Jean-Daniel Dave Lewis Akpa Akpro (born 11 October 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Empoli, on loan from Lazio. Born in France, he represents the Ivory Coast national team.
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Akpa Akpro in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jean-Daniel Dave Lewis Akpa Akpro[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1992-10-11) 11 October 1992 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Toulouse, France | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Empoli (on loan from Lazio) | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Toulouse | 121 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | → Toulouse B | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Salernitana | 58 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2020– | Lazio | 42 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | → Empoli (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Ivory Coast | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:06, 7 September 2021 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Akpa Akpro made his Ligue 1 debut with Toulouse FC during the 2011–12 season.[2]
On 18 April 2014, Akpa Akpro signed a new three-year deal with the le Téfécé side, keeping him contracted until June 2017.[3]
On 14 February 2018, he was signed by Italian team Salernitana on a six-month contract.[4]
On 1 September 2020, Akpa Akpro joined Lazio on a two-year deal.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 20 October 2020, in a 3–1 Champions League victory over Borussia Dortmund.[6] On 1 September 2022, Akpa Akpro was loaned to Empoli.[7]
From 2013, Akpa Akpro began to be called by Ivory Coast for official matches, making his debut in a 3–0 win against Gambia.[8]
He represented the side at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[9]
Akpa Akpro's brothers Jean-Jacques and Jean-Louis are also both footballers.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Toulouse | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 121 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 132 | 6 | ||||
| Salernitana | 2017–18 | Serie B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 33 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 58 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 61 | 2 | ||||
| Lazio | 2020–21 | Serie A | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | – | 42 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | – | 55 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 221 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 9 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Ivory Coast | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | |
Empoli F.C. – current squad | |
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Ivory Coast squads | |||||||||||||||||||
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