Arthur Gnahoua

Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua (born 18 September 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Bolton Wanderers.

Arthur Gnahoua
Personal information
Full name Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992[2]
Place of birth France[3]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 24
Youth career
–2003 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Stalybridge Celtic 26 (2)
2012–2015 Macclesfield Town 34 (3)
2013 → Colwyn Bay (loan) 5 (0)
2016–2017 Kidderminster Harriers 51 (16)
2017–2019 Shrewsbury Town 12 (1)
2018–2019 Fylde (loan) 8 (2)
2019 Carlisle United 1 (0)
2019–2020 Macclesfield Town 29 (4)
2020– Bolton Wanderers 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:56, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Gnahoua was born in France[3] and is of Ivorian descent.[4] He moved to England when he was six and grew up in Salford.[3] He was coached and taught how to play football by his brother.[5] In 2003 he was released from the Bolton Wanderers Academy.[3]

He began his senior career in non-league football, joining Macclesfield Town from Stalybridge Celtic in 2012.[6] He then moved on to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2016,[7] and was their top goal scorer in the 2016–17 season as they reached the National League North play-off semi-finals.[4]

He joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer in May 2017, signing a one-year deal with an option for a further year,[4] making his Football League debut on 5 August 2017 as a substitute in a 1−0 victory over Northampton Town.[8] Gnahoua scored his first professional goal in a 3−2 victory over Coventry City in an EFL Trophy group-stage match on 29 August,[9] followed by his first Football League goal - netting a 94th-minute winner in a 2−1 away win at Doncaster Rovers - on 26 September.[10]

His contract with Shrewsbury was extended at the end of the 2017–18 season.[11] He went on loan to Fylde on 26 November 2018.[12]

He signed for Carlisle on 21 January 2019[13] but missed the rest of the season after getting injured only 27 mintues into his debut.[14] He was released at the end of the season.[15]

Gnahoua re-joined Macclesfield Town in August 2019 on a one-year contract.[16]

Gnahoua re-signed for Bolton Wanderers on 26 September 2020, 17 years after being released from Bolton's Academy.[3] He made his debut the same day, coming off the bench to replace Nathan Delfouneso in the 65th minute of a 0−2 Home defeat against Newport County.[17] His first goal came on 17 November as he scored Bolton's second goal in a 3–2 win against Newcastle United U21 in the EFL Trophy[18] with his first league goal coming on 13 January 2021 in a 1–1 draw against Exeter City.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 31 October 2020.[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stalybridge Celtic 2010–11 Conference North 2100–0021
2011–12 24100–00241
Macclesfield Town 2012–13 Conference 3100–0031
Colwyn Bay (loan) 2012–13 Conference North 5000–0050
Macclesfield Town 2013–14 Conference 10000–1[lower-alpha 1]0110
2014–15 21220–1[lower-alpha 1]0242
Kidderminster Harriers 2015–16 National League 16400–00164
2016–17 National League North 351221–5[lower-alpha 2]14214
Shrewsbury Town 2017–18 League One 11131107[lower-alpha 3]1223
2018–19 1000002[lower-alpha 3]030
Fylde (loan) 2018–19 National League 8200–2[lower-alpha 1]0102
Carlisle United 2018–19 League Two 1000000010
Macclesfield Town 2019–20 29400102[lower-alpha 3]0324
Bolton Wanderers 2020–21 10100002[lower-alpha 3]1122
Career total 17629722022320733
Notes
  1. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.
  2. Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy and National League North Play Offs.
  3. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

Shrewsbury Town

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "Arthur Gnahoua player Football Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. "Evatt boosts strike force with signing number 18". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. "Shrewsbury boss Paul Hurst hopes to have uncovered gem in Arthur Gnahoua". Shropshire Star. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. Shrewsbury's Arthur Gnahoua is chasing his Wembley dream shropshirestar.com
  6. "Macclesfield Town: Arthur Gnahoua rejoins as two more sign". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. "Match preview: Kidderminster Harriers vs Curzon Ashton". Curzon Ashton F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  8. "Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  9. "Coventry City 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 report and pictures". Shropshire Star. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  10. "Doncaster Rovers 1 Town 2". Shrewsweb. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  11. "Shrewsbury Town: Joe Riley, Shaun Rowley and AJ Leitch-Smith to be released". BBC Sport. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  12. shropshirestar.com: "Shrewsbury send Arthur Gnahoua on loan to AFC Fylde"
  13. BBC Sport: "Arthur Gnahoua: Carlisle United sign midfielder following release by Shrewsbury Town"
  14. BBC Sport: "Arthur Gnahoua: Carlisle United midfielder to miss rest of season after being hurt 27 minutes into debut"
  15. "Carlisle United release eight players after League Two season completed". BBC Sport. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  16. "Arthur Gnahoua: Macclesfield Town re-sign forward on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  17. BWFC.co.uk Report: Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Newport County"
  18. BWFC.co.uk "Report: Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Newcastle United U21s"
  19. BBC Sport: "Exeter City 1-1 Bolton Wanderers"
  20. Arthur Gnahoua at Soccerbase
  21. Scott, Ged (8 April 2018). "Lincoln City 1–0 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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