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Gérard Amoukou Okosias Gnanhouan (born 12 February 1979) is an Ivorian former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
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. He is a goalkeeping coach at
Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...
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Career

Gnanhouan was born in
Adzopé Adzopé is a town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Adzopé Department. It is also a commune and the seat of La Mé Region in Lagunes District. In the 2021 census, the sub-prefecture of Adzopé had a populat ...
. He earned 7 caps for the Ivory Coast national team, and was called up to the
2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams represe ...
, despite participating in and winning the
1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship The 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship Final Tournament was held in Iceland. Players born on or after 1 August 1978 were eligible to participate in this competition. Teams The following teams qualified for the tournament: * * * (host) ...
with
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Honours

Sochaux *
Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...
:
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
Ivory Coast *
Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is s ...
runner-up:
2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...


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* * 1979 births Living people People from Adzopé Footballers from Lagunes District Naturalized citizens of France Men's association football goalkeepers Ivorian men's footballers Ivory Coast men's international footballers France men's youth international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players INF Clairefontaine players En Avant Guingamp players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Montpellier HSC players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Ivorian emigrants to France Ligue 1 players Vannes OC players US Avranches players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub