Armel Zohouri

Armel Zohouri
Personal information
Full name Armel Junior Zohouri
Date of birth (2001-04-05) 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)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 December 2025

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.

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.

References

  1. ↑ Armel Zohouri at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Trazié Thomas et Zohouri Armel ont signe un contract de ans avec L'OGC Nice, a annonce ce 16 septembre 2020, le Racing club d'Abidijan". yeclo.com (in French). 16 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "DA CUNHA, GUESSAND, TRAZIÉ ET ZOHOURI SONT LAUSANNOIS!". Lausanne-Sport lausanne-sport.ch (in French). 30 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Basel vs. Lausanne Sport 2 - 1". Soccerway. 25 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Cinq nouvelles recrues débarquent au Lausanne-Sport". MSN (in French). 1 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Weclome, Armel". Sheriff Tiraspol fc-sheriff.com. 27 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Планы и изменения". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Армель Зоури – продолжение". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Armel Zohouri, couloir sous protection" [Armel Zohouri, corridor under protection] (in French). Stade de Reims. 17 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Tournoi " Morroco U23 Challenge " : Emerse Fae dévoile une liste de 23 joueurs". pressecotedivoire.ci. 16 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Lire la liste des Eléphants U23 Sélectionnés". bonjourjournal.ci. 16 March 2023.
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