Armel N'Dinga Koulara Kwanyéllé (born 15 August 1989; known simply as Armel Koulara and occasionally Armel Kwanyéllé) is a

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An agile and sprightly goalkeeper in addition to being a penalty specialist, Armel was Gazelle's first choice penalty taker, following in the footsteps of other goal-scoring 'keepers such as

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. Armel has scored 11 goals for Gazelle, all of them penalty kicks; however his penalty taking privileges did not extend to the Chad national football team, for whom he has 14 caps,FIFA.com
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* 1989 births Living people Chadian men's footballers Chad men's international footballers Footballers from N'Djamena Men's association football goalkeepers {{Chad-footy-bio-stub

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