Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou (born 3 October 1990), commonly known as Manucho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Al-Orouba SC[1] as a forward.[2][3][4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-10-03) October 3, 1990 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Bouaké, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Orouba SC | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Stella Club d'Adjamé | ||
| 2002–2009 | Ocaf | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Poshey | |||
| 2010–2011 | Nõmme Kalju | 24 | (4) |
| 2011 | → Lootus Kohtla-Järve (loan) | 13 | (9) |
| 2012–2014 | Infonet Tallinn | 95 | (67) |
| 2015–2017 | USM Alger | 9 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | → RC Relizane (loan) | 26 | (11) |
| 2016–2017 | → CS Constantine (loan) | 22 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | Al Ittihad | 15 | (4) |
| 2018 | → Baniyas (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | CS Sfaxien | 12 | (0) |
| 2019 | Liepāja | 5 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Levadia Tallinn | 19 | (6) |
| 2021 | Al-Kawkab | ||
| 2021–2022 | Al Jazirah Al-Hamra | ||
| 2022– | Al-Orouba | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:46, 7 January 2020 (UTC) | |||
Manucho started his career in the youth ranks of Stella Club d'Adjamé and Ocaf FC, before moving to Estonian clubs Nõmme Kalju FC and Lootus Kohtla Järve and then FC Infonet.
In 2012, he received an award as the season's lead scorer and best player, after scoring 31 goals that year with FC Infonet in the Meistriliiga, Estonia's top level league.[5][6]
In 2014, he scored 30 goals in 31 games while playing for FC Infonet.[7] This placed him as the third top scorer in the Meistriliiga,[8] also as first African scorer,[9][10] and as the twentieth top scorer worldwide for that year.[9][11] As far as scoring average, he ranked fourth worldwide in 2014 with 0.97 goals per game.[9]
On 7 January 2015, Manucho joined Algerian club USM Alger, signing a two and a half year contract with the club.[2][12]
On 9 December 2019, FCI Levadia Tallinn confirmed that Manucho had joined the club on a contract until the end of 2020.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nõmme Kalju | 2010 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | ||
| Lootus Kohtla-Järve | 2011 | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 9 | ||
| Nõmme Kalju | 2011 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Total | 37 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 37 | 13 | |||
| Infonet Tallinn | 2012 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 31 | ||
| 2013 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 34 | 9 | |||
| 2014 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 30 | |||
| Total | 95 | 67 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 100 | 70 | |||
| USM Alger | 2014–15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | ||
| → RC Relizane (loan) | 2015–16 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 12 | ||
| Total | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 12 | |||
| → CS Constantine (loan) | 2016–17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 6 | ||
| Total | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 189 | 99 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 201 | 103 | |
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