Harlem-Eddy Gnohéré (born 21 February 1988) is a French professional

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who plays as a striker. Nicknamed "the

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" due to his strong body frame, Gnohéré started his career as a junior in native France, and went on to compete in Switzerland, Belgium and Romania. He represented in the latter country

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teams

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

and

FCSB Fotbal Club FCSB (), commonly known as FCSB, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the top flight of the Romanian football league system, Romanian league system, t ...

, and became the top scorer of the domestic league in the 2017–18 season. The ''

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'' daily also named him Foreign Player of the Year twice in a row for his individual performances in Romania.

Club career

Dinamo București

On 16 July 2015, Gnohéré signed a two-year contract with Romanian top-flight team

. He was previously announced as the player of Petrolul Ploiești, but was quickly released because he was deemed overweight. He scored his first goal for Dinamo in his second league match, a 2–1 victory over

ACS Poli Timișoara Asociația Club Sportiv Poli Timișoara (), commonly known as ACS Poli Timișoara, Poli Timișoara or simply ACS Poli, was a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Timișoara, Timiș County. The team was founded in 2012, the yea ...

on 3 August. On 22 November 2015, Gnohéré netted in a

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against

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, which Dinamo won 3–1. After the departure of

Cosmin Matei Cosmin Gabriel Matei (; born 30 September 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Liga I club Sepsi OSK. Matei started out his senior career at Farul Constanța in 2008, and has since r ...

in the winter transfer window, he took over his

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. On 17 May 2016, Gnohéré scored in the

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final against

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vas ...

, but his side eventually lost the game 4–5 at the

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. He ended the

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with 41 appearances and 18 goals all competitions comprised. Gnohéré's second season began on 23 July 2016, with a league match against defending champions

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent th ...

; he scored a

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and provided an assist in the 4–1 away win. In early September, it was reported that

wanted to sign the striker. Shortly after, he refused to extend his contract with Dinamo and was sent to play for the

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in the third league for an undetermined period. Gnohéré was however recalled to the first team after less than a month. His last goal was netted from the

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on 26 November 2016 in a Liga I game with

FC Voluntari Fotbal Club Voluntari (), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian professional football club based in Voluntari, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga I. Founded in 2010, it has been playing since the 2015–16 seas ...

FCSB

In January 2017, after reaching his final six months of contract with Dinamo, Gnohéré moved to FC Steaua București—later renamed

—for an undisclosed transfer fee. He therefore became the first foreigner to have played for the two cross-town rivals. On 19 October 2017, Gnohéré recorded his first

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goals after netting twice in a 2–1 UEFA Europa League group stage away victory over

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. Three days later, he scored a hat-trick in a 7–0 away victory at

. Gnohéré scored the only goal of a Europa League

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first leg match against Italian team

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, on 15 February 2018. He also scored in the second leg at the

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. Gnohéré became the first player outside Romania to net for both Steaua/FCSB and Dinamo in the Eternal derby, after opening the scoring in a 3–3 league draw on 29 July 2018. On 31 March 2019, he scored the winner in a 3–2 victory over

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, which was his fiftieth goal in the first division. On 4 June 2020, FCSB announced the termination of Gnohéré's contract, almost three months after being placed on technical unemployment because of the

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. He departed as the club's top foreign goalscorer in the Liga I with 41 goals, as well as the championship's third-best foreign goalscorer overall with 58 goals. He returned to Belgian club

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on July 20, 2020 for free.

Personal life

Born in France, Gnohéré is of Ivorian descent. Gnohéré's brother,

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, was also a footballer. He too played for several clubs in France and Switzerland.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Charleroi *

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: 2011–12 Dinamo București *

runner-up: 2015–16 FCSB București *

: 2019–20 Individual *''

'' Foreign Player of the Year in Romania: 2017, 2018 *

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Liga I Player of the Month: September 2015, October 2017 *

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Player of the Week: 20 October 2017 *Liga I top scorer: 2017–18 *Liga I Team of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19

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