The Les Éléphants Squad for the matches against France and England  March 2022
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Agbadou, Emmauel	17 June 1997	24	CD	KAS Eupen, Belgium	1	0
Akouokou, Edgar Paul	20 December 1997	24	DM	Real Betis Balompié, Spain	1	0
Aurier, Serge Alain Stéphane	24 December 1992	29	RB	Villarreal CF, Spain	78	3
Bailly, Éric Bertrand	12 April 1994	27	CD	Manchester United FC, England	45	2
Boga, Jérémie	3 January 1997 in Marseille, France	25	M	Atalanta BC, Italy, on loan from US Sassuolo Calcio, Italy	8	1
				also has twelve France youth appearances
Boli, Yohan Alexandre Mady	17 November 1993 in Arras, France	28	F	Al-Rayyan SC, Qatar	11	0
Boly, Willy-Arnaud Zobo	3 February 1991 in Melun, France	31	CD	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England	11	1
				also has six France youth appearances
Cissè, Abdoul Karim	20 October 1985	36	G	ASEC Mimosas	6	0
Comet, Gnarly Albert Maxwel	27 September 1996	25	M/FB	Burnley FC, England	28	6
				also has numerous France youth appearances
Coulibaly, Fousseny	1 August 1980	41	M	Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Tunisia	2	0
	Déli drafted into the squad on 21 March as a replacement for Traorè
Déli, Simon Désiré Sylvanus	27 October 1991	30	CB	Adana Demispor Kulübü, Turkey	22	0
	Déli drafted into the squad on 21 March as a replacement for Singo
Diallo, Ismaël Chester	29 January 1997	25	D	AJ Ajaccio, France	0	0
Gradel, Max-Alain	30 November 1987	34	M	Sivasspor Kulübü, Turkey	95	16
Haller, Sébastien Romain Teddy	22 June 1994 in Ris-Orangis, France	27	F	Amsterdamche FC Ajax, Netherlands	13	4
				also has numerous France youth appearances
Kamara, Hassane	5 March 1994 in Saint Denis, France	28	LB	Watford FC, England	5	0
Kessié, Franck Yannick	19 December 1996	25	CM	AC Milan, Italy	57	6
Konaté, Karim	21 March 2004	18	F	ASEC Mimosas	2	0
Konan, Ghislain N'Clomande	27 December 1995	26	LB	Stade de Reims, France	18	0
Konè, Mohamed	7 March 2002	20	G	Le Havre AC, France	0	0ᵍᵃ
Kossounou, Kouakou Odilon Dorgeless	4 January 2001	21	D	Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany	14	0
Kouamé Kouako, Christian Michael	6 December 1997	24	F	RSC Anderlecht, Belgium, on loan from AC Fiorentina, Italy	12	0
Kouassi, Jean Evrard	25 September 1994	27	M	Trabzonspor PFT, Turkey	7	1
Pépé, Nicolas	29 May 1995 in Mantes-la-Joile, France	26	F	Arsenal FC, England	33	9
Sangaré, Badra Ali	30 May 1986	35	G	JDR Stars, South Africa	22	0
Sangaré, Ibrahim	2 December 1997	24	DM	Philips Sport Vereniging, Netherlands	22	4
Seri, Jean Michaël	19 July 1991	30	CM	Fulham FC, England	39	4
Singo, Wilfried Stephane	25 December 2000	21	D	FC Torino, Italy	2	0
	Singo withdrew from the squad on 21 March because of injury
Traorè, Hamed Junior	16 February 2000	22	CM	US Sassuolo Calcio, Italy	4	0
	Traorè withdrew from the squad on 21 March because of injury
Zaha, Dazaet Wilfried Armel	10 November 1992	29	F	Crystal Palace FC, England	26	5
				also has two appearances with England

Squad details correct up to and including Côte d'Ivoire's match against France on 25 March 2022.
Tallies taken from FIFCIV

Diary

Thursday, 17 March 2022 - Manager Patrice Beaumelle has named his 25-man squad for next week's friendly matches against France and England.

Monday, 22 March 2022 - Preparations began at the first day at the training camp begins. Injuries have ruled out Torino's Wilfried Singo, and Sassoulo's Hamed Traorè. They have been replaced with Simon Déli, of Turkish side, Demirspor, and Fousseny Coulibaly, from Tunisia.
Coulibaly is a 41 year-old midfielder who has appeared for the Coast in 2013 and 2021. In between, he attempted to change his allegiance and citizenship to Tunisia in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but his bid was blocked.

Friday, 25 March 2022 - France 2 Cote d'Ivoire 1 - Olivier Giroud is just five goals away from surpassing Thierry Henry as the all-time record goalscorer for France. Giroud headed in Theo Hernandez's cross to take his tally to 47 in Marseille. Nicolas Pepe had scored the opening goal before Aurelien Tchouameni won the match in the 93rd minute as he rose highest to power home a header.

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