Gervinho é um atacante marfinense formado no ASEC Mimosas e campeão francês com o Lille em 2011. Pela Costa do Marfim, ganhou a Copa Africana de Nações de 2015.
Gervinho
Gervinho, the name by which Gervais Yao Kouassi became known, was born on May 27, 1987, in Ivory Coast. A quick and skilled attacker, he was trained in the ASEC Mimosas academy and went to Europe through Beveren, from Belgium, like other Ivorian talents of his generation. After playing at Le Mans, he arrived at Lille, where he had his best moment in France. In the 2010-11 season, he helped the club win the double French Championship and French Cup. In 2011, he was signed by Arsenal and, two years later, moved to Roma, where he again performed excellently. He also played for Hebei China Fortune, Parma and Trabzonspor, a club with which he was Turkish champion in 2021-22. For the Ivory Coast national team, he played in the World Cups of 2010 and 2014 and scored against Japan and Colombia in Brazil. In 2015, he was champion of the African Cup of Nations.