Franck-Olivier Madou (born 15 September 1987) is an Ivorian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who last played for AZAL PFK in the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

Early life

Born in

Marcory Marcory is a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. Marcory is one of four communes of Abidjan that are entirely south of Ébrié Lagoon, the others being Treichville, Koumassi Koumassi is a suburb of Abi ...

, Madou moved with his parents to France when he was eighteen months old. He acquired French nationality on 7 December 2004, through the collective effect of his mother's

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Career

Madou joined

FC Toulouse Toulouse Football Club is French professional football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the premier division of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse ...

in 2005. He was called in the reserve team and played his first professional league matches in the

Championnat de France amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue ...

. In January 2006, Madou left Toulouse and signed his first professional contract for

BSC Young Boys BSC Young Boys (YB by short abbreviation ) are a Swiss sports club based in Bern, Switzerland. Its first team has won 15 Swiss league championships and six Swiss Cups. YB is one of the most successful Swiss football clubs internationally, reac ...

. He played only ten games, scoring one goal, and he left Young Boys on loan to

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

in February 2008. After spending three months on loan at Grasshoppers, he moved to

FC Biel-Bienne Fussballclub Biel-Bienne is a Swiss association football club based in Biel/Bienne. The currently play in the 2. Liga Interregional. Honours Swiss championship *Champions: 1946–47 *Runners-up: 1947–48, 1959–60 Swiss Cup *Runners ...

in the summer of 2008. Finally, he signed for Cypriot side APOP Kinyras. In February 2017, Madou signed for AZAL PFK of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Madou, Franck 1987 births Living people Footballers from Abidjan Men's association football forwards Ivorian men's footballers Naturalized citizens of France French men's footballers French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Ivorian expatriate men's footballers FC Martigues players FC Biel-Bienne players Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Toulouse FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Ukrainian Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Grasshopper Club Zürich players BSC Young Boys players FC Lausanne-Sport players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus APOP Kinyras FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Minyor Pernik players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria