Arthur Gnahoua

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Arthur Gnahoua
Personal information
Full name Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua [1]
Date of birth (1992-04-05) 5 April 1992 (age 31) [2]
Place of birth Grenoble, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [3]
Position(s) Winger, centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 Grimsby Town
Number 14
Youth career
2002–2003 Bolton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Stalybridge Celtic 26 (2)
2012–2015 Macclesfield Town 34 (3)
2013 → Colwyn Bay (loan) 5 (0)
2015–2016 CF Gavà
2016–2017 Kidderminster Harriers 51 (16)
2017–2019 Shrewsbury Town 12 (1)
2018–2019 → AFC Fylde (loan) 8 (2)
2019 Carlisle United 1 (0)
2019–2020 Macclesfield Town 29 (4)
2020–2021 Bolton Wanderers 28 (2)
2021–2023 Morecambe 55 (6)
2023– Grimsby Town 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua (born 18 September 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a winger or centre-forward for EFL League Two club Grimsby Town.

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He has previously played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Carlisle United, Macclesfield Town and Morecambe, as well as at non-League level for Stalybridge Celtic, Colwyn Bay, Kidderminster Harriers and AFC Fylde. He also spent a season playing in Spain with CF Gavà.

Club career

Gnahoua was born in Grenoble, [4] France [5] and is of Ivorian descent. [6] He moved to England when he was six and grew up in Salford. [5] He was coached and taught how to play football by his brother. [7] In 2003 he was released from the Bolton Wanderers Academy. [5]

He began his senior career in non-league football, joining Macclesfield Town from Stalybridge Celtic in 2012. [8] On 16 January 2015 he signed for CF Gavà [9] and then moved on to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2016, [10] and was their top goal scorer in the 2016–17 season as they reached the National League North play-off semi-finals. [6]

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, [6] making his Football League debut on 5 August 2017 as a substitute in a 1−0 victory over Northampton Town. [11] Gnahoua scored his first professional goal in a 3−2 victory over Coventry City in an EFL Trophy group-stage match on 29 August, [12] followed by his first Football League goal - netting a 94th-minute winner in a 2−1 away win at Doncaster Rovers - on 26 September. [13]

His contract with Shrewsbury was extended at the end of the 2017–18 season. [14] He went on loan to Fylde on 26 November 2018. [15]

He signed for Carlisle on 21 January 2019 [16] but missed the rest of the season after getting injured only 27 minutes into his debut. [17] He was released at the end of the season. [18]

Gnahoua re-joined Macclesfield Town in August 2019 on a one-year contract. [19]

Gnahoua re-signed for Bolton Wanderers on 26 September 2020, 17 years after being released from Bolton's Academy. [5] He said he signed for Bolton as it was close to his home, which became an internet meme, [20] with Bolton fans creating the chant "Arthur Gnahoua, he lives down the road!" [21] They also gave him the nickname King Arthur. [22] He made his debut the same day he signed, coming off the bench to replace Nathan Delfouneso in the 65th minute of a 0−2 Home defeat against Newport County. [23] 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 [24] with his first league goal coming on 13 January 2021 in a 1–1 draw against Exeter City. [25] On 19 May 2021 Bolton announced he would be released at the end of his contract. [26]

On 17 June 2021 newly promoted Morecambe announced they had signed him. [27] Gnahoua signed a new one-year contract with the club in June 2022. [28]

On 5 August 2023, Gnahoua signed for Grimsby Town on a one-year deal following a successful trial with the club. The move reunited him with his former Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst. [4]

Gnahoua made his debut later that day as he came on as a 77th minute substitute for Charles Vernam in a 0–0 draw at home to AFC Wimbledon on the opening day of the 2023–24 season. [29]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 April 2023 [30] [31]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stalybridge Celtic 2010–11 Conference North 2100–0021
2011–12 Conference North24100–00241
Macclesfield Town 2012–13 Conference 3100–0031
Colwyn Bay (loan) 2012–13 Conference North5000–0050
Macclesfield Town 2013–14 Conference10000–1 [lower-alpha 1] 0110
2014–15 Conference21220–1 [lower-alpha 1] 0242
CF Gavà 2014–15 Tercera División ??????????
2015–16 Tercera División??????????
Kidderminster Harriers 2015–16 National League 16400–00164
2016–17 National League North 351221–5 [lower-alpha 2] 14214
Shrewsbury Town 2017–18 [32] League One 11131107 [lower-alpha 3] 1223
2018–19 [33] League One1000002 [lower-alpha 3] 030
Fylde (loan) 2018–19 National League8200–2 [lower-alpha 1] 0102
Carlisle United 2018–19 [33] League Two 1000000010
Macclesfield Town 2019–20 [34] League Two29400102 [lower-alpha 3] 0324
Bolton Wanderers 2020–21 [35] League Two28200002 [lower-alpha 3] 1303
Morecambe 2021–22 [36] League One34520103 [lower-alpha 3] 0405
2022–23 [37] League One21110113 [lower-alpha 3] 0262
Career total249361024128328941
Notes
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy and National League North play-offs
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Shrewsbury Town

Bolton Wanderers

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References

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  2. ↑ "Arthur Gnahoua player Football Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Arthur Gnahoua". Morecambe F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 "GNAHOUA SIGNS ON A ONE-YEAR DEAL!". gtfc.co.uk/. 5 August 2023.
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  6. 1 2 3 "Shrewsbury boss Paul Hurst hopes to have uncovered gem in Arthur Gnahoua". Shropshire Star. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. ↑ His first club in Salford was Barr Hill under 7's Shrewsbury's Arthur Gnahoua is chasing his Wembley dream shropshirestar.com
  8. ↑ "Macclesfield Town: Arthur Gnahoua rejoins as two more sign". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  9. ↑ CF Gava: "Descubriendo al nuevo fichaje Arthur"
  10. ↑ "Match preview: Kidderminster Harriers vs Curzon Ashton". Curzon Ashton F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Coventry City 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 report and pictures". Shropshire Star. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers 1 Town 2". Shrewsweb. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town: Joe Riley, Shaun Rowley and AJ Leitch-Smith to be released". BBC Sport. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  15. ↑ shropshirestar.com: "Shrewsbury send Arthur Gnahoua on loan to AFC Fylde"
  16. ↑ BBC Sport: "Arthur Gnahoua: Carlisle United sign midfielder following release by Shrewsbury Town"
  17. ↑ BBC Sport: "Arthur Gnahoua: Carlisle United midfielder to miss rest of season after being hurt 27 minutes into debut"
  18. ↑ "Carlisle United release eight players after League Two season completed". BBC Sport. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Arthur Gnahoua: Macclesfield Town re-sign forward on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  20. ↑ Soccer AM on Twitter: "MLS? China? No, Arthur Gnahoua revealed the REAL reason he chose to sign for Bolton Wanderers"
  21. ↑ Bolton Wanderers on Twitter: "𝙃𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙... @ASarcevic beat the offside trap to get down the right and his low centre was buried by Arthur Gnahoua. 𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙰𝙲𝚃. ⚡️🔴 #ECFC [1-1] #BWFC
  22. ↑ The Bolton News: "Bolton boss on qualities Arthur Gnahoua brings to his side"
  23. ↑ BWFC.co.uk Report: Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Newport County"
  24. ↑ BWFC.co.uk "Report: Bolton Wanderers 3-2 Newcastle United U21s"
  25. ↑ BBC Sport: "Exeter City 1-1 Bolton Wanderers"
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  34. ↑ "Games played by Arthur Gnahoua in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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  37. ↑ "Games played by Arthur Gnahoua in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  38. ↑ Scott, Ged (8 April 2018). "Lincoln City 1–0 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  39. ↑ Soccerbase: League Two 2020/21 Table
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