Kévin Goba
French footballer (born 1987)
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Kévin Goba (born 6 July 1987) is a French professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Championnat National 3 club AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleur.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleur | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Antony Sports | ||
| 2006–2007 | Limoges | ||
| 2007–2010 | Vannes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | ES Uzès Pont du Gard | 43 | (16) |
| 2012–2013 | Cherbourg | 30 | (11) |
| 2013–2014 | Dunkerque | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Sedan | 59 | (48) |
| 2016–2019 | Châteauroux | 19 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Châteauroux II | 18 | (13) |
| 2019–2021 | Saint-Malo | 17 | (5) |
| 2021–2023 | AG Caennaise[1] | 36 | (19) |
| 2023–2024 | AS Villers Houlgate | 25 | (12) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:55, 1 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Career
Goba spent the majority of his playing career in the lower divisions of France, with ES Uzès Pont du Gard, and Cherbourg, before transferring to Dunkerque - a club his father also played at.[3] He thereafter had a successful move to CS Sedan Ardennes, and then moved to LB Châteauroux whom he helped promote to the professional Ligue 2. Goba made his professional debut with in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Clermont Foot on 8 August 2017.[4]
Personal life
Goba is the son of the Ivorian footballer Michel Goba,[5] and the cousin of the Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba.[6]