Jean Evrard Kouassi

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Jean Evrard Kouassi
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 29) [1]
Place of birth N'Damien, Ivory Coast
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 Zhejiang Pro
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2011 Jeunesse Sportive de Bassam
2011–2012 Moossou
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Hajduk Split 59 (13)
2015–2016 Shanghai SIPG 45 (12)
2017–2021 Wuhan Zall 103 (47)
2022–2023 Trabzonspor 16 (0)
2022–2023 → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 12 (3)
2023– Zhejiang Pro 22 (6)
International career‡
2011 Ivory Coast U-17
2021– Ivory Coast 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2022

Jean Evrard Kouassi (born 25 September 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang Pro and Ivory Coast national team.

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Club career

Kouassi played for the Ivorian football club Moossou F.C. youth team before going abroad to have trials with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Club Brugge and Monaco before having a successful trial with Croatian club Hajduk Split who offered him a three-year contract in January 2013. He made his debut in a league game against Slaven Belupo on 16 February 2013 that ended in a 2–0 victory. [2] He gradually started to establish himself within the team and on 21 April 2013, Kouassi scored in a draw against Slaven Belupo, marking the 4000th jubilee championship goal for HNK Hajduk Split. [3] He further endeared himself towards the fans when he scored and assisted for a goal against Lokomotiva in the 2012–13 Croatian Cup final, which the club won 5–4 on aggregate. [4]

Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG announced that Kouassi had joined the squad in February 2015 and signed a contract until 2017. [5] He made his debut in a league game on 7 March 2015 against Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C. in a game that ended in a 2–1 victory. [6]

On 18 January 2017, Kouassi moved to League One side Wuhan Zall. [7] On 18 June 2017, he scored his first goal against Dalian Transcendence. He helped the club earn promotion to the Super League by winning the China League One title in 2018, forming a strong strike partnership with Rafael Silva and netting 15 league goals. [8]

On 10 December 2021, Kouassi joined Turkish Süper Lig side Trabzonspor on a three-and-a-half-year contract. [9] On 6 September 2022, he was loaned to Fatih Karagümrük. [10]

On 22 January 2023, Kouassi returned to China to join top tier club Zhejiang Professional signing a deal until 2025. [11]

International career

Kouassi was named in the Ivorian squad for the 2011 African U-17 Championship. He scored in the game against Gambia on 15 January 2011. [12] He was also named in the Ivorian squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He played in all four games before the Ivorians were eliminated from the competition by France in the round of 16. [1]

He made his debut for Ivory Coast national team on 30 March 2021 in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia and scored his team's third goal in a 3-1 victory. [13]

Career statistics

As of 12 December 2023 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hajduk Split 2012–13 Prva HNL 1324100–173
2013–14 30542201 [lower-alpha 2] 0377
2014–15 1662161–00
Total591310481107818
Shanghai SIPG 2015 Chinese Super League 18410––220
2016 2782000–298
Total45123000004812
Wuhan Zall 2017 China League One 23700––237
2018 261500––2615
2019 Chinese Super League231200––2312
2020 18800-2 [lower-alpha 3] 1209
2021 13500––135
Total1034700–2110548
Trabzonspor 2021–22 Süper Lig 11031––141
2022–23 50–2 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 5] 080
Total160312010221
Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 2022–23 Süper Lig12311––134
Zhejiang 2023 Chinese Super League226007 [lower-alpha 6] 0–296
Career total257811761714129589
  1. ↑ Includes Croatian Cup, Chinese FA Cup, Turkish Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  6. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League

Honours

Hajduk Split

Wuhan Zall

Trabzonspor

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References

  1. 1 2 Jean Evrard Kouassi – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ↑ "Video: Slaven podbacio, Hajduk dominirao u Koprivnici i golovima Jonjića i Vukovića odnio tri boda - Sportnet (Match report)". hrsport.net. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ↑ 4000. gol i 7 gostujućih mjeseci bez poraza! (in Croatian)
  4. ↑ "LOKOMOTIVA ZAGREB VS. HAJDUK SPLIT 3 - 3". soccerway.com. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bivši hajdukovac iz Wuhana: Karantena je bila kao zatvor. Nikad to neću zaboraviti". Index (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "SHANGHAI PORT VS. JIANGSU FC 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ↑ 卓尔官方宣布上港外援埃弗拉加盟 双方签约五年 at sports.sina.com 18 January 2017 Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  8. 1 2 "2018中甲联赛积分榜". sports.sina.cn. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Trabzonspor, Jean Evrard Kouassi transferini resmen açıkladı". Goal. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Trabzonspor'dan VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük'e". beIN Sports. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "新年官宣：欢迎埃弗拉·夸西加盟浙江队". m.dongqiudi.com. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Ivory Coast vs Gambia Match Report" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  13. ↑ "Ivory Coast v Ethiopia game report". Confederation of African Football. 30 March 2021.
  14. ↑ Jean Evrard Kouassi at Soccerway
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