Guelassiognon Sylvain Gbohouo (born 29 October 1988) is an Ivorian professional

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club Wolkite City and the Ivory Coast national team.

International career

Gbohouo made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 6 July 2013, in a 4–1 loss against

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at the

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Footballdatabase.eu He was part of the team that played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but did not make an appearance.2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™ - List of Players

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He was Ivory Coast's starting goalkeeper at the

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as they went all the way to the final, but a thigh injury sustained in the semi-final against DR Congo saw him miss out the final match in favour of veteran Boubacar Barry.CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO
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iSport.cz (in Czech) He was still named the tournament's best goalkeeper, and since Barry's retirement, Gbohouo has been the Elephants' undisputed number one. During the

2019 Africa Cup of Nations The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championshi ...

between Côte d'Ivoire and Algeria in the quarter-finals, Sylvain Gbohouo was elected man of the match, despite the defeat of his team on penalties. Gbohouo could not participate in the

2021 Africa Cup of Nations The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), known as the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's foo ...

due to a positive drug test.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Séwé Sport * Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division:

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, 2013–14 * Coupe Houphouët-Boigny: 2012, 2013, 2014 Mazembe * Linafoot: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 *

DR Congo Super Cup The DR Congo Super Cup is a Congolese association football competition, which takes place in an annual match between the Linafoot The Vodacom Ligue 1 is the top division of the Congolese Association Football Federation, the governing body of fo ...

: 2016 * CAF Champions League: 2015 * CAF Confederation Cup:

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* CAF Super Cup:

Ivory Coast * Africa Cup of Nations: 2015 Individual * Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2015

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gbohouo, Sylvain 1988 births Living people People from Comoé District Ivorian footballers Association football goalkeepers Ivory Coast international footballers Séwé Sport de San-Pédro players TP Mazembe players Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo