Teddy Okou

Teddy Okou
Personal information
Full name	Teddy Léo Junior Okou
Date of birth	15 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Lausanne-Sport (on loan from Luzern)
Number	92
Youth career
2007–2009	USA Clichy
2009–2010	Red Star
2010–2011	Ivry
2011–2012	Le Havre
2012–2013	Creteil
2013–2015	Le Havre
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2018	Le Havre II
2017	Le Havre
2018–2020	Lille II
2019–2020	→ Creteil II (loan)
2019–2020	→ Creteil (loan)
2020–2022	Boulogne
2021	Boulogne II
2022–2023	Stade Lausanne
2023–	Luzern
2024–	→ Lausanne-Sport (loan)
International career‡
2014	France U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:51, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Teddy Léo Junior Okou (born 15 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Lausanne-Sport on loan from Luzern.

Career

Okou is a youth product of the French clubs USA Clichy, Red Star, Ivry, Le Havre and Creteil. He began his senior career with the reserves of Le Havre in the Championnat National 3 in 2015. He made his professional debut with the senior Le Havre team in a 4–4 (5–4) Coupe de la Ligue penalty shootout win over Nîmes on 8 August 2017, assisting his side's fourth goal.^[1] On 15 July 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Lille where he was originally assigned to their reserves.^[2] His stay with Lille was cut short after an injury kept him out for 7 months.^[3] On 24 July 2019, he moved on loan to the Championnat National side Creteil, in a year where he suffered from athletic pubalgia.^[4] On 8 October 2020, he moved to Boulogne, also in the Championnat National on a 2-year contract.^[5]

On 8 January 2022, Okou moved to the Swiss Challenge League club Stade Lausanne Ouchy. In his second season with Stade Lausanne Ouchy, he had 19 goals and 8 assists and was top scorer in a season that saw the club achieve promotion.^[6] After the season ended, he transferred to the Swiss Super League club Luzern on a 3-year contract.^[7]

International career

Okou holds both French and Ivorian nationalities.^[8] He is a youth international for France, having played for the France U17s in 2014.^[9]

Honours

Individual

Swiss Challenge League Top Scorer: 2022–23^[6]

References

^ "Le Havre AC 4-4 Nimes (9 Aug, 2017) Final Score - ESPN (AU)". ESPN.
^ "LOSC : premier contrat pro pour le Havrais Teddy Lia Okou". France 3 Hauts-de-France. 15 July 2018.
^ "Teddy Okou despierta la lujuria en Europa". OneFootball. 20 October 2023.
^ Marques, Daniel (24 July 2019). "Teddy Okou signe à l'US Créteil Lusitanos".
^ Liron, Sylvain (8 October 2020). "Football: "En National, si tu ne tues pas, tu te fais tuer"". La Voix du Nord.
^ ^a ^b "Teddy Okou, le bourreau du FC Sion, a trouvé un nouveau club". Watson.
^ "Teddy Okou unterschreibt beim FC Luzern einen Dreijahresvertrag". Luzerner Zeitung. 26 June 2023.
^ "Teddy OKOU". unfp.org. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr.

External links

Teddy Okou at Soccerway
SFL Profile
Teddy Okou at the French Football Federation (in French)

[1] "Le Havre AC 4-4 Nimes (9 Aug, 2017) Final Score - ESPN (AU)". ESPN.

[2] "LOSC : premier contrat pro pour le Havrais Teddy Lia Okou". France 3 Hauts-de-France. 15 July 2018.

[3] "Teddy Okou despierta la lujuria en Europa". OneFootball. 20 October 2023.

[4] Marques, Daniel (24 July 2019). "Teddy Okou signe à l'US Créteil Lusitanos".

[5] Liron, Sylvain (8 October 2020). "Football: "En National, si tu ne tues pas, tu te fais tuer"". La Voix du Nord.

[auto-6] "Teddy Okou, le bourreau du FC Sion, a trouvé un nouveau club". Watson.

[7] "Teddy Okou unterschreibt beim FC Luzern einen Dreijahresvertrag". Luzerner Zeitung. 26 June 2023.

[8] "Teddy OKOU". unfp.org. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[9] "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr.

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