Fabrice Elysée Kouadio Kouakou (born 3 October 1990), commonly known as Manucho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Estonian Esiliiga club Maardu Linnameeskond as a forward.
Club career Manucho started his career in the youth ranks of Stella Club d'Adjamé and Ocaf FC, before moving to Estonian clubs Nõmme Kalju FC and Lootus Kohtla Järve and then FC Infonet.
In 2012, he received an award as the season's lead scorer and best player, after scoring 31 goals that year with FC Infonet in the Meistriliiga, Estonia's top-level league.
In 2014, he scored 30 goals in 31 games while playing for FC Infonet. This placed him as the third top scorer in the Meistriliiga, also as first African scorer, and as the twentieth top scorer worldwide for that year. As far as scoring average, he ranked fourth worldwide in 2014 with 0.97 goals per game.
On 7 January 2015, Manucho joined Algerian club USM Alger, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club.
On 9 December 2019, FCI Levadia Tallinn confirmed that Manucho had joined the club on a contract until the end of 2020.Väravakütt Manucho liitus FCI Levadiaga! , fcilevadia.ee, 9 December 2019
Career statistics
Club
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNõmme Kalju2010113————113Lootus Kohtla-Järve2011139————139Nõmme Kalju2011131————131Infonet Tallinn2012323110——33312013326 33——3492014313010——3130Total956753——10070USM Alger2014–15920030—122RC Relizane (loan)2015–16261121——2812CS Constantine (loan)2016–1722620——246Career total189999430——201103
Honours Individual Meistriliiga Player of the Month: October 2014
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