Edgar Paul Akouokou (born 20 December 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Real Betis and the Ivory Coast national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edgar Paul Akouokou | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Betis | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ekenäs IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Ekenäs IF | 35 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | → Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Hapoel Rishon LeZion (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | Betis B | 44 | (0) |
| 2020– | Betis | 17 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2022– | Ivory Coast | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022 | |||
Akouokou started his career with Finnish side Ekenäs IF in 2016. In January 2017, he went on a trial at Ligue 1 side Angers SCO,[2]
On 27 August 2017, Akouokou moved to Israeli Premier League side Beitar Jerusalem, on loan until May 2018.[3] The following 1 February, after being sparingly used, he moved to Hapoel Rishon LeZion of the Liga Leumit, also in a temporary deal.[4]
On 21 November 2018, Akouokou switched teams and countries again after agreeing to a deal with La Liga side Real Betis; he was initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[5] On 10 September 2020, after helping the B-team achieve promotion to Segunda División B, he renewed his contract until 2024 and was promoted to the first team.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ekenäs IF | 2016 | Ykkönen | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | Ykkönen | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem (loan) | 2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion (loan) | 2017–18 | Liga Leumit | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Betis B | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Betis | 2020–21 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 125 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 5 | ||
Betis
Real Betis – current squad | |
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