Aké Arnaud Loba

Aké Arnaud Loba (born 1 April 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Monterrey.

Aké Loba
Personal information
Full name Aké Arnaud Loba
Date of birth (1998-04-01) 1 April 1998
Place of birth Divo, Ivory Coast
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Monterrey
Number 10
Youth career
AS d’Abobo
2015–2016 SOA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 SOA 25 (7)
2018–2020 Universidad San Martín 32 (18)
2019 → Querétaro (loan) 36 (9)
2020– Monterrey 15 (6)
National team
2017 Ivory Coast U20 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Divo, Loba joined SOA's youth setup in 2015, from Association Sportive des Enseignants d’Abobo.[1] He made his debut for the former during the 2016–17 campaign, being also named in the Team of the Year.[2]

On 30 December 2017, Loba signed for Peruvian Primera División side Universidad San Martín.[3] He made his professional debut the following 4 February, starting in a 4–0 home routing of Ayacucho FC.

Loba scored his first professional goal on 11 February 2018, netting his team's second in a 2–1 away win against Comerciantes Unidos.[4] He finished the season with 18 goals, being also named the Player of the Season, but losing it to Gabriel Costa.[5]

On 23 December 2018, Loba joined Liga MX side Querétaro on a one-year loan deal.[6]

On 14 January 2020, Loba joined Mexican club Monterrey on a permanent deal.[7]

Honours

Club
Monterrey

References
  1. "Aké Loba: cinco cosas que no sabes del 'santo' que hizo sufrir a Universitario" [Aké Loba: Five things that you do not know about the 'saint' who made Universitario suffer] (in Spanish). Depor. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. "Voici les meilleurs de la saison" [Announced the best of the season] (in French). Sport-ivoire.ci. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. "San Martín no para de reforzarse: dos marfileños se encargarán de los goles en el 2018" [San Martín do not stop bolstering themselves: two Ivorians will be in charge of the goals for 2018] (in Spanish). Depor. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. "La hora de San Martín" [San Martín's time] (in Spanish). USMP. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. "Conoce a los ganadores de los premios a los mejores del Descentralizado 2018" [Know the winners of the awards to the best of the 2018 Descentralizado] (in Spanish). Diario Correo. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  6. "Gallos anuncia como refuerzo a un joven jugador africano; Aké Arnaud Loba" [Gallos announce as an addition a young African player; Aké Arnaud Loba] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  7. "¡BIENVENIDO, AKÉ LOBA!". Rayados (in Spanish). 13 January 2020.
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