Steve Gohouri

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Steve Gohouri
Gohouri while at Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2007
Personal information
Full name Lohoré Steve Ulrich Gohouri[1]
Date of birth (1981-02-08)8 February 1981
Place of birth Treichville, Ivory Coast
Date of death December 2015 (aged 34)[2]
Place of death Krefeld, Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
CS Brétigny
Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
2000 Bnei Yehuda 13 (4)
2000–2003 Yverdon-Sport 72 (12)
2003Bologna (loan) 0 (0)
2003–2005 Vaduz 53 (10)
2005–2006 Young Boys 36 (8)
2007–2009 Borussia Mönchengladbach 46 (2)
2009 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 4 (0)
2010–2012 Wigan Athletic 42 (2)
2012–2013 Maccabi Tel Aviv 11 (1)
2013 Skoda Xanthi 2 (0)
2014–2015 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 12 (0)
2015 TSV Steinbach 1 (0)
Total 291 (39)
National team
2006–2011 Ivory Coast 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Lohoré Steve Ulrich Gohouri (8 February 1981 – December 2015), better known as Steve Gohouri, was an Ivorian professional footballer. He played as a defender from 1998 until his death. He played for Paris Saint-Germain, Vaduz, BSC Young Boys, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wigan Athletic, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bologna.

Gohouri was born in Treichville, Abidjan.

Gohouri went missing in December 2015 in Germany. He was found dead on 31 December 2015 in the river Rhine. His death was announced on 2 January 2016. He was 34.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2010 and 31/01/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  2. "Ex-Gladbach-Spieler Steve Gohouri tot am Rhein gefunden". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  4. "Former Wigan defender Steve Gohouri found dead". Eurosport. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

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