Roger Claver Djapone Assalé (born 13 November 1993) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club

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Club career

Assalé was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years. On 31 January 2020, he joined

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side CD Leganés on loan until the end of the season. On 5 September 2020, he became a new

player. In August 2021 Assalé joined

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club

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on loan for the 2021–22 season. Werder Bremen secured an option to sign him permanently at the end of the loan. He left the club at the end of the season having made six appearances while Werder Bremen achieved promotion to the

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International career

Assalé made his full international debut for the Ivory Coast national team in a friendly match against

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on 10 November 2014. He scored his first international goal against

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in March 2018.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Assalé goal.''

Honours

Séwé Sport * Ligue 1:

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, 2013–14 * CAF Confederation Cup: Runners-up

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TP Mazembe * Linafoot: 2015–16 * CAF Champions League: 2015 * CAF Super Cup:

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* CAF Confederation Cup:

Young Boys * Swiss Super League: 2017–18, 2018–19 Werder Bremen *

runner-up: 2021–22 Ivory Coast * Africa Cup of Nations: 2015CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO
CAF

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* 1993 births Living people People from Abengourou Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast youth international footballers Association football forwards Ivory Coast international footballers Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Séwé Sport de San-Pédro players TP Mazembe players BSC Young Boys players CD Leganés players Dijon FCO players SV Werder Bremen players Linafoot players Swiss Super League players La Liga players Ligue 1 players 2. Bundesliga players Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{IvoryCoast-footy-bio-stub