Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua (born 18 September 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a winger or centre-forward for Morecambe.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Bertrand Gnahoua[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 30)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Denis, Réunion, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, centre-forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Morecambe | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Stalybridge Celtic | 26 | (2) |
| 2012–2015 | Macclesfield Town | 34 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Colwyn Bay (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Gavà | ||
| 2016–2017 | Kidderminster Harriers | 51 | (16) |
| 2017–2019 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Fylde (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2019 | Carlisle United | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Macclesfield Town | 29 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | (2) |
| 2021– | Morecambe | 39 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:26, 26 August 2021 (UTC) | |||
Gnahoua was born in France[4] and is of Ivorian descent.[5] He moved to England when he was six and grew up in Salford.[4] He was coached and taught how to play football by his brother.[6] In 2003 he was released from the Bolton Wanderers Academy.[4]
He began his senior career in non-league football, joining Macclesfield Town from Stalybridge Celtic in 2012.[7] On 16 January 2015 he signed for CF Gavà[8] and then moved on to Kidderminster Harriers in January 2016,[9] and was their top goal scorer in the 2016–17 season as they reached the National League North play-off semi-finals.[5]
He joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer in May 2017, signing a one-year deal with an option for a further year,[5] making his Football League debut on 5 August 2017 as a substitute in a 1−0 victory over Northampton Town.[10] Gnahoua scored his first professional goal in a 3−2 victory over Coventry City in an EFL Trophy group-stage match on 29 August,[11] followed by his first Football League goal - netting a 94th-minute winner in a 2−1 away win at Doncaster Rovers - on 26 September.[12]
His contract with Shrewsbury was extended at the end of the 2017–18 season.[13] He went on loan to Fylde on 26 November 2018.[14]
He signed for Carlisle on 21 January 2019[15] but missed the rest of the season after getting injured only 27 minutes into his debut.[16] He was released at the end of the season.[17]
Gnahoua re-joined Macclesfield Town in August 2019 on a one-year contract.[18]
Gnahoua re-signed for Bolton Wanderers on 26 September 2020, 17 years after being released from Bolton's Academy.[4] He said he signed for Bolton as it was close to his home, which became an internet meme,[19] with Bolton fans creating the chant "Arthur Gnahoua, he lives down the road!"[20] They also gave him the nickname King Arthur.[21] He made his debut the same day he signed, coming off the bench to replace Nathan Delfouneso in the 65th minute of a 0−2 Home defeat against Newport County.[22] His first goal came on 17 November as he scored Bolton's second goal in a 3–2 win against Newcastle United U21 in the EFL Trophy[23] with his first league goal coming on 13 January 2021 in a 1–1 draw against Exeter City.[24] On 19 May 2021 Bolton announced he would be released at the end of his contract.[25]
On 17 June 2021 newly promoted Morecambe announced they had signed him.[26] Gnahoua signed a new one-year contract with the club in June 2022.[27]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stalybridge Celtic | 2010–11 | Conference North | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Macclesfield Town | 2012–13 | Conference | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Colwyn Bay (loan) | 2012–13 | Conference North | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Macclesfield Town | 2013–14 | Conference | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| CF Gavà | 2014–15 | Tercera División | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 2015–16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
| Kidderminster Harriers | 2015–16 | National League | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |
| 2016–17 | National League North | 35 | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 42 | 14 | ||
| Shrewsbury Town | 2017–18[30] | League One | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 22 | 3 |
| 2018–19[31] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fylde (loan) | 2018–19 | National League | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Carlisle United | 2018–19[31] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Macclesfield Town | 2019–20[32] | League Two | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2020–21[33] | League Two | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| Morecambe | 2021–22[34] | League One | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 5 |
| Career total | 228 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 263 | 39 | ||
Shrewsbury Town
Bolton Wanderers
Morecambe F.C. – current squad | |
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