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Bonaventure Kalou
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| Bonaventure Kalou | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bonaventure Kalou | |
| Date of birth | 12 January 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Oumé, Cote d'Ivoire | |
| Height | 182cm | |
| Nickname | Bona | |
| Playing position | second striker / attacking midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Paris Saint-Germain | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997 1997-2003 1997 2003-2005 2005- |
ASEC Mimosas Feyenoord Excelsior Rotterdam (loan) AJ Auxerre Paris Saint-Germain |
149 (35) 63 (19) 39 (9) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998- | Cote d'Ivoire | 51 (12) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Bonaventure Kalou (born January 12, 1978 in Oumé) is an Ivorian footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Paris Saint-Germain.
He started playing for ASEC Mimosas in his home country before moving to Dutch based Feyenoord. He played in Rotterdam for six seasons as a first team regular, becoming fan's favourite. He mainly played as a winger, but was also able to participate as a striker when necessary. In the meanwhile his brother Salomon Kalou who came visit him impressed the Feyenoord staff as well and was signed as a youth player. When Bona decided to leave Feyenoord and try his luck in another European competition at AJ Auxerre, Salomon was sent on loan to Feyenoord's partner Excelsior on loan, before taking over his brother's tasks.
Bonaventure Kalou played two seasons at Auxerre where he developed more into a striker and an attacking midfielder then into a winger. However he still maintained to score about the same amount of goals compared to previous seasons. It was in this period that he talked his brother (who still played at Feyenoord) into a Dutch citizenship, which eventually was rejected by Dutch minister Rita Verdonk. In 2005/06 his next and current team became Ligue 1 fellow contenders Paris Saint-Germain.
He played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was also active at the squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His brother, Salomon Kalou, currently plays for Chelsea FC
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Côte d'Ivoire squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Tizié | 2 Akalé | 3 Boka | 4 K. Touré | 5 Zokora | 6 Kouassi | 7 Faé | 8 Kalou | 9 A. Koné | 10 Yapi Yapo | 11 Drogba | 12 Méïté | 13 Zoro | 14 B. Koné | 15 Dindane | 16 Gnanhouan | 17 Domoraud | 18 Keïta | 19 Y. Touré | 20 Demel | 21 Eboué | 22 Romaric | 23 Barry | Coach: Michel |
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| Paris Saint-Germain FC - Current Squad |
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1 Landreau | 4 Rozehnal | 5 Mendy | 6 Yepes | 7 Luyindula | 8 Cissé | 9 Pauleta | 10 Gallardo | 11 Diané | 12 Mabiala | 13 Frau | 14 N'Gog | 15 Kalou | 16 Alonzo | 17 Traoré | 18 Pietre | 19 Mulumbu | 20 Chantôme | 21 Rodriguez | 22 Armand | 23 Clément | 24 Hellebuyck | 25 Rothen | 26 Dramé | 27 Baning | 30 Cousin | 31 Owono | 32 Boli | 33 Ngoyi | Manager: Le Guen |
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