Cheick Doukouré

Cheick Yves Doukouré (born 11 September 1992)[2] is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Spanish club Levante UD.

Cheick Doukouré
Personal information
Full name Cheick Yves Doukouré[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Levante
Youth career
1999–2007 Aubervilliers
2007–2010 Lorient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Lorient II 42 (1)
2010–2014 Lorient 23 (1)
2012–2013 → Épinal (loan) 23 (1)
2014–2015 Metz II 5 (0)
2014–2017 Metz 58 (1)
2017– Levante 28 (1)
2019–2020 → Huesca (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2009 France U18 2 (0)
2011 France U19 4 (0)
2015– Ivory Coast 20 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2018

Club career

Lorient

Born in Abidjan, Doukouré moved to France at early age and joined FC Lorient's youth setup in 2007, from FCM Aubervilliers. After featuring regularly for the reserves, he made his first team – and Ligue 1 – debut on 7 August 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute for Yann Jouffre in a 2–2 away draw against AJ Auxerre.

After being rarely used, Doukouré was loaned to Championnat National side SAS Épinal for one year on 27 July 2012.[3] Upon returning, he started to feature more regularly, and scored his first goal for the club on 10 May 2014 in a 1–0 away success over Olympique Lyonnais.

Metz

On 20 June 2014, Doukouré joined fellow first division side FC Metz on a free transfer.[4] He made his debut for the club on 9 August, replacing Fadil Sido in a 0–0 draw at Lille OSC.

Doukouré appeared in 20 matches during the 2014–15 season, as his side suffered relegation. The following campaign, he appeared rarely as his side returned to the main category; in 2017, he also wore the captain armband in some matches.

Levante

On 4 August 2017, Doukouré signed a four-year deal with La Liga side Levante UD. The transfer fee paid to Metz was reported as €1.5 million.[5][6] He made his debut in the category on 21 August, coming on as a substitute for Enis Bardhi in a 1–0 home win against Villarreal CF.[7]

On 2 September 2019, Doukouré was loaned to Segunda División side SD Huesca for the season.[8]

International career

After representing France at under-18 and under-19 levels, Doukouré subsequently switched allegiance back to his home country Ivory Coast. On 11 January 2015, he made his full international debut for the latter, starting in a 1–0 friendly win against Nigeria.

International goals
Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 October 2018Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, Ivory Coast Central African Republic3–04–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Ivory Coast

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 24 de febrero de 2019, en Valencia" [Minutes of the Match held on 24 February 2019, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. Player details, Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015
  3. "Lorient: Doukouré prêté à Epinal" [Lorient: Doukouré loaned to Epinal] (in French). Mercato 365. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. "Metz: C.Doukouré débarque" [Metz: C.Doukouré arrives] (in French). Mercato 365. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. "Football : Cheick Doukouré (FC Metz) file à Levante". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. "Cheick Doukouré se compromete con el Levante por las cuatro próximas temporadas" [Cheick Doukouré signs for Levante for the following four seasons] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. "La Liga echaba de menos a Morales" [La Liga was missing Morales] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  8. "Cheick Doukouré jugará cedido en la SD Huesca tras el acuerdo alcanzado con el club oscense" [Cheick Doukouré will play on loan at SD Huesca after the agreement reached with the oscense club] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. "Doukouré, Cheick". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO, CAF
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