Christian Kouamé

Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou (born 6 December 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Ivory Coast national team.

Christian Kouamé
Kouamé with Anderlecht in 2022
Personal information
Full name Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou
Date of birth (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 99
Youth career
0000–2015 Prato
2014–2015 → Sassuolo (loan)
2016 → Internazionale (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Prato 13 (0)
2016–2017 → Cittadella (loan) 15 (2)
2017–2018 Cittadella 40 (11)
2018–2020 Genoa 49 (9)
2020 → Fiorentina (loan) 7 (1)
2020– Fiorentina 58 (5)
2021–2022 → Anderlecht (loan) 31 (8)
International career‡
2019 Ivory Coast U23 2 (0)
2021 Ivory Coast Olympic 1 (0)
2019– Ivory Coast 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Club career

Kouamé started playing football on the streets of Bingerville, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. At the age of 16, he moved with other Ivorian teenagers to Italy to participate in trials with several clubs. Eventually he was signed by Prato and as still a minor at that time, grew up with an Italian foster family he is still close with.[1]

Kouamé made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for Prato on 6 September 2015 in a game against Pisa.[2]

On 13 July 2018, Kouamé signed with Serie A side Genoa.[3]

On 31 January 2020, he joined Fiorentina on loan with an obligation to buy.[4]

International career

Kouamé debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.[5][6] He was called-up for the final tournament in November 2019,[7] suffering a knee injury.[8]

He made his debut for the Ivory Coast senior national team on 13 October 2019 in a friendly against DR Congo.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 May 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Prato 2015–16 Lega Pro 13020——150
Cittadella (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 15200—10162
Cittadella 2017–18 Serie B 401141—314713
Genoa 2018–19 Serie A 38410——394
2019–20 11510——125
Total 499200000519
Fiorentina (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 7100——71
Fiorentina 2020–21 Serie A 33131——362
2022–23 25420111—385
Total 5855111100748
Anderlecht (loan) 2021–22 Belgian Pro League 31855——3613
Career total 213361871114124645

Honours

Ivory Coast U23

References
  1. "Football KOUAME Christian - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 6 September 2015.
  3. "Kouamé signed with Genoa". Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. "KOUAME COMPLETES FIORENTINA MOVE" (Press release). Fiorentina. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. Marc, ALLA Jean (14 March 2019). "CAN U23 : Nicolas Tié, Kouamé Christian, Guiagon Parfait… les surprises du chef Kamara". Mondialsport.net.
  6. "CAF - Competitions - Qualifiers of Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  7. "Ivory Coast under-23 secure release of striker Kouame". BBC Sport. 1 November 2019.
  8. "Ivory Coast striker Christian Kouame leaves U-23 Nations Cup with knee injury". BBC Sport. 16 November 2019.
  9. "Ivory Coast v DR Congo game report". ESPN. 13 October 2019.
  10. "C. Kouamé". Soccerway.
  11. "CAN U23 "Egypte 2019" : Voici les Eléphants sélectionnés | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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