The music of Ivory Coast includes music genres of many ethnic communities, often characterised by vocal polyphony especially among the Baoulé, talking drums especially among the Nzema people and by the characteristic polyrhythms found in rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Siaka Tiéné is an Ivorian former professional footballer who primarily played as a left-back. Having begun at ASEC Mimosas in his native Ivory Coast and Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa, he went on to spend most of his professional career in France.
Serge Dié is a retired Ivorian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Etienne Arthur Boka is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a left back for the Ivory Coast national team. At club level, he plays for Atlético de Marbella in the seventh-tier Primera Andaluza.
Koffi Blaise Kouassi is an Ivorian former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He works as assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.
Koffi Christian Romaric N'Dri, commonly known as Romaric, is an Ivorian former professional footballer. A versatile midfielder, he could play as either a defensive or central midfielder.
Amara Salim Diané is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Youssouf Falikou Fofana is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs like ASEC Mimosas, AS Cannes, AS Monaco FC, Girondins de Bordeaux, Karşıyaka S.K., Al-Nassr, and the Ivory Coast national team.
Gervais Yao Kouassi, known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Aris and the Ivory Coast national team.
Football is the most popular sport in Ivory Coast. The national team won the Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal in 1992. In 2006 they participated in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The youth national teams have also done well in world championships, and the clubs from Ivory Coast have won several continental titles. The Ivory Coast national team won a second African cup of nations in 2015.
Kafoumba Coulibaly is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Abidjan is the largest city in and the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city proper in Africa, after Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg. A cultural crossroads of West Africa, Abidjan is characterised by a high level of industrialisation and urbanisation. It also is one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa.
Laurent Madou Zahui was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defender for Stade d'Abidjan, AS Angoulême, Rodez, and the Ivory Coast national team.
Ben Mamadou Konaté is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Tiémoko Ismaël Diomandé is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, is scheduled to be the 34th edition of the biennial African international association football tournament organized by CAF. It will be hosted by Ivory Coast for the second time. Ivory Coast first hosted the tournament in 1984.
Maki Madani Tall is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward who currently plays for Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport.
Chacoum Stanie Michaela Koutouan, shortly Michaela Koutouan, is an Ivorian women's football defender. She played in the Turkish Women's First League for Amed S.K. with jersey number 12. She was a member of the Ivory Coast women's national team.
Adriel D'Avila Ba Loua is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.
Adrienne Ako Anomgbo Koutouan is an Ivorian comedian and actress.
