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3 unusual facts about Ivorian


Dibi Paul Stephane

Stéphane Paul Dibi (born December 28, 1990 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a Ivorian football He currently plays for MC Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Sayouba Mandé

Sayouba Mandé (born 15 June 1993) is an Ivorian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Norwegian First Division side Stabæk.

William Aho Abou

William Aho Abou (born 30 December 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 2 side Arles-Avignon.


Abdou Traoré

Abdou Razack Traoré (born 1988), Burkanese-Ivorian footballer who plays for Polish club Lechia Gdańsk

Aboubakar Camara

Aboubakar Camara (born Bingerville, 26 December 1965) is a former Ivorian rugby union footballer and a current coach.

Abraham Gneki Guié

Abraham Gneki Guié (born 25 July 1986) is an Ivorian professional footballer who currently plays for Cypriot side Apollon Limassol on loan from the French club OGC Nice.

Alli N'Dri

Vincent de Paul Kouadio "Alli" N'Dri (born 12 January 1984 in Bingerville) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Russian National Football League club FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.

Anoh Attoukora

Anoh Apollinaire Attoukora Sfondo (born June 20, 1989 in Adjamé) is an Ivorian footballer currently under contract for PAU FC.

Armand Mahan

He moved to Belgium in 2003, when he signed a contract with SK Beveren who worked together with the Ivorian team via the Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou.

AS Denguélé

The Association Sportive Denguélé d’Odienné (AS Denguélé) is an Ivorian football club based in Odienné.

Bonaventure Kalou

Bonaventure "Barry" Kalou (born 12 January 1978 in Oumé) is an Ivorian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Combs-la-Ville.

Boti Goa

Boti Goa Tyrolien Orphée Demel (born March 3, 1989 in Dabou) is an Ivorian professional footballer.

Carol Off

She claimed that French-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer, who was kidnapped in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in 2004, had been murdered for exposing Ivorian government corruption in connection with cocoa.

Daniel Yeboah

Daniel Yéboah Tétchi (born 13 November 1984 in Dabou) is an Ivorian football goalkeeper.

Didier Otokoré

Didier Otokoré (born 26 March 1969 in Gagnoa) is a retired Ivorian footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.

Dijilly Arsene Dit Patrick Vouho

Djilly Arsène Dit Patrick Vouho (born 25 June 1987 in Seguela) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a Striker for Georgian Umaglesi Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi.

Élie Kroupi

Éli Verges Napoles Kroupi Zahi (born 18 October 1979 in Sassandra) is a French-Ivorian football forward who currently plays for Ourouba Club Fujairah in UAE Second Division.

FC Bibo

F.C. Kossou Bibó, or commonly known as F.C. Bibó is an Ivorian semi-professional football team based in Kossou, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

First Ivorian Civil War

On 4 November, Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo ordered air strikes against rebels, and Ivorian aircraft began a bombardment of Bouaké.

Forces nouvelles

Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire: a political party coalition and one of the sides in the Ivorian Civil War.

Freedom Neruda

On 18 December 1995, La Voie ran an article on the Ivorian ASEC Mimosas's loss to the South African Orlando Pirates in the finals of football's CAF Champions League.

Guy-André Kieffer

In a 2006 interview regarding her book Bitter Chocolate, CBC journalist Carol Off claimed that Kieffer's disappearance and probable murder was related to his investigation of the shady practices involving the Ivorian government and the cocoa industry.

Jean Romaric Kevin Koffi

Jean Romaric Kevin Koffi (born 25 June 1986) is an Ivorian footballer who under contract with the Belgian club Westerlo.

Karim Coulibaly Diaby

Karim Diaby Coulibaly (born 25 December 1989 in Abidjan) is a French-Ivorian football striker who currently plays for the Corgoň Liga club MFK Košice.

Kinapeya Kone

Kinapeya Romeo Kone (born 1 September 1979 in Korhogo, Ivory Coast) is an Ivorian judoka.

Kocumbo, l'étudiant noir

Kocumbo, l'étudiant noir is a novel by Ivorian author Aké Loba.

Kouassi Brou

Kouassi Franck Olivier Brou (born 16 June 1992 in Agnibilékrou, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian swimmer specializing in freestyle.

Lassina Diabaté

Lassina Diabaté (born September 16, 1974 in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire) is a former Ivorian football player.He played for Côte d'Ivoire and a few clubs in Europe.

Marcel Metoua

Born in Attecoubé, he started his career in 2006 playing with Ivorian club ASC Ouragahio.

Mougnini Tape

Mougnini Guy-Stephane Tape (born December 15, 1990) is an Ivorian footballer currently under contract for Georgian side FC Merani Martvili.

Operation Unicorn

On 6 November 2004, the Ivorian governmental air force carried out an attack on the French position in Bouaké, causing nine deaths and 37 wounded in the French Military (2nd Marine Infantry Regiment (2 RIMa), the Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine (RICM, a light armoured regiment), 505th transport and logistics regiment).

The French forces counterattacked, destroying the two Ivorian Sukhoi Su-25s at the Yamoussoukro base, fifteen minutes after the attack.

Ousmane Viera

Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (born 21 December 1986 in Daloa) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.

Pascal Angan

Jean Louis Pascal Angan (born 19 April 1986 in Odienné) is an Ivorian-Beninese international football player who currently plays in Egypt for Ismaily SC.

Pointinini

Ivorian singer Abou Nidal sings about it in "La chaussure qui parle" (The shoe which speaks).

RC Koumassi

The Racing Club de Koumassi (RC Koumassi) is an ivorian football club based in Koumassi.

Sam Bockarie

In order to secure peace in the Ivorian Civil War, and increase trade with president Laurent Gbagbo, Taylor is said to have asked Bockarie to assassinate Ivorian rebel leader Félix Doh, who was killed in April, 2003.

Serge Harman Lebri Ouraga

Serge Harman Lebri Ouraga (born December 31, 1984 in Bingerville) is an Ivorian football player currently playing for Séwé Sports de San Pedro.

Soum Bill

Soum Bill (born Soumahoro Ben Mamadou in Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire) is a popular Ivorian singer.

Syndou Traoré

Syndou Traoré (born 29 October 1988 in Fremandougou, Odienné) is an Ivorian football player who currently plays for Séwé Sports de San Pedro.

Thierry Doubai

Moussé Doubai Tapé or Thierry Doubai (born 1 July 1988 in Adjamé) is an Ivorian footballer who plays for French club Sochaux in Ligue 1.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1975

Ivorian state media, including Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne, was condemned for inciting violence and restrictions on freedom of expression were urged to be lifted.

Vauvenargues

Vauvenargues Kehi (born 1992), French-born Ivorian football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for French club Strasbourg in the Championnat de France amateur 2

Vincent Angban

Vincent Atchouailou de Paul Angban (born 2 February 1985 in Anyama) is an Ivorian footballer playing as a goalkeeper for Ivorian Premier Division club Jeunesse and English Premiership club Chelsea.

Yamoussoukro

Two Ivorian Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft and several Mil Mi-24 helicopters were destroyed, which was most of the country's air forces.

Youssouf Kamara

Youssouf Vassanogo Kamara, (born 10 August 1981 in Dabou) is an Ivorian footballer.


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