Guéla Maho Lewis Doué (born 17 October 2002) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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

Club career

Early career

Having joined

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

as an eight years old, Guéla Doué was part of a 2002 generation comprising the likes of

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, Brandon Soppy and Georginio Rutter. He began playing with Rennes

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reserves in

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. The young defender signed his first professional contract with the club on 18 November 2021. His progress through the 2021–22 season was however halted by a serious injury, making his way back with the reserve only in May 2022, still managing to help them winning promotion to the National 2 after only narrowly topping the Brittany group.

Rennes

Doué made his first team debut during the 2022 summer friendlies, joining his brother Désiré on the field against

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. Having already appeared several times on the bench in

under

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's management, on 17 January 2023 Guéla extended his contract with the club until 2025. He made his senior debut with

in a 3–0 league win over

on 1 February 2023, coming in as a late substitute for his younger brother, who had just became the youngest ever player to deliver an assist and score a goal in a

game.

Strasbourg

On 26 July 2024, Doué joined

by signing a contract until 2029.

International career

Doué was born in France, to an Ivorian father and French mother. He holds dual-citizenship and holds Ivorian by descent. He was called up to the Ivory Coast U23s for a set of matches in March 2023. Doué made his debut for the senior Ivory Coast national team on 23 March 2024 in a friendly against Benin. Three days later, he scored his first national team goal, the winner in the 84th minute in a 2–1 friendly victory over Uruguay.

Personal life

Doué's younger brother Désiré, and his cousins Yann Gboho and

Marc-Olivier Doué Marc-Olivier Doué Séné (born 11 October 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays for club Castellón. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a central defender. Career On 12 October 2018, Doué signed with the Dutch c ...

are also professional footballers.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doue, Guela 2002 births Living people Footballers from Angers Ivorian men's footballers Ivory Coast men's youth international footballers Ivory Coast men's international footballers French men's footballers Ivorian people of French descent French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football central defenders Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Stade Rennais FC players RC Strasbourg Alsace players 21st-century French sportsmen