Teddy Okou

Teddy Okou

Personal information
Full name	Teddy Léo Junior Okou
Date of birth	(1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Lausanne-Sport (on loan from Luzern)
Number	92
Youth career
2007–2009	USA Clichy
2009–2010	Red Star
2010–2011	Ivry
2011–2012	Le Havre
2012–2013	Creteil
2013–2015	Le Havre
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	Le Havre II	51	(1)
2017	Le Havre	0	(0)
2018–2020	Lille II	30	(9)
2019–2020	→ Creteil II (loan)	2	(0)
2019–2020	→ Creteil (loan)	9	(0)
2020–2022	Boulogne	35	(3)
2021	Boulogne II	1	(0)
2022–2023	Stade Lausanne	48	(22)
2023–	Luzern	28	(3)
2024–	→ Lausanne-Sport (loan)	5	(1)
International career^‡
2014	France U17	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:51, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Teddy Léo Junior Okou (born 15 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Lausanne-Sport on loan from Luzern.

Career

Okou is a youth product of the French clubs USA Clichy, Red Star, Ivry, Le Havre and Creteil. He began his senior career with the reserves of Le Havre in the Championnat National 3 in 2015. He made his professional debut with the senior Le Havre team in a 4–4 (5–4) Coupe de la Ligue penalty shootout win over Nîmes on 8 August 2017, assisting his side's fourth goal.^[1] On 15 July 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Lille where he was originally assigned to their reserves.^[2] His stay with Lille was cut short after an injury kept him out for 7 months.^[3] On 24 July 2019, he moved on loan to the Championnat National side Creteil, in a year where he suffered from athletic pubalgia.^[4] On 8 October 2020, he moved to Boulogne, also in the Championnat National on a 2-year contract.^[5]

On 8 January 2022, Okou moved to the Swiss Challenge League club Stade Lausanne Ouchy. In his second season with Stade Lausanne Ouchy, he had 19 goals and 8 assists and was top scorer in a season that saw the club achieve promotion.^[6] After the season ended, he transferred to the Swiss Super League club Luzern on a 3-year contract.^[7]

International career

Okou holds both French and Ivorian nationalities.^[8] He is a youth international for France, having played for the France U17s in 2014.^[9]

Honours

Individual

• Swiss Challenge League Top Scorer: 2022–23^[6]

References

1. "Le Havre AC 4-4 Nimes (9 Aug, 2017) Final Score - ESPN (AU)". ESPN.
2. "LOSC : premier contrat pro pour le Havrais Teddy Lia Okou". France 3 Hauts-de-France. 15 July 2018.
3. "Teddy Okou despierta la lujuria en Europa". OneFootball. 20 October 2023.
4. Marques, Daniel (24 July 2019). "Teddy Okou signe à l'US Créteil Lusitanos".
5. Liron, Sylvain (8 October 2020). "Football: "En National, si tu ne tues pas, tu te fais tuer"". La Voix du Nord.
6. "Teddy Okou, le bourreau du FC Sion, a trouvé un nouveau club". Watson.
7. "Teddy Okou unterschreibt beim FC Luzern einen Dreijahresvertrag". Luzerner Zeitung. 26 June 2023.
8. "Teddy OKOU". unfp.org. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
9. "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr.

External links

• Teddy Okou at Soccerway
• SFL Profile
• FFF profile