Ousmane Viera

Ousmane Viera
Viera with Rizespor in 2013
Personal information
Full name Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba[1]
Date of birth (1986-12-21) 21 December 1986
Place of birth Daloa, Ivory Coast
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
–2003 Daloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Daloa 83 (3)
2008–2010 CFR Cluj 12 (0)
2009–2010 → Internațional Curtea de Argeș (loan) 30 (0)
2010–2013 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 91 (7)
2013–2016 Rizespor 83 (3)
2016–2017 Adanaspor 15 (0)
2018–2019 Sepsi OSK 46 (1)
2019–2021 Hermannstadt 56 (3)
Total 416 (17)
International career
2008 Ivory Coast Olympic 4 (0)
2012–2016 Ivory Coast 19 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Ivory Coast
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2015 Guinea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (born 21 December 1986) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[2] After beginning his career in Ivory Coast, he played for several clubs in Romania and Turkey, winning the Liga I and the Romanian Cup with CFR Cluj.

He represented the Ivory Coast national football team from 2012 to 2016, making 19 appearances and scoring one goal. He also participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, winning the latter tournament with Ivory Coast.

Club career

Viera began his senior career with Daloa in 2003. He spent several seasons playing in the Ivorian league, where his performances attracted the attention of European scouts.[3]

In January 2008, Viera joined CFR Cluj, a club competing in the Romanian top flight.[4] During his first season, he won the Romanian league title and the Romanian Cup.[5] In 2009, he was loaned to Internațional Curtea de Argeș.

After his loan spell, he joined Pandurii Târgu Jiu in 2010. Over the following three seasons, he played an important role in the club's historic qualification for European competitions at the end of the 2012–13 season.

In the summer of 2013, Viera joined Çaykur Rizespor, a club competing in the Süper Lig. He spent three seasons with the club.[6][7][8]

In 2016, he signed for Adanaspor, who had been promoted to the Turkish top flight. He spent one season with the club before they were relegated, after which his contract expired.[9]

After his spell in Turkey, Viera returned to Romania in 2018 and joined Sepsi OSK. He helped the club progress before moving to Hermannstadt in 2019.[10][11] He remained there until 2021, when he retired from professional football after spending much of his career in the Romanian league.

International career

Viera was selected by manager Gérard Gili to represent Ivory Coast at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. During the Olympic tournament, he played four matches, against Argentina, Serbia, Australia, and Nigeria. Ivory Coast reached the quarter-finals of the competition.[12][13]

He earned his first international cap on 6 September 2013 in a match against Morocco during the sixth and final round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Brazil. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[14]

He was named in Sabri Lamouchi's 23-man Ivory Coast national team squad for the FIFA World Cup.[15] However, the team disappointed and was eliminated in the group stage despite being drawn in a seemingly manageable group. Viera did not play a single minute during the tournament.

Selected by Hervé Renard for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, he came on twice first in the group-stage match against Cameroon[16], and later in the semi-final against DR Congo.[17] At the end of the tournament, he became African champion along with the rest of the team.[18][19]

When Kolo Touré retired from international football, he referred to Viera as the "new Minister of Defence."[20][21]

On 26 March 2015, he scored his first international goal in a friendly against Angola, helping Ivory Coast to a 2–0 victory.[22]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[23]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ivory Coast 201200
201310
201440
2015111
201630
Total191
Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Viera goal.
List of international goals scored by Ousmane Viera
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 March 2011Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Angola1–02–0Friendly

Honours

CFR Cluj

Ivory Coast

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ↑ FC Hermannstadt a reluat pregătirile pentru noul sezon Archived 24 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. fchermannstadt.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ↑ "Football: la "réussite tranquille" de l'international ivoirien Diarrassouba Ousmane Viera (Success Story)". Anadolu (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ousmane Viera: carrière, stats & clubs". mondefootball.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Ousmane Viera statistiques et historique des transferts - AiScore". www.aiscore.com. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Football-Transferts : Viera finalement en Turquie". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Football-International-Turquie : Viera, meilleur d'avril". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Football-International : Viera en Premier League ?". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 1 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Football-International-Transfert : Viera reste en Turquie". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 2 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Ousmane Viera — AFC Hermannstadt". www.oddsivio.com. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba : Statistiques, Transfert, Salaire et Actualités avec Hermannstadt". MadeInFOOT (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Ouattara Gaoussou (12 August 2008). "Cote d'Ivoire: Jeux Olympiques 2008 - Côte d'Ivoire-Australie-Ecrire l'histoire". allafrica.com. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "J.O 2008- Football- Eléphants : Fin de parcours". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 16 August 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Football- El. CM 2014- CI-Maroc : 1-1 : Les Eléphants tout près de l'échec". Sport-ivoire.ci (in French). 7 September 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Briand, Yoann Le (17 July 2014). "Lamouchi dévoile sa liste - Coupe du monde 2014". coupedumonde2014.net (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "CAN 2015: revivez Côte d'Ivoire - Cameroun (1-0)". RFI (in French). 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "CAN-2015 : la Côte d'Ivoire en finale après sa victoire sur la RD Congo (3-1)". France 24 (in French). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "CAN-2015 : la Côte d'Ivoire championne d'Afrique après sa victoire sur le Ghana". France 24 (in French). 8 February 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Radio Foot Internationale - La Côte d'Ivoire remporte la CAN 2015". RFI (in French). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  20. ↑ Lantheaume, Romain (14 February 2015). "Côte d'Ivoire : Kolo Touré officialise sa retraite internationale" (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Eléphants: Kolo Touré prend sa retraite internationale | AbidjanTV.net | AbidjanTV.net". 14 February 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "Résultat Côte d'Ivoire - Angola (2-0) Friendlies 1 de Matchs Amicaux 2015 26/03". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  23. ↑ Ousmane Viera at National-Football-Teams.com
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