Zikahi Léonce Dodoz (born 28 June 1992) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a

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. He is of

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ese descent.

Club career

Nepal

Claiming he was beguiled by a football agent into entering Nepal, Dodoz plied his trade with

Friends Club Friends Club is a Nepali professional football club from the Kopundole neighborhood of Lalitpur. The club is known for nurturing young talent of Nepalese football. Friends Club has produced more than 200 national football players to date. It als ...

for a year before moving to Three Star Club for 2013. The Ivorian left the team in December that year without contacting their board, with fans asking to get a replacement for him for 2014. While lining up for Three Star Club in 2013, Dodoz's mother died. He missed the 2014 Nepal Martyr's Memorial A-Division Super Six due to a cracked ankle.

India

Besides Nepal, Dodoz has appeared for various

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n sides in different leagues. In 2015, he signed for Gangtok Himalayan S.C. before moving to

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giants Mohammedan Sporting. With Gangtok, he played in the

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and scored 4 goals in 9 matches. In Mohammedan Sporting, Dodoz appeared in both

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and

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matches. He later signed for

Mizoram Premier League The Mizoram Premier League (also known as LZ JUICE Mizoram Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest State football leagues in India, state-level Association football, football league in Mizoram, India. On a national scale, it is th ...

side Chanmari FC in 2016. He made his

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debut as a player of

Aizawl FC Aizawl Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Aizawl, Mizoram. The club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. Founded in 1984, Aizawl earned entry in I-League in 2015–16 season, a ...

in 2017 and continued playing for the club until 2019. He scored 11 league goals in 44 official matches. Dodoz again choose a new club in India, Bhawanipore FC in 2019, that also competes in the

. He stayed there for a season before moving to

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in South Africa. In January 2023, Dodoz moved back to India and joined

side Rajasthan United on a season-long deal.

Honours

Three Star Club * Nepal A- Division League: 2013 Manang Marshyangdi * Nepal A- Division League: 2014 * Mohammedan Sporting *

: 2016–17

References

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