Christian Kouakou Yao (born 1 March 1991) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bangladesh Premier League The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league consisting of seven franchises. The BPL is one of the three professional cricket leagues in ...

club

Bangladesh Police FC Bangladesh Police Football Club (also known as Bangladesh Police Athletic Club) is an association football team based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club was founded by Bangladesh Police. The services team had previously played in the Senior Divisio ...

Career

Born in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

, Kouakou began his career with Toumodi F.C. In the summer of 2007, he moved to Europe signing a contract with

R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

's academy. After three years with the youth teams of Anderlecht, he signed in January 2010 for the Thai side,

Muangthong United Muangthong United Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลเมืองทอง ยูไนเต็ด) is a Thai professional football club based in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi province. The club plays in the Thai League ...

. During the mid-season transfer period of the 2010–2011 season, he was linked with the Belgian Premier Division club KV Mechelen. On 31 August 2016, Kouakou joined

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, t ...

from

Stade Malherbe Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, SMC, or simply Caen) is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of ''C ...

on a season-long loan deal. In September 2018, he terminated his contract with Caen. On 4 July 2019,

Gabala FK Gabala Football Club ( az, Qəbələ Futbol Klubu ), also spelled Qabala, is an Azerbaijani association football club representing Qabala in the Azerbaijan Premier League since 2006. Gabala has been the runner up in the Premier League three times ...

signed Kouakou to a one-year contract, with the option of a second, from

MFK Karviná MFK Karviná is a football club located in Karviná, Czech Republic. It plays in the Czech National Football League. The club took part in the Czech First League in 2016–2022. The team's colours are green and white. History Karviná as a mult ...

. On 2021 Christian Kouakou joined in

. He score his two goals against

Dhaka Abahani Abahani Limited Dhaka ( bn, ঢাকা আবাহনী লিমিটেড), also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club cur ...

. He left the club in August 2021 after finishing the season. In April 2022, he again joined

for second phase of

2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League The 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as BPL 8 or Bangabandhu BPL 2021–22 presented by BBS Cables and powered by Walton (for sponsorship reasons), was the eighth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-level pro ...

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* 1991 births Living people Footballers from Abidjan Ivorian men's footballers Men's association football forwards R.S.C. Anderlecht players Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Christian Kouakou Tours FC players Stade Malherbe Caen players Nîmes Olympique players MFK Karviná players Gabala SC players Azerbaijan Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Belgian Pro League players Christian Kouakou Ligue 2 players Ligue 1 players Czech First League players Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in France Bangladesh Police FC players {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub