Jean_Evrard_Kouassi
Jean Evrard Kouassi
Ivorian footballer (born 1994)
Jean Evrard Kouassi (born 25 September 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang Pro and Ivory Coast national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 29)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | N'Damien, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zhejiang Pro | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Jeunesse Sportive de Bassam | ||
| 2011–2012 | Moossou | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Hajduk Split | 59 | (13) |
| 2015–2016 | Shanghai SIPG | 45 | (12) |
| 2017–2021 | Wuhan Zall | 103 | (47) |
| 2022–2023 | Trabzonspor | 16 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2023– | Zhejiang Pro | 22 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Ivory Coast U-17 | ||
| 2021– | Ivory Coast | 9 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2022 | |||
Kouassi played for the Ivorian football club Moossou F.C. youth team before going abroad to have trials with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Club Brugge and Monaco before having a successful trial with Croatian club Hajduk Split who offered him a three-year contract in January 2013. He made his debut in a league game against Slaven Belupo on 16 February 2013 that ended in a 2–0 victory.[2] He gradually started to establish himself within the team and on 21 April 2013, Kouassi scored in a draw against Slaven Belupo, marking the 4000th jubilee championship goal for HNK Hajduk Split.[3] He further endeared himself towards the fans when he scored and assisted for a goal against Lokomotiva in the 2012–13 Croatian Cup final, which the club won 5–4 on aggregate.[4]
Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG announced that Kouassi had joined the squad in February 2015 and signed a contract until 2017.[5] He made his debut in a league game on 7 March 2015 against Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty F.C. in a game that ended in a 2–1 victory.[6]
On 18 January 2017, Kouassi moved to League One side Wuhan Zall.[7] On 18 June 2017, he scored his first goal against Dalian Transcendence. He helped the club earn promotion to the Super League by winning the China League One title in 2018, forming a strong strike partnership with Rafael Silva and netting 15 league goals.[8]
On 10 December 2021, Kouassi joined Turkish Süper Lig side Trabzonspor on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[9] On 6 September 2022, he was loaned to Fatih Karagümrük.[10]
On 22 January 2023, Kouassi returned to China to join top tier club Zhejiang Professional signing a deal until 2025.[11]
Kouassi was named in the Ivorian squad for the 2011 African U-17 Championship. He scored in the game against Gambia on 15 January 2011.[12] He was also named in the Ivorian squad for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He played in all four games before the Ivorians were eliminated from the competition by France in the round of 16.[1]
He made his debut for Ivory Coast national team on 30 March 2021 in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia and scored his team's third goal in a 3-1 victory.[13]
- As of 12 December 2023[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hajduk Split | 2012–13 | Prva HNL | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 3 | |
| 2013–14 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 37 | 7 | ||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 59 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 18 | ||
| Shanghai SIPG | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 8 | |||
| Total | 45 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12 | ||
| Wuhan Zall | 2017 | China League One | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2018 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 15 | ||||
| 2019 | Chinese Super League | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 12 | |||
| 2020 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 2021 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 103 | 47 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 105 | 48 | |||
| Trabzonspor | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 5 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 4 | ||
| Zhejiang | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | – | 29 | 6 | |
| Career total | 257 | 81 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 295 | 89 | ||
- Includes Croatian Cup, Chinese FA Cup, Turkish Cup
- Appearance in Croatian Football Super Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- Appearances in AFC Champions League
Hajduk Split
Wuhan Zall
Trabzonspor
- Jean Evrard Kouassi – FIFA competition record (archived)
- "Video: Slaven podbacio, Hajduk dominirao u Koprivnici i golovima Jonjića i Vukovića odnio tri boda - Sportnet (Match report)". hrsport.net. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- 4000. gol i 7 gostujućih mjeseci bez poraza!(in Croatian)
- "LOKOMOTIVA ZAGREB VS. HAJDUK SPLIT 3 - 3". soccerway.com. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- "Bivši hajdukovac iz Wuhana: Karantena je bila kao zatvor. Nikad to neću zaboraviti". Index (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- "SHANGHAI PORT VS. JIANGSU FC 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- 卓尔官方宣布上港外援埃弗拉加盟 双方签约五年 at sports.sina.com 18 January 2017 Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- "2018中甲联赛积分榜". sports.sina.cn. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- "Trabzonspor, Jean Evrard Kouassi transferini resmen açıkladı". Goal. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- "Trabzonspor'dan VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük'e". beIN Sports. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- "新年官宣：欢迎埃弗拉·夸西加盟浙江队". m.dongqiudi.com. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- "Ivory Coast vs Gambia Match Report" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- Jean Evrard Kouassi at Soccerway
- HNK Hajduk Split profile
- Jean Evrard Kouassi at National-Football-Teams.com