Sylvain Gbohouo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sylvain Gbohouo

| image = Sylvain Gbohouo (cropped).png

| caption = Gbohouo with the Ivory Coast in 2015

| full_name = Guelassiognon Sylvain Gbohouo{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf |title=2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Côte d'Ivoire |publisher=FIFA |page=11 |date=14 July 2014 |access-date=13 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404045541/http://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2014/pdf/fwc_2014_squadlists.pdf |archive-date=4 April 2019}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bonoua, Ivory Coast

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Africa Sports

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2008–2015

| clubs1 = Séwé Sport

| caps1 = 163

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015–2021

| clubs2 = TP Mazembe

| caps2 = 156

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2021–2023

| clubs3 = Wolkite City

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023–2024

| clubs4 = Stade d'Abidjan

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2024–

| clubs5 = Africa Sports

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2021

| nationalteam1 = Ivory Coast

| nationalcaps1 = 65

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 12 July 2023 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Guelassiognon Sylvain Gbohouo (born 29 October 1988) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Africa Sports.

International career

File:Sylvain Gbohouo 2015.jpg

Gbohouo made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 6 July 2013, in a 4–1 loss against Nigeria at the 2014 African Nations Championship qualification.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

He was part of the team that played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but did not make an appearance.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140625085714/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/36/33/44/fwc_2014_squadlists_neutral.pdf 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™ - List of Players], FIFA.com

He was Ivory Coast's starting goalkeeper at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations as they went all the way to the final, but a thigh injury sustained in the semi-final against DR Congo saw him miss out the final match in favour of veteran Boubacar Barry.[http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/orangeafricacupofnations,equatorialguinea2015/MatchDetails?MatchId=aVqWSxVaaaFmAlUW9LDlUmnWstfXXsCXBZk8lSbTv9PuSsxabr%2bIsbZ7QLoYXb0L CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO], CAF[http://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-reprezentace/227442/bony-a-spol-slavi-sloni-vyhrali-na-penalty-a-jsou-mistry-afriky.html Bony a spol. slaví! Sloni vyhráli na penalty a jsou mistry Afriky], iSport.cz (in Czech) He was still named the tournament's best goalkeeper, and since Barry's retirement, Gbohouo became the Elephants' undisputed number one.

During the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between Côte d'Ivoire and Algeria in the quarter-finals, Gbohouo was elected man of the match, despite the defeat of his team on penalties.

Gbohouo could not participate in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations due to a positive drug test.{{cite web |last=Dove |first=Ed |title=Ivory Coast GK Gbohouo banned ahead of AFCON |website=ESPN |date=31 December 2021 |url=https://www.espn.in/football/africa-cup-of-nations/story/4559509/ivory-coast-goalkeeper-gbohouo-banned-on-eve-of-afcon |access-date=9 January 2022}} He was consequently given an 18-month ban by FIFA and has not played for the Ivory Coast since then.

Career statistics

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="9"\|Ivory Coast \|2013	1	0
2014	4	0
2015	11	0
2016	7	0
2017	12	0
2018	5	0
2019	12	0
2020	4	0
2021	9	0
colspan="2"\|Total	65	0

Honours

Séwé Sport{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/guelassiognon-sylvain-gbohouo/289326/|title=S. GBOHOUO|website=Soccerway|access-date=2 January 2020}}