Yllan Okou

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Yllan Okou
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Poitiers, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
(on loan from Bastia)
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2017 Poitiers
2017–2021 Monaco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Monaco B 23 (4)
2022–2023 Monaco 0 (0)
2023– Bastia 24 (2)
2024– → Hellas Verona (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2024

Yllan Okou (born 23 December 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Hellas Verona, on loan from Ligue 2 club Bastia. [2]

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Early life

Born in Poitiers, Yllan Okou is the son of the Ivorian former rugby union player Alfred Okou. He moved to Buxerolles as a 7-year-old, whilst starting to play football with the Poitiers. [3] [4] There he was a close friend of Nicolas Tié, who would also end up pursuing a professional career in football at Chelsea and Vitória de Guimarães. [5]

Career

While playing his youth club football at Poitiers, Okou also joined the federal pôle espoirs  [ fr ] of Châteauroux in 2015. [3] [5] After this spell in the FFF institution, he entered the Monaco academy in 2017. [3] [4] [5]

Yllan Okou made his professional debut for Monaco on 2 January 2022, starting and playing every minute of a Coupe de France 3–1 away win against Quevilly-Rouen as a centre-back. [6]

On 23 October 2023, Okou joined Ligue 2 club Bastia, signing a two-year contract with an option for a further year. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Yllan Okou". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Yllan Okou at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Géniteau, Jacqueline (30 July 2017). "Le sport de haut niveau, affaire de famille". Centre Presse  [ fr ] (in French). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Yllan OKOU". AS Monaco (in French). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Niort remercie Brouard". La Nouvelle République . 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Maltret, Laurent (2 January 2022). "Quevilly-Rouen 1-3 Monaco, Coupe de France, résultat et résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Yllan Okou (AS Monaco) s'engage pour 2 ans avec le Sporting!" [Yllan Okou (AS Monaco) signs up for 2 years with Sporting!]. SC Bastia (in French). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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