Jean Armel Drolé
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean-Armel Drolé Boza[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | L'Aquila | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Tieffe Club Palermo | ||
| 2015 | Perugia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Perugia | 30 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Antalyaspor (loan) | 2 | (2) |
| 2017–2021 | Antalyaspor | 22 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Ümraniyespor (loan) | 19 | (7) |
| 2019–2020 | → Las Palmas (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | Doxa Katokopias | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Fano | 24 | (6) |
| 2023–2024 | Botoșani | 12 | (1) |
| 2024– | L'Aquila | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | Ivory Coast U20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 November 2024 | |||
Jean Armel Drolé Boza (born 18 August 1997) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a winger for Serie D, Girone F team L'Aquila 1927.[3]
Club career
Drolé was born in the Ivory Coast, was orphaned at a young age, and travelled to Italy as a refugee.[4][5]
In 2013, Drolé joined Tieffe Club, and eventually transferred to Perugia in the Serie B.[6] Drolé made his professional debut in a 0-0 Serie B tie with Cesena in September 2015.[7]
Drolé transferred from Perugia to Antalyaspor on 21 January 2017.[8] Initially on loan, he subsequently joined the club permanently and served a loan stint at Ümraniyespor before establishing himself in the first team.
On 25 July 2019, Drolé joined Segunda División side Las Palmas on a season-long loan deal.[9]
On 25 June 2023, Drolé moved to Romanian side Botoșani. He signed a one-year contract, with the possibility of extending it for another one.[10]
International career
Drolé made his debut for the Ivory Coast national under-20 football team in a 3–2 win over Qatar U20 on 21 March 2016.[11][12]
Social commitment
Jean Armel makes food donations to the SOS Children's Village in Abobo.[13]
Honours
Antalyaspor[14]
- Turkish Cup runner-up: 2020–21
References
- ↑ "Boza Jean Armel Drole". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Jean-Armel Drolé - Player Profile - Football".
- ↑ Jean Armel Drolé at Soccerway
- ↑ "La favola di Drolé: dalla guerra alla B con il Perugia, con lo Zenit che lo visiona".
- ↑ "G Factor - Jean Armel Drolè e Franck Kessie, la colonia ivoriana della serie B".
- ↑ "Drolè, il migrante, dagli ambulanti alla B con il Perugia, dopo un anno d'attesa".
- ↑ "AC Perugia Calcio - Sito Ufficiale - Tanti auguri Drole!".
- ↑ Haber7. "Antalyaspor, Jean Armel Drole ile anlaştı!".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Ivory Coast-born wide player Drolé becomes Las Palmas' first signing". UD Las Palmas. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ↑ "Jean-Armel Drolé a semnat cu FC Botosani!" [Jean-Armel Drolé signed with FC Botosani!] (in Romanian). fcbt.ro. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ↑ "AC Perugia Calcio - Sito Ufficiale - I biancorossi in Nazionale".
- ↑ "Football-Eléphants-Amical : Le Qatar accroché - Sport-ivoire.ci".
- ↑ "Jean Armel fait un don au village SOS d'Abobo". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ Jean Armel Drolé at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
External links
- Jean Armel Drolé at BDFutbol
- Jean Armel Drolé at the Turkish Football Federation
- Jean Armel Drolé at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
- Jean Armel Drolé at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- 1997 births
- Footballers from Abidjan
- Living people
- Ivorian men's footballers
- Ivorian emigrants to Italy
- Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- AC Perugia Calcio players
- Antalyaspor footballers
- Ümraniyespor footballers
- UD Las Palmas players
- Doxa Katokopias FC players
- Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players
- Serie B players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Süper Lig players
- Segunda División players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Serie D players
- Liga I players
- FC Botoșani players
- Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen