Zikahi Léonce Dodoz (born 28 June 1992) is an Ivorian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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*Forward (surname)
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. He is of
Benin
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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
India
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n sides in different leagues. In 2015, he signed for
Gangtok Himalayan S.C. before moving to
Kolkata
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giants
Mohammedan Sporting. With Gangtok, he played in the
Sikkim Premier Division League
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and scored 4 goals in 9 matches.
In
Mohammedan Sporting, Dodoz appeared in both
Calcutta Football League
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and
I-League 2nd Division
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matches.
He later signed for
Mizoram Premier League
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side
Chanmari FC in 2016. He made his
I-League
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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
Calcutta Football League
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The CFL ...
. He stayed there for a season before moving to
Free State Stars F.C.
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in South Africa. In January 2023, Dodoz moved back to India and joined
I-League
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side
Rajasthan United on a season-long deal.
Honours
Three Star Club
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Nepal A- Division League:
2013
Manang Marshyangdi
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Nepal A- Division League: 2014
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Mohammedan Sporting
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Calcutta Football League
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The CFL ...
:
2016–17
References
External links
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Living people
1992 births
Ivorian men's footballers
Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
Manang Marshyangdi Club players
Three Star Club players
Mohammedan SC (Kolkata) players
Aizawl FC players
Chanmari FC players
Bhawanipore Club players
Free State Stars F.C. players
National First Division players
I-League players
Footballers from Abidjan
Ivorian people of Beninese descent
Men's association football forwards
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in India
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Expatriate men's footballers in Nepal
Expatriate men's footballers in India
Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
Calcutta Football League players
21st-century Ivorian sportsmen