Jean-Jacques Gosso

Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso (born 15 March 1983) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He played in Ivory Coast, Israel, Morocco, France and Turkey. He made 22 appearances for the Ivory Coast national team, and was part of the squads at the 2010 and 2012 African Cup of Nations.

Jean-Jacques Gosso
Gosso playing for Orduspor in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso
Date of birth (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1996–2000 Stella Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Stella Club 24 (1)
2003–2007 Wydad Casablanca 33 (2)
2007–2008 Ashdod 44 (2)
2008–2011 Monaco 61 (1)
2011–2012 Orduspor 23 (0)
2012–2013 Mersin İdmanyurdu 6 (0)
2013–2015 Gençlerbirliği 57 (1)
2015–2017 Göztepe 64 (1)
Total 312 (8)
International career
2008–2013 Ivory Coast 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Stella Club

Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Gosso started his career at Stella Club d'Adjamé. In 2004, he moved to Wydad Casablanca in Morocco until the end of his contract in 2006. After that he traveled to Israel to discuss terms with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2006. Due to financial constraints at the club, they were unable to come up the player's financial requirements.

Ashdod

Months later Gosso's name came up again but this time word had spread that F.C. Ashdod had agreed terms with the player and that he was due to sign a contract. In the end, Gosso did indeed join F.C. Ashdod where he immediately received a starting position in his first league match against Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Monaco

On 8 July 2008, it was announced that Gosso would go on trial with Monégasque side AS Monaco FC. On 22 July 2008, it was announced that Monaco would sign Gosso after the successful trial[1] on a three-year contract.[2]

Orduspor

Gosso signed a three-year contract with the Turkish Süper Lig club Orduspor in July 2011. On 18 October 2012, Gosso left the club after his contract was terminated two years early by mutual consent.[3]

After finishing the 2012–2013 season at Mersin İdmanyurdu, Gosso signed a one-year contract at Ankara's Gençlerbirliği.

International career

He was member of the Ivory Coast U-20 squad in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates.[4]

He was called up to the senior squad for the first time in 2008, and was named as part of the Elephants squad for the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola.[5]

He was selected for the 2012 African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, playing mostly at right-back.

Career statistics

International
Source:[6]
Ivory Coast national team
YearAppsGoals
200810
200930
201010
201130
2012110
201330
Total220

Honours

Ivory Coast

References
  1. L’ivoirien Jean-Jacques Gosso à l’AS Monaco Archived 19 November 2008 at archive.today
  2. Jean-Jacques Gosso a signé Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Orduspor : Gosso sur le marché". Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  4. "FIFA-Turniere Spieler & Trainer - Jean Jacques GOSSO". FIFA.com (in German). Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. Elephants name final selection
  6. Jean-Jacques Gosso at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "AfricanFootball - Cote d'Ivoire".
  8. "2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches".
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