0 137 10
Anderlecht (loan) 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 31 8 5 5 — — 36 13
Career total 248 38 22 7 28 1 4 1 302 47
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Belgian Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

List of international goals scored by Christian Kouamé
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2022 Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast  Zambia 2–0 3–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 24 March 2023 Stade de la Paix, Bouaké, Ivory Coast  Comoros 1–0 3–1
3 20 November 2023 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Gambia 1–0 2–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Fiorentina

Ivory Coast U23

Ivory Coast

References

  1. ^ "Football KOUAME Christian - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 6 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Kouamé signed with Genoa". Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. ^ "KOUAME COMPLETES FIORENTINA MOVE" (Press release). Fiorentina. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ Marc, ALLA Jean (14 March 2019). "CAN U23 : Nicolas Tié, Kouamé Christian, Guiagon Parfait… les surprises du chef Kamara". Mondialsport.net.
  6. ^ "CAF - Competitions - Qualifiers of Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  7. ^ "Ivory Coast under-23 secure release of striker Kouame". BBC Sport. 1 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Ivory Coast striker Christian Kouame leaves U-23 Nations Cup with knee injury". BBC Sport. 16 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Ivory Coast v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 13 October 2019.
  10. ^ "C. Kouamé". Soccerway.
  11. ^ Mackenzie, Alasdair (24 May 2023). "Fiorentina 1-2 Inter Milan - Lautaro Martinez scores double as the Nerazzurri defend Coppa Italia". Eurosport. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  12. ^ Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  13. ^ "CAN U23 "Egypte 2019" : Voici les Eléphants sélectionnés | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  14. ^ Stevens, Rob (11 February 2024). "Nigeria 1–2 Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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