 Zokora playing for Trabzonspor in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Déguy Alain Didier Zokora[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1980[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | AFAD Djékanou (assistant manager) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1999 | Académie MimoSifcom | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | ASEC Mimosas | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Racing Genk | 124 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Saint-Étienne | 66 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | 88 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Sevilla | 49 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Trabzonspor | 72 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Akhisarspor | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Pune City | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | North East United | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Semen Padang | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 468 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2014 | Ivory Coast | 123 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Déguy Alain Didier Zokora (born 14 December 1980) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He represented the Ivory Coast national team for 14 years, beginning in 2000, and is currently the nation's most capped player. He now serves as an assistant manager at AFAD Djékanou.[4][5]
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- ^ "Zokora Didier dit Maestro (Ex-International ivoirien): "Je suis flatté d'être dirigeant de l'AFAD"". AFAD Djékanou. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2018.