Axel Kouame

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Axel Kouame
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-14) 14 October 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Inter Turku
Number 28
Youth career
Sporting Football des Cascades
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023 Inter Turku II 4 (3)
2023– Inter Turku 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2024

Axel Kouame (born 14 October 2003) is an Ivorian professional football player for Finnish Veikkausliiga side Inter Turku.

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Club career

Kouame grew up in Yopougon area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. [1] Later he played in the academy of Sporting Football des Cascades in Burkina Faso. He spent time in Belgium with several clubs on trials, before on 11 August 2023, Inter Turku in Finland announced that they had signed with Kouame on a deal until the end of 2024, with an option for an additional year, [2] [3] for an undisclosed fee. [4] Two days later, on 13 August, he debuted with his new club in Veikkausliiga, in a 1–0 away loss against Honka. [5]

Kouame scored his first goal for Inter Turku on 27 January 2024, in a Finnish League Cup win over Lahti. [6] He totalled seven appearances and two goals during the campaign, and helped Inter to win the Finnish League Cup title in 2024. On 16 August, Kouame scored his first Veikkausliiga goal on a penalty spot, a winning goal in a 3–0 home win over SJK Seinäjoki. [7] His option for the 2025 season was exercised in September. [8]

Career statistics

As of 19 January 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Turku II2023 Kolmonen 4343
Inter Turku 2023 Veikkausliiga 60000060
2024 Veikkausliiga2215272345
2025 Veikkausliiga00001010
Total281528200415
Career total324528200458

Honours

Inter Turku

References