Jean Evrard Kouassi

Jean Evrard Kouassi (born 25 September 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig side Trabzonspor and Ivory Coast national team.

Jean Evrard Kouassi
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994[1]
Place of birth N'Damien, Ivory Coast
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Club information
Current team
 Trabzonspor
Number 77
Youth career
2004–2011 Jeunesse Sportive de Bassam
2011–2012 Moossou
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Hajduk Split 59 (13)
2015–2017 Shanghai Port 45 (12)
2017–2022 Wuhan 103 (47)
2022– Trabzonspor 6 (0)
National team‡
2011 Ivory Coast U-17
2021– Ivory Coast 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2021

Club career

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.

Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG announced that Kouassi had joined the squad in February 2015 and signed a contract until 2017.[4] 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.[5]

On 18 January 2017, Kouassi moved to League One side Wuhan Zall.[6] 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.

International career

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.[7] 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.[8]

Career statistics
As of 15 August 2021.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hajduk Split2012–13Prva HNL1324100-173
2013–1430542201[lower-alpha 1]0377
2014–151662161-00
Total 591310481107818
Shanghai SIPG2015Chinese Super League18410--220
20162782000-298
Total 45123000004812
Wuhan Zall2017China League One23700--237
2018261500--2615
2019Chinese Super League231200--2312
202018800-2[lower-alpha 2]1209
202113500--135
Total 1034700002110548
Career total 20772134813123178
  1. Appearance(s) in Croatian Football Super Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs

Honours

Hajduk Split

Wuhan Zall

Trabzonspor

References
  1. Jean Evrard Kouassi – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. "Video: Slaven podbacio, Hajduk dominirao u Koprivnici i golovima Jonjića i Vukovića odnio tri boda - Sportnet (Match report)". hrsport.net. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. 4000. gol i 7 gostujućih mjeseci bez poraza!(in Croatian)
  4. "Bivši hajdukovac iz Wuhana: Karantena je bila kao zatvor. Nikad to neću zaboraviti". Index (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "SHANGHAI PORT VS. JIANGSU FC 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. "Ivory Coast vs Gambia Match Report" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  8. "Ivory Coast v Ethiopia game report". Confederation of African Football. 30 March 2021.
  9. Jean Evrard Kouassi at Soccerway
  10. "2018中甲联赛积分榜". sports.sina.cn. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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