Manucho (Ivorian footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Manucho

| fullname = Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|3}}

| birth_place = Bouaké, Ivory Coast

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Al-Orouba SC

| clubnumber = 88

| youthyears1 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs1 = Stella Club d'Adjamé

| youthyears2 = 2002–2009 | youthclubs2 = Ocaf

| years1 = | clubs1 = Poshey | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2010–2011 | clubs2 = Nõmme Kalju | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = → Lootus Kohtla-Järve (loan) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2012–2014 | clubs4 = Infonet Tallinn | caps4 = 95 | goals4 = 67

| years5 = 2015–2017 | clubs5 = USM Alger | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = → RC Relizane (loan) | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 11

| years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = → CS Constantine (loan) | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 6

| years8 = 2017–2018 | clubs8 = Al Ittihad | caps8 = 15 | goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2018 | clubs9 = → Baniyas (loan) | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2018–2019| clubs10 = CS Sfaxien | caps10 = 12 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2019 | clubs11 = Liepāja |caps11 = 5 | goals11 = 1

| years12 = 2020–2021| clubs12 = Levadia Tallinn |caps12 = 19 | goals12 = 6

| years13 = 2021 | clubs13 = Al-Kawkab |caps13 = | goals13 =

| years14 = 2021–2022 | clubs14 = Al Jazirah Al-Hamra |caps14 = | goals14 =

| years15 = 2022– | clubs15 = Al-Orouba |caps15 = | goals15 =

| club-update = 14:46, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

}}

Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou (born 3 October 1990), commonly known as Manucho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Al-Orouba SC{{cite web |title=المهاجم العاجي " مانوتشو " ينضم لصفوف العُروبة أهلا وسهلًا #Welcome|trans-title=Ivorian striker "Manucho" joins the ranks of Arabism. Welcome |url=https://twitter.com/aloroubaclub/status/1559555830059606017 |website=Twitter |publisher=Al-Orouba @Twitter |access-date=17 August 2022}} as a forward.{{cite web | url = http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/1423-transfert-l-ivoirien-manucho-s-engage-avec-l-usm-alger | title = Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou | publisher = usma.dz | accessdate = 10 January 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150110202334/http://usma.dz/actualites/a-la-une/1423-transfert-l-ivoirien-manucho-s-engage-avec-l-usm-alger | archive-date = 10 January 2015 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web|title=Manucho, 3ème recrue|url=http://www.usm-alger.com/site/index.php/actualite/equipe-premiere/item/23520-manucho-3%C3%A8me-recrue.html|publisher=USM Alger|accessdate=14 January 2015|language=French|archive-date=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114183533/http://www.usm-alger.com/site/index.php/actualite/equipe-premiere/item/23520-manucho-3%C3%A8me-recrue.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Ligue 1-J16 - Fiche du Match: ES Sétif vs USM Alger|url=http://www.usm-alger.com/site/index.php/component/riada/?view=match&id=4260|website=USM-Alger.com|publisher=USM Alger|accessdate=21 January 2015|language=French|date=20 January 2015}}

Club career

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.{{cite news|title=Elevandiluuranniku ründaja pikendas lepingut Infonetiga|url=http://sport.delfi.ee/news/jalgpall/eesti/elevandiluuranniku-rundaja-pikendas-lepingut-infonetiga?id=65345496|accessdate=14 January 2015|publisher=Delfi Sport|date=1 December 2012|language=Estonian}}{{cite news|last1=Roop|first1=Rait|title=Manucho eelistas Infonetti Prantsuse klubile|url=http://soccernet.ee/manucho-eelistas-infonetti-prantsuse-klubile|accessdate=14 January 2015|publisher=Soccernet|date=11 December 2012|language=Estonian}}

In 2014, he scored 30 goals in 31 games while playing for FC Infonet.{{cite news|last1=Ruela|first1=João|title=Cristiano Ronaldo marca e sobe ao topo da Bota de Ouro|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/futebol-internacional/interior/cristiano-ronaldo-marca-e-sobe-ao-topo-da-bota-de-ouro-4227920.html|accessdate=9 January 2015|publisher=Diário de Notícias|date=8 November 2014|language=Portuguese}} This placed him as the third top scorer in the Meistriliiga,{{cite web|title=Estonian First League - Top scorers|url=https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/est/domestic/league/1034/|website=UEFA|access-date=14 January 2015}} also as first African scorer,{{cite news|last1=Lantheaume|first1=Romain|title=Manucho, l'Ivoirien qui fait mieux que Messi en 2014|url=http://www.afrik.com/manucho-l-ivoirien-qui-fait-mieux-que-messi-en-2014|accessdate=14 January 2015|publisher=Afrik.com|date=31 December 2014|language=French}}{{cite news|last1=Abbad|first1=Rachid|title=L'USMA engage Kako Rostan pour une durée de 30 mois|url=http://www.liberte-algerie.com/sports/lusma-engage-kako-rostan-pour-une-duree-de-30-mois-217481|accessdate=14 January 2015|publisher=Liberté|date=6 January 2015|language=French|archive-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113233816/http://www.liberte-algerie.com/sports/lusma-engage-kako-rostan-pour-une-duree-de-30-mois-217481|url-status=dead}} and as the twentieth top scorer worldwide for that year.{{cite web|title=Máximos goleadores del 2014|url=http://somosinvictos.com/2014/12/29/maximos-goleadores-del-2014/|website=Invictos|accessdate=14 January 2015|language=Spanish|date=29 December 2014}} As far as scoring average, he ranked fourth worldwide in 2014 with 0.97 goals per game.

On 7 January 2015, Manucho joined Algerian club USM Alger, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club.{{cite news|last1=Roop|first1=Rait|title=Présentation des nouvelles recrues|url=http://usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/1445-2015-01-14-presentation-des-nouvelles-recrues|accessdate=14 January 2015|publisher=usma.dz|date=14 January 2015|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121114819/http://usma.dz/actualites/derniere-minute/1445-2015-01-14-presentation-des-nouvelles-recrues|archive-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead}}

On 9 December 2019, FCI Levadia Tallinn confirmed that Manucho had joined the club on a contract until the end of 2020.[https://fcilevadia.ee/2019/12/09/varavakutt-manucho-liitus-fci-levadiaga/ Väravakütt Manucho liitus FCI Levadiaga!], fcilevadia.ee, 9 December 2019

Career statistics

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{{updated|1 July 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/fabrice-kouadio-kouakou-elysee/141097/ | title = Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou | accessdate = 15 January 2015 | publisher = Soccerway }}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Nõmme Kalju \|2010 \|11	3	—	—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan=2\|—	11	3
Lootus Kohtla-Järve \|2011 \|13	9	—	—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan=2\|—	13	9
Nõmme Kalju \|2011 \|13	1	—	—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	13	1
rowspan="4" valign="center"\|Infonet Tallinn \|2012 \|32	31	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan=2\|—	33	31
2013 \|32	6	3	3	colspan="2"\|—	colspan=2\|—	34	9
2014 \|31	30	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan=2\|—	31	30
colspan="1"\|Total !95	67	5	3	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	100	70
USM Alger \|2014–15 \|9	2	0	0	3	0	colspan=2\|—	12	2
RC Relizane (loan) \|2015–16 \|26	11	2	1	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	28	12
CS Constantine (loan) \|2016–17 \|22	6	2	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	24	6
colspan="2"\|Career total !189	99	9	4	3	0	—	—	201	103

Honours

Individual

Meistriliiga Player of the Month: October 2014{{cite web|title=Premium liiga kuu parimad on Manucho ja Frantsev|language=et|access-date=8 November 2014|publisher=Estonian Football Association|url=http://vana.jalgpall.ee/premium/news.php?id=7605|date=6 November 2014}}