Yllan Okou (born 23 December 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Monaco.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Poitiers, France | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Monaco | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2017 | Poitiers | ||
| 2017–2021 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Monaco B | 22 | (3) |
| 2022– | Monaco | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 30 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Poitiers, Yllan Okou is the son of the Ivorian former rugby union player Alfred Okou. He moved to Buxerolles as a 7 years old, whilst starting to play football with the Poitiers.[2][3] There he was a close friend of Nicolas Tié, who would also end up pursuing a professional career in football at Chelsea and Vitória de Guimaraes.[4]
While playing his youth club football at Poitiers, Okou also joined the federal pôle espoirs [fr] of Châteauroux in 2015.[2][4] After this spell in the FFF institution, he entered the Monaco academy in 2017.[2][3][4]
Yllan Okou made his professional debut for Monaco on 2 January 2022, starting and playing every minute of a Coupe de France 3–1 away win against Quevilly-Rouen as a center-back.[5]
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