Gerard Bi Goua Gohou (born 29 December 1988) is a

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. Born in the Ivory Coast, he plays for the Rwanda national team.

Career

JC Abidjan

Gohou began his career 2004 with

JC Abidjan Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan (JC Abidjan) is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian football (soccer), football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1932. They play at the Stade Robert Champroux. The club is current member of the Côte d'Ivoire Premi ...

and in 2008 appeared in the first team which played in the Ivory Coast's top tier. He served a total of four years with JC Abidjan.

Hassania Agadir

In summer 2008 Gohou signed for Moroccan club HUS d'Agadir. Gohou scored nine goals in 17 matches for the club.

Neuchâtel Xamax

On 15 February 2010,

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club

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

announced the signing of Gohou. Shortly afterwards, Moroccan media suggested his contract with former side Hassania Agadir had not been terminated. On 27 February 2017, he arrived in Neuchâtel and was presented by his new club. Hassania Agadir contested the termination of the contract with Gohou and reported the case to

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. Moroccan authorities had arrested Gohou at the airport and held him in custody for three days before being acquitted of a theft charge, according to the player. Gohou played the second half of the 2010–11 and after failing to score in the first ten matches, he scored a brace in the last match of his first season at the club. He netted six goals in the first 13 league matches of the 2011–12 season. In the following 17 league matches he played he scored two goals. Across one and a half seasons Gohou totalled nine goals in 41 league matches.

Denizlispor

In July 2011, Gohou joined Turkish second-tier side Denizlispor on a three-year contract.

FC Krasnodar

On 5 July 2013, Gohou signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League club

FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Ru ...

FC Kairat

On 24 June 2014, Krasnodar announced that Gohou had left the club to sign for FC Kairat of the Kazakhstan Premier League, on a six-month contract. On 30 July 2015, Gohou extended his stay at Kairat until December 2017. On 13 November 2017, Kairat announced that Gohou would be leaving the club at the end of his contract.

Beijing Enterprises Group

On 5 February 2018, Gohou joined

China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

club

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Kasımpaşa

On 20 January 2020, Kasımpaşa announced the signing of Gohou on an initial 18-month contract, with the option of an additional two-years.

International career

Gohou was born in the Ivory Coast and is of Ivorian descent. He was a member of the

Ivory Coast national under-23 football team The Ivorian national under-23 football team represents Ivory Coast in international under-23 tournaments. Nicknamed ''Les Petit Éléphants'' (The Small Elephants" in English), the under-23 national team's first appearance on the world stage was ...

and scored twice on his debut on 20 May 2010 against

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in the

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. In 2017, Gohou was coached by Spanish manager

Carlos Alós Carlos Alós Ferrer (born 21 July 1975) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of the Rwanda national football team. Career Playing career Alós was born in Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, and started his career with his hometown clu ...

in Kazakhstani club FC Kairat. Five years later, the Spaniard took the Rwanda national team and contacted him to represent Rwanda. After being given a Rwandan passport, he was called up for a set of friendlies in September 2022. He debuted with Rwanda in a friendly 0–0 tie with

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

on 23 September 2022. He had previously rejected to represent

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

Statistics

Club

Honours

Club

FC Kairat * Kazakhstan Cup:

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* Kazakhstan Super Cup:

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Individual

Botola The Botola Pro ( ar, البطولة الاحترافية, translit=al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Moroccan football league system, it is the country's prima ...

Top Scorer: 2008–09 *

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

Top Scorer:

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* Kazakhstan Premier League Top Scorer:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gohou, Gerard 1988 births Living people Rwandan footballers Rwanda men's international footballers Ivorian footballers Men's association football defenders Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Hassania Agadir players Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco JC d'Abidjan players Denizlispor footballers Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey FC Krasnodar players FC Kairat players Beijing Sport University F.C. players Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Swiss Super League players TFF First League players Russian Premier League players Kazakhstan Premier League players China League One players Ivorian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Morocco Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in China People from Gagnoa