Yoan Zouma

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Yoan Zouma
Personal information
Full name Lindsay Yoan Zouma [1]
Date of birth (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Poole Town
(on loan from Havant & Waterlooville)
Youth career
FC Vaulx-en-Velin
Olympique Lyonnais
0000–2018 Angers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Angers II 11 (0)
2018–2020 Bolton Wanderers 17 (0)
2020–2021 Barrow 4 (0)
2021 → Altrincham (loan) 5 (0)
2021–2023 Dagenham and Redbridge 9 (0)
2023 → Maidstone United (loan) 6 (0)
2023– Havant & Waterlooville 12 (0)
2024– → Poole Town (loan) 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:54, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Lindsay Yoan Zouma (born 6 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Poole Town on loan from National League South club Havant & Waterlooville.

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Career

He joined Bolton Wanderers on a two-year contract from Angers SCO on 13 August 2018 and joined Bolton's U23 team. [3] He made his professional debut on 3 August 2019 as Bolton began their EFL League One season with a 2–0 loss at Wycombe Wanderers, with his club playing an unfamiliar line-up due to their financial crisis. [4] On 26 June it was announced Zouma would be one of 14 senior players released at the end of his contract on 30 June. [5]

On 1 October 2020, Zouma joined League Two side Barrow. [6] On 1 March 2021, Zouma joined National League side Altrincham on a one-month loan deal. [7] The loan was then extended for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. [8] On 18 May 2021, Barrow announced he would be released at the end of his contract. [9]

On 18 December 2021, he signed for National League side Dagenham & Redbridge. [10] On 10 February 2022, he was suspended by Dagenham & Redbridge for his role in filming his brother, Kurt, kicking and slapping his pet cat. [11] Zouma made his return to Dagenham's team on 8 March 2022, being named in the 16-man squad to play Yeovil Town. [12] On 6 January 2023, he signed for Maidstone United for the remainder of the 2022–23 season, [13] but scored an own goal on his debut and barely featured thereafter. [14] He was released by parent club Dagenham & Redbridge in the summer of 2023. [15]

In September 2023, Zouma signed for National League South club Havant & Waterlooville. [16] In March 2024, he joined Southern League Premier Division South club Poole Town on loan until the end of the season. [17]

Personal life

His older brothers are West Ham United and France defender Kurt Zouma, [3] and Lionel Zouma. [18] Their parents emigrated from the Central African Republic. [19]

Animal abuse

On 7 February 2022, footage emerged of Kurt Zouma kicking and slapping his cat, filmed at his home by Yoan. [20] On 16 March 2022, the RSPCA announced that after a full investigation they had started the process of bringing a prosecution against both Kurt and Yoan Zouma under the Animal Welfare Act. [21]

On 24 May 2022, Yoan Zouma pleaded guilty to one count of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring his brother to commit an offence, after Kurt Zouma pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. [22]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 April 2023 [23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bolton Wanderers 2019–20 [24] League One 17010104 [lower-alpha 1] 0230
Barrow 2020–21 [25] League Two 4010002 [lower-alpha 1] 070
Altrincham (loan) 2020–21 [2] National League 50———50
Dagenham & Redbridge 2021–22 [2] National League60——2 [lower-alpha 2] 080
2022–23 [2] National League3000—0030
Total9000—20110
Maidstone United (loan) 2022–23 [2] National League60——0060
Career total410201080520
Notes
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.

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References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 18th May 2019: Bolton Wanderers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 8. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yoan Zouma at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Bolton Wanderers sign Yoan Zouma and Marcus Wood". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Moore, Glenn (3 August 2019). "Defiance, pride and anger as Bolton fans cheer on team of strangers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Iles, Marc (26 June 2020). "Wanderers announce retained list with 14 players out of contract". The Bolton News. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Yoan Zouma: Barrow sign brother of Chelsea and France defender Kurt Zouma". BBC. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Yoan Zouma makes Altrincham loan move". Barrow AFC. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Yoan loan extended". Altrincham FC. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bluebirds Confirm Retained List". www.barrowafc.com.
  10. ↑ "Zouma Is A Dagger!". Dagenham & Redbridge FC.
  11. ↑ "Kurt Zouma's brother Yoan suspended by Dagenham & Redbridge after filming cat kicking video". Sky News. 10 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: Yeovil Town 0-3 Daggers". Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Yoan signs on loan". maidstoneunited.co.uk. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Yoan Zouma scores 30-yard own goal as Stones suffer sixth successive defeat". Kent Online. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Dagenham Retained List 2023". Dagenham & Redbridge FC. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "NEW SIGNING | YOAN ZOUMA JOINS THE HAWKS". www.havantandwaterloovillefc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "New signing - Yoan Zouma". www.pooletownfc.co.uk. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "Les retrouvailles des " jumeaux " Zouma" [The reunion of the Zouma "twins"]. Le Parisien (in French). 23 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "France: Kurt Zouma parle de la paix en Centrafrique" [France: Kurt Zouma speaks of peace in the Central African Republic]. Journal de Bangui (in French). 8 October 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  20. ↑ "Kurt Zouma: West Ham defender apologises after video emerges of him deservedly kicking his cat". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 February 2022. Zouma can be seen in his kitchen picking up the cat before dropping it and booting it into the air across the kitchen. He is also seen chasing the Bengal cat around his dining room in front of a child while the cameraman is heard laughing. The £30m former Chelsea centre-back is then filmed throwing a pair of shoes at the animal as it tries to escape. A final clip shows him slapping the cat in the face and out of the child's arms.
  21. ↑ Slawson, Nicola (16 March 2022). "RSPCA prosecuting West Ham's Kurt Zouma over cat-kicking video". The Guardian.
  22. ↑ "Kurt Zouma: West Ham defender pleads guilty to kicking and slapping cat". BBC. 24 May 2022.
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  25. ↑ "Games played by Yoan Zouma in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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