Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou (born 6 December 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Ivory Coast national team.
![]() Kouamé with Anderlecht in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christian Michael Kouamé Kouakou | ||
Date of birth | (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||
Number | 99 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2015 | Prato | ||
2014–2015 | → Sassuolo (loan) | ||
2016 | → Internazionale (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Prato | 13 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Cittadella (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Cittadella | 40 | (11) |
2018–2020 | Genoa | 49 | (9) |
2020 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2020– | Fiorentina | 47 | (3) |
2021–2022 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 31 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Ivory Coast U23 | 2 | (0) |
2021 | Ivory Coast Olympic | 1 | (0) |
2019– | Ivory Coast | 17 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:01, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 |
Kouamé started playing football on the streets of Bingerville, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. At the age of 16, he moved with other Ivorian teenagers to Italy to participate in trials with several clubs. Eventually he was signed by Prato and as still a minor at that time, grew up with an Italian foster family he is still close with.[1]
Kouamé made his professional debut in the Lega Pro for Prato on 6 September 2015 in a game against Pisa.[2]
On 13 July 2018, Kouamé signed with Serie A side Genoa.[3]
On 31 January 2020, he joined Fiorentina on loan with an obligation to buy.[4]
Kouamé debuted for the Ivory Coast U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.[5][6] He was called-up for the final tournament in November 2019,[7] suffering a knee injury.[8]
He made his debut for the Ivory Coast senior national team on 13 October 2019 in a friendly against DR Congo.[9]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Prato | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
Cittadella (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
Cittadella | 2017–18 | Serie B | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 47 | 13 | |
Genoa | 2018–19 | Serie A | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 4 | ||
2019–20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||||
Total | 49 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9 | ||
Fiorentina (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
Fiorentina | 2020–21 | Serie A | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 20 | 3 | |||
Total | 47 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 6 | ||
Anderlecht (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 31 | 8 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 36 | 13 | ||
Career total | 202 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 228 | 43 |
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