Career
He began his career at ASEC Abidjan, a club based in Ivory Coast which is famed for its Youth Academy started by Jean-Marc Guillou, playing alongside the likes of Kolo Touré, before moving to Europe to play for K.S.K. Beveren in the Belgian Jupiler League. In 2003 he went on to join French Ligue 1 outfit Football Club Lorient, staying there until summer of 2007 when he moved to First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hissan in the Middle East. In 2000 as an 18-year-old he reportedly had trials with English club Arsenal along with Ivorian international Gilles Yapi Yapo.
In the African Champions" Cup 2002 he was joint 3rd top scorer with five goals for ASEC, alongside fellow Ivorian Bakari Koné, who later joined him at Football Club Lorient before moving on to Ligue 1 club Office of Government Commerce Nice.
