Personal information | |||
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Full name | Armel Junior Zohouri | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 5 April 2001||
Place of birth | Divo, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sheriff Tiraspol | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | RC Abidjan | 20 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Nice | 0 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Lausanne-Sport | 24 | (0) |
2022– | Sheriff Tiraspol | 29 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | Ivory Coast U23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Armel Junior Zohouri (born 5 April 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Moldovan Super Liga club Sheriff Tiraspol.
Zohouri joined Ligue 1 club Nice on 16 September 2020. [2]
Zohouri joined Lausanne-Sport on loan on 30 September 2020. [3] He made his professional debut with the club in a 2–1 Swiss Super League loss to Basel on 25 November 2020. [4] At the end of the season, Lausanne-Sport signed Zohouri on a permanent basis. [5]
Zohouri joined Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol on 27 August 2022. [6]
Zohouri was called up to the Ivory Coast U23s in 16 March 2023. [7] [8] He played his first national match on 22 March 2023 against Morocco U23.
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