Armel Zohouri
Ivorian footballer
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Armel Junior Zohouri (born 5 April 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for French Ligue 2 club Reims and the Ivory Coast national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Armel Junior Zohouri | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Divo, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Reims | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | RC Abidjan | 20 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Nice | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Lausanne-Sport | 24 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 37 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Iberia 1999 | 32 | (1) |
| 2026– | Reims | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Ivory Coast U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Ivory Coast | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 December 2025 | |||
Club career
Zohouri joined Ligue 1 club Nice on 16 September 2020.[2]
Zohouri joined Lausanne-Sport on loan on 30 September 2020.[3] He made his professional debut with the club in a 2–1 Swiss Super League loss to Basel on 25 November 2020.[4] At the end of the season, Lausanne-Sport signed Zohouri on a permanent basis.[5]
Zohouri joined Moldovan club Sheriff Tiraspol on 27 August 2022.[6] After initialling leaving Sheriff in January 2025 after his contract had expired,[7] Zohouri signed a new contract with Sheriff on 24 February 2025.[8]
On 17 July 2026, Zohouri signed a three-year contract with Reims in French Ligue 2.[9]
International career
Zohouri was called up to the Ivory Coast U23s on 16 March 2023.[10][11] He played his first national match on 22 March 2023 against Morocco U23.
