Raoul Kouakou

Raoul Kouakou (born 3 January 1980 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian former footballer who played as a defender.

Raoul Kouakou
Personal information
Full name Raoul Kouakou
Date of birth (1980-01-03) 3 January 1980
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
JC Abidjan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 ASEC Abidjan[1]
2001 Stade Abidjan
2002–2005 Sogndal 49 (2)
2005–2007 Malmö FF 6 (1)
2006 → Viborg FF (loan) 8 (1)
2007 Sandefjord 0 (0)
National team
Ivory Coast 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 teammate 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 transfer fee 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
  1. LES NOUVELLES Archived 21 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. (in Swedish) Malmö FF Profile Archived 30 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  3. https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=4557
  4. http://www.expressen.se/kvp/bars-ut-pa-bar---missar-tre-manader/
  5. http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/nar-det-inte-blir-som-man-har-tankt-sig-470643.aspx
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGQcLjYtfyM
  7. «Røde-Raoul» slo til igjen
  8. Raoul Kouakou at National-Football-Teams.com


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