Manucho (Ivorian footballer)

Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou (born 3 October 1990), commonly known as Manucho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Kawkab.[1][2][3]

Manucho
Personal information
Full name Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou
Date of birth (1990-10-03) October 3, 1990
Place of birth Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Al-Kawkab
Number 31
Youth career
1999–2002 Stella Club d'Adjamé
2002–2009 Ocaf
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Poshey
2010–2011 Nõmme Kalju 24 (4)
2011Lootus Kohtla-Järve (loan) 13 (9)
2012–2014 Infonet Tallinn 95 (67)
2015–2017 USM Alger 9 (2)
2015–2016RC Relizane (loan) 26 (11)
2016–2017CS Constantine (loan) 22 (6)
2017–2018 Al Ittihad 15 (4)
2018Baniyas (loan) 0 (0)
2018–2019 CS Sfaxien 12 (0)
2019 Liepāja 5 (1)
2020–2021 Levadia Tallinn 19 (6)
2021– Al-Kawkab 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:46, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Manucho started his career in the youth ranks of Stella Club d'Adjamé and Ocaf FC, before moving to Estonian clubs Nõmme Kalju FC and Lootus Kohtla Järve and then FC Infonet.

In 2012, he received an award as the season's 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 while 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 7 January 2015, Manucho joined Algerian club USM Alger, signing a two and a half year contract with the club.[1][11]

On 9 December 2019, FCI Levadia Tallinn confirmed that Manucho had joined the club on a contract until the end of 2020.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2017 [13]
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 32633349
2014 3130103130
Total 95675310070
USM Alger 2014–15 920030122
Total 920030122
RC Relizane (loan) 2015–16 2611212812
Total 2611212812
CS Constantine (loan) 2016–17 22620246
Total 22620246
Career total 189999430201103

References

  1. "Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou". usma.dz. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. 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. 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). usma.dz. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  12. Väravakütt Manucho liitus FCI Levadiaga!, fcilevadia.ee, 9 December 2019
  13. "Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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