Sylvain Gbohouo

Sylvain Gbohouo
	Gbohouo with the Ivory Coast in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Guelassiognon Sylvain Gbohouo
Date of birth	29 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Bonoua, Ivory Coast
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Africa Sports
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2015	Séwé Sport
2015–2021	TP Mazembe
2021–2023	Wolkite City
2023–2024	Stade d'Abidjan
2024-	Africa Sports
International career‡
2013–2021	Ivory Coast
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Guelassiognon Sylvain Gbohouo (born 29 October 1988) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Africa Sports.

International career

Gbohouo made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 6 July 2013, in a 4–1 loss against Nigeria at the 2014 African Nations Championship qualification.^[2]

He was part of the team that played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but did not make an appearance.^[3]

He was Ivory Coast's starting goalkeeper at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations as they went all the way to the final, but a thigh injury sustained in the semi-final against DR Congo saw him miss out the final match in favour of veteran Boubacar Barry.^[4]^[5] He was still named the tournament's best goalkeeper, and since Barry's retirement, Gbohouo became the Elephants' undisputed number one.

During the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between Côte d'Ivoire and Algeria in the quarter-finals, Gbohouo was elected man of the match, despite the defeat of his team on penalties.

Gbohouo could not participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations due to a positive drug test.^[6] He was consequently given an 18-month ban by FIFA and has not played for the Ivory Coast since then.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 16 November 2021.^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Ivory Coast	2013	1
	2014	4
	2015	11
	2016	7
	2017	12
	2018	5
	2019	12
	2020	4
	2021	9
Total		65

Honours

Séwé Sport^[8]

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: 2012–13, 2013–14
Coupe Houphouët-Boigny: 2012, 2013, 2014

Mazembe^[8]

Ivory Coast

Africa Cup of Nations: 2015^[8]

Individual

Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2015

References

^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
^ NGR – CIV 1:4, Footballdatabase.eu
^ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™ - List of Players, FIFA.com
^ CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO, CAF
^ Bony a spol. slaví! Sloni vyhráli na penalty a jsou mistry Afriky, iSport.cz (in Czech)
^ Dove, Ed (31 December 2021). "Ivory Coast GK Gbohouo banned ahead of AFCON". ESPN. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ Sylvain Gbohouo at National-Football-Teams.com
^ ^a ^b ^c "S. GBOHOUO". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

External links

Sylvain Gbohouo at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.

[debrep-2] NGR – CIV 1:4, Footballdatabase.eu

[soupisky1-3] 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™ - List of Players, FIFA.com

[caf15final-4] CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO, CAF

[caf15finalesp-5] Bony a spol. slaví! Sloni vyhráli na penalty a jsou mistry Afriky, iSport.cz (in Czech)

[Dove_2021-6] Dove, Ed (31 December 2021). "Ivory Coast GK Gbohouo banned ahead of AFCON". ESPN. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[nft-7] Sylvain Gbohouo at National-Football-Teams.com

[Soccerway-8] "S. GBOHOUO". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

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