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 CÔTE D'IVOIRE
GROUP E  Last Sixteen
 
Ivory Coast skipper Serge Aurier joined Spanish side Villarreal in October 2021 after leaving Tottenham Hotspur.
 
Appearance: 24th
Best finish: Winners (1992 and 2015)
Coach: Patrice Beaumelle
Captain: Serge Aurier
Fifa ranking: 56
Nickname: The Elephants


IVORY COAST
• Squad


Goalkeepers

Sylvain Gbohouo 
(Wolkite Ketema, Ethiopia)

Badra Ali Sangare 
(JDR Stars, South Africa)

Abdoul Karim Cisse 
(Asec Mimosas, Ivory Coast)

Ira Eliezer Tape 
(San Pedro, Ivory Coast)


Defenders

Serge Aurier 
(Villarreal, Spain) 

Eric Bailly 
(Manchester United, England)

Willy Boly 
(Wolverhampton Wanderers, England) 

Wilfried Kanon 
(Pyramids, Egypt)

Odilon Kossounou 
(Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) 

Simon Deli 
(Adana Demirspor, Turkey)

Ghislain Konan 
(Reims, France)


Midfielders

Habib Maiga 
(Metz, France)

Maxwel Cornet 
(Burnley, England) 

Serey Die 
(Sion, Switzerland)

Ibrahim Sangare 
(PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro 
(Lazio, Italy)

Franck Kessie 
(AC Milan, Italy) 

Hamed Traore 
(Sassuolo, Italy)

Jeremie Boga 
(Sassuolo, Italy) 

Max Gradel 
(Sivasspor, Turkey) 

Jean Michael Seri 
(Fulham, England)


Forwards

Wilfried Zaha 
(Crystal Palace, England) 

Jean Evrard Kouassi 
(Trabzonspor, Turkey) 

Nicolas Pepe 
(Arsenal, England) 

Sebastien Haller 
(Ajax, Netherlands) 

Christian Kouame 
(Anderlecht, Belgium) 

Yohan Boli 
(Al-Rayyan, Qatar) 

Karim Konate 
(Asec Mimosas, Ivory Coast)

 

 

 

13 Jan 2022
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