Steve Gohouri

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+1⁄2 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)
2003	→ Bologna (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

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.

Other websites

• Steve Gohouri at Soccerbase
• Steve Gohouri at National-Football-Teams.com