Adolphe Tohoua (born December 9, 1983) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for UCE de Liège. He previously played in the Belgian Jupiler League.

Career

Tohoua started his career at homeland club

Rio Sport d'Anyama Rio Sport d'Anyama is an association football club based in the town of Anyama, Côte d'Ivoire. History The club stadium is Stade de Rio Sports, seating 3,000 people. The club's president is Amidou Sylla, credited with exercising a formative inf ...

, playing alongside Ivory Coast international, and World Cup 2006 player

Arouna Koné Arouna Koné (born 11 November 1983) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian club VK Weerde. After making a name for himself in the Eredivisie, with Roda JC and PSV, he signed with Sevilla in 2007, where he r ...

. The pair became good friends, and in 2002, Tohoua, along with Koné, moved to Belgium to play for Lierse SK. While Koné moved on to Dutch side

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at the end of the 2002-03 season, Tohoua stayed at Lierse until the end of the 2005-06 campaign, before moving to

Excelsior Mouscron Royal Excelsior Mouscron was a Belgian football club from the municipality of Mouscron, Hainaut. In December 2009 they were declared bankrupt and soon ceased to exist. A new club known as Royal Excel Mouscron was formed in March 2010 and place ...

. In 2008, he left Mouscron after two years and joined league rival

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. In July 2010, he moved to lower league club KSK Hasselt.

International

Tohoua and Koné also played alongside each other in the

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, held in the

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1983 births Living people Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast under-20 international footballers Belgian Pro League players Belgian First Division B players Lierse S.K. players Royal Excel Mouscron players R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Ivorian expatriate footballers Sportspeople from Abidjan Association football midfielders {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub