| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Teddy Léo Junior Okou | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Luzern | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | USA Clichy | ||
| 2009–2010 | Red Star | ||
| 2010–2011 | Ivry | ||
| 2011–2012 | Le Havre | ||
| 2012–2013 | Creteil | ||
| 2013–2015 | Le Havre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Le Havre II | 51 | (1) |
| 2017 | Le Havre | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Lille II | 30 | (9) |
| 2019–2020 | →Creteil II (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | →Creteil (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Boulogne | 35 | (3) |
| 2021 | Boulogne II | 1 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 48 | (22) |
| 2023– | Luzern | 28 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:51, 20 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Teddy Léo Junior Okou (born 15 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Luzern.
Career
Okou is a youth product of the French clubs USA Clichy, Red Star, Ivry, Le Havre and Creteil. He began his senior career with the reserves of Le Havre in the Championnat National 3 in 2015. He made his professional debut with the senior Le Havre team in a 4–4 (5–4) Coupe de la Ligue penalty shootout win over Nîmes on 8 August 2017, assisting his side's fourth goal.[1] On 15 July 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Lille where he was originally assigned to their reserves.[2] His stay with Lille was cut short after an injury kept him out for 7 months.[3] On 24 July 2019, he moved on loan to the Championnat National side Creteil, in a year where he suffered from athletic pubalgia.[4] On 8 October 2020, he moved to Boulogne, also in the Championnat National on a 2-year contract.[5]
On 8 January 2022, Okou moved to the Swiss Challenge League club Stade Lausanne Ouchy. In his second season with Stade Lausanne Ouchy, he had 19 goals and 8 assists and was top scorer in a season that saw the club achieve promotion.[6] After the season ended, he transferred to the Swiss Super League club Luzern on a 3-year contract.[7]
International career
Okou holds both French and Ivorian nationalities.[8] He is a youth international for France, having played for the France U17s in 2014.[9]
Honours
- Individual
References
- ^ "Le Havre AC 4-4 Nimes (9 Aug, 2017) Final Score - ESPN (AU)". ESPN.
- ^ "LOSC : premier contrat pro pour le Havrais Teddy Lia Okou". France 3 Hauts-de-France. 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Teddy Okou despierta la lujuria en Europa". OneFootball. 20 October 2023.
- ^ Marques, Daniel (24 July 2019). "Teddy Okou signe à l'US Créteil Lusitanos".
- ^ Liron, Sylvain (8 October 2020). "Football: "En National, si tu ne tues pas, tu te fais tuer"". La Voix du Nord.
- ^ a b "Teddy Okou, le bourreau du FC Sion, a trouvé un nouveau club". watson.ch/fr.
- ^ "Teddy Okou unterschreibt beim FC Luzern einen Dreijahresvertrag". Luzerner Zeitung. 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Teddy OKOU". unfp.org. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr.
External links
- Teddy Okou at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
- FFF profile
This page was last edited on 27 May 2024, at 17:59