Onil Christian Kouakou (born 20 April 1995) is a Swedish professional

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who plays for Turkish club Kocaelispor as a

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. He is of Ivorian descent.

Career

He made his debut in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

on 17 June 2011, when in the 88th minute he was substituted for

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, in an away win over Gefle IF. Kouakou became the youngest

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

player to ever feature in

. During the first half of the 2012 season, he made three appearances in the first team. He was then loaned out to Akropolis IF for the rest of the season. During his stay there, he made a total of eight appearances and scored once. On 3 April 2013, it was announced that Kouakou was joining

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fotbollförbund and play its home ...

on loan. On 8 August 2018, after a successful stint at Nyköpings BIS, Kouakou joined

IK Brage Idrottsklubben Brage, also known as IK Brage or simply Brage, is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge. The club is affiliated with Dalarnas Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Domnarvsvallen. The club colours, reflected in their ...

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

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* * * 1995 births Living people People from Solna Municipality Swedish people of Ivorian descent Men's association football forwards AIK Fotboll players Swedish men's footballers Mjällby AIF players IF Brommapojkarna players Nyköpings BIS players IK Brage players IFK Göteborg players IK Sirius Fotboll players Kocaelispor footballers Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players TFF First League players Sweden men's youth international footballers Footballers from Stockholm County Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub