Venance Zézé, nicknamed Zézéto, (born 17 June 1981 in Abidjan), is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays for Séwé Sport.

International

He has been capped by the Ivorian national side.

Career

Like many successful Ivorian footballers, he is a product of the famed youth academy at

ASEC Abidjan The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas Abidjan'' and ''ASEC Abidjan'', especi ...

, where he began his career. As a 17-year-old, Zézé scored twice for ASEC Abidjan in the 1999

CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorship reasons TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup) is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation ...

final against Espérance de Tunis. Following this, he moved to Belgian side

K.S.K. Beveren Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren (''Royal Sporting Club of Beveren'') is a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. KSK Beveren was particularly successful during the late 1970s and early 1980s in which it wo ...

in 2001, where he starred with other Ivorians such as Yaya Touré and

Gilles Yapi Yapo Gilles Donald Yapi Yapo (born 30 January 1982) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Abidjan, Yapi Yapo started his career at ASEC Mimosas and then moved to Europe with Beveren. He joined ...

. He left Beveren in 2003 to join

AA Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (, English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname ' ( en, The Buffalos), is a Belgian sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football ...

, where he spent a season before moving to Brussels. In 2005, he returned to his former club Beveren for another season, before moving to Ukrainian side

FC Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

in 2006. After a successful loan to Metalurh's Vyscha Liga rivals

FC Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

in the first half of the 2007/08 season, a permanent transfer was agreed between the clubs on December 14, 2007. His contract with FF Jaro was revoked on 22 September 2011.

Clubs

* – 2001

*2001–2003

*2003–2004

*2004–2005 Brussels *2005–2006

*2006–2007

*2007–2011

*2010–2011

FF Jaro FF Jaro is a Finnish football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. It currently plays in ''Ykkönen''. Home matches are played at the Jakobstads Centralplan. Current squad ''Updated 7 March, 2022.'' Managem ...

*2012

AC Oulu AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing ...

*2013 FC Haka *2014 FC Haka *2014– Séwé Sport

References

External links

Interview with Zezeto
(French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeze, Venance 1981 births Living people Ivorian footballers Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivory Coast international footballers Association football forwards FF Jaro players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Metalurh Donetsk players R.W.D.M. Brussels F.C. players K.A.A. Gent players K.S.K. Beveren players FC Haka players AC Oulu players Belgian Pro League players Ukrainian Premier League players Veikkausliiga players Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Finland Footballers from Abidjan