Kévin Zougoula

Koelly Kévin Zougoula commonly known as Kévin Zougoula (born 20 April 1988[2][3][4]) is an Ivorian professional football player. Zougoula was the top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 in consectuvie seasons in 2011 and 2012.

Kévin Zougoula
Personal information
Full name Koelly Kévin Zougoula
Date of birth (1988-04-20) 20 April 1988
Place of birth Gouifla, Vavoua,[1] Ivory Coast
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Séwé Sports
Youth career
2004 Sylla et Frères[2]
2004–2007 Sabé Sports
2007–2008 AS AGIR
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 AS AGIR
2010–2011 Ouragahio (14)
2011–2013 Séwé Sports (39)
2013 Dinamo București 5 (0)
2014– Séwé Sports 177 (87)
International career
2013 Ivory Coast 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2015

Career

Early career

Zougoula first club was Centre de formation Sylla et Frères of Adjamé. He then joined Sabé Sports de Bouna, which was at the Côte d'Ivoire first division at the time. In 2007, he was signed for lower league side AS AGIR of Guibéroua.[2]

Guibéroua

At this club Zougoula won the competition and became topscorer of Ligue 2 twice.[2]

Ouragahio

In 2010, Ouragahio signed him and he netted 14 goals with the club and finished 2nd Division topscorer.[2]

Séwé Sports

A year later in 2011, he was called to Séwé Sports de San Pédro by Séwé Sports president Eugène-Marie Diomande to play for the club. With the club he netted 11 goals with his first season with the club, and became topscorer that year also, he also won the first Ligue 1 title in history for Séwé Sports de San Pédro.[2]

On 16 July 2011, Zougoula scored his first goal against Société Omnisports de l'Armée in a 1–1 draw on the seventh matchday of the 2010 Ligue 1 season at Stade de Yamoussoukro in Yamoussoukro.[5] On 12 March 2012, during the sixteenth matchday of Ligue 1 scored the first goal of a 2–0 win against ASEC Mimosas at Robert Champroux de Marcory Stadium.[6][7] On 27 July 2012, during Séwé's 2012 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football semi-final with Société Omnisports de l'Armée, Zougoula scored Séwé's last in a 3–1 win to send them to the final against Stella Club d'Adjamé.[8] At that final they lost against Stella Club d'Adjamé 1–0. On 31 October 2012, Zougoula scored Séwé's third in a 4–0 win against Stella Club d'Adjamé to win their first Ivorian Super Cup.[9] On 19 August 2012, on the seventh matchday, he scored the only goal against AFAD by using his head to blast it through AFAD keeper Clovis Tahourou's net.[10]

In October 2012, after the 2012 Ligue 1 season he netted 13 goals and also became the topscorer of Ligue 1.[11] That year he also won the Ballon d'Or of Ivoirian Football and Ligue 1 best forward.[12][13] On 16 March 2013, Zougoula scored the third goal against Al-Hilal in the first qualifying round of the CAF Champions League.[14][15]

Dinamo București

On 28 August 2013 Dinamo București confirmed the arrival of Ivorian Zougoula from Séwé Sport on a 3-year contract.[16]

On 7 September 2013, Zougoula made his debut for Dinamo in a friendly against Shakhtar Donetsk.[17] On 9 September 2013, Zougoula made another appearance for Dinamo in another friendly against Concordia Chiajna and scored in a 3–2 win.[18]

His first official game for Dinamo was played in Cupa României, against Sănătatea Cluj. Zougoula scored twice in that game.[19]

He made his debut in Liga I on 20 October 2013, when he appeared as a substitute in a game against Astra Giurgiu.

At the end of 2013, he ended mutually his contract with Dinamo.[20]

In 2012 for Sewe Sports Zougoula scored 12 goals in 20 games. He also scored 5 in the African Champions League in 4 games. He has been widely regarded as one of the best ivorian strikers and still the stats are still not known he has scored many goals.

International career

In February 2011, played for Ivory Coast A' or the Ivory Coast B team at the 2011 African Nations Championship in Sudan. Ivory Coast B were eliminated in the group stage of the tournament and Zougoula did not get on the scoresheet.[21]

International goals
Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[22]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 July 2013Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Nigeria1–02–02014 African Nations Championship qualification
2.2–0

Personal life

Zougoula stated that Olympique de Marseille of France has been always been his favourite club and that he hopes to play at the club one day.[2]

Honours

Club Honours
Séwé Sports
2012, 2013, 2014
2012

Individual Honours
Ouragahio
2010
Séwé Sports
2011, 2012, 2013
2012

References
  1. Kautcha (14 August 2013). "Ligue des champions : "Zougoula" et le Séwé pour battre l'Esperance de Tunis ce dimanche !". Koaci?com. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. Jacob Djossou (17 March 2013). "Foot: Zougoula Kévin, le canonnier du Séwé Sport enfin chez les Eléphants (PORTRAIT)" (in French). Alerte Info. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. "CONFEDERATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL – CÔTE D'IVOIRE" (PDF). cafonline.com. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  4. "Fiche joueur de ZOUGOULA KOELLY KEVIN (Ouragahio)". Ivorian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. "Sewé : Zougoula Kévin se signale déjà" (in French). news.@bidj@n.net. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. "CIV: Séwé too strong". MTNFootball.com. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  7. "Football- Ligue 1- 16è journée- ASEC-Séwé (0–2) Le Séwé domine l'Asec" (in French). sport-ivoire.ci. 2013-03-10. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  8. "Côte d'Ivoire Cup: Séwé make the final". MTNFootball.com. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  9. "Sewe San Pedro wins Ivorian Super Cup". CAF. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  10. Patrick Guitey (2012-08-19). "Football- Super Division 2012– 7è journée- AFAD-Séwé (0–1) Le Séwé prend seul les commandes" (in French). sport-ivoire.ci. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  11. Fernand Dedeh (3 November 2012). "Football Zougoula Kévin '(San-Pédro): – La ligue des champions est un challenge excitant". dedeh.blue-colibri.com (in French). Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  12. "Zougoula, "Ballon d'Or', le Séwé raffle tout !" (in French). Ivorian Football Federation. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  13. "Zougoula Ballon d'Or de Côte d'Ivoire 2012" (in French). foootballmercato.net. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  14. Jean-Claude Djakus (16 March 2013). "ZOUGOULA, OCANSEY, ASSALE…C'est Du Costaud!" (in French). ligue1-ci.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  15. Firdose Moonda (18 March 2013). "Ivorians overcome favourites". ESPN FC.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  16. "Zougoula va arriver au Dinamo Bucarest (L1-Roumanie)" (in French). FootballMercato. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  17. "Zougoula a debutat la Dinamo cu Şahtior! Ivorianul, uşor surprins de ce a găsit la roş-albi: "Echipa nu este chiar rea"" (in Romanian). ProSport.ro. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  18. Eduard Apostol (9 September 2013). "EXCLUSIV I-a convins – Zougoula a semnat cu Dinamo". gsp.ro. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  19. "Zougoula, sănătate şi virtute! Dinamo – Sănătatea 4-0, "câinii" merg în optimi" (in Romanian). ProSport.ro. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  20. "Kevin Zougoula şi-a reziliat contractul cu Dinamo București" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  21. "Koelly Kevin Zougoula". WestAfricanFootball.com. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  22. "Zougoula, Kévin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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