The Ivory Coast Olympic football squad for Beijing 2008:
Coach:
Gérard Gili (55)
Goalkeepers:
Vincent de Paul Angban (23) (ASEC Mimosas)
Christian Fabrice Okoua (16) (Africa Sports)
Defenders:
Serges Wawa (22) (ASEC Mimosas)
Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (21) (CFR Cluj, Romania)
Souleymane Bamba (23) (Dunfermline, Scotland)
Angoua Brou Benjamin (21) (Budapest Honvéd, Hungary)
Mamadou Bagayoko (18) (Africa Sports)
Mekeme Tamla Ladji (22) (Beveren, Belgium)
Midfielders:
Hervé Kambou (23) (Charleloi, Belgium)
Kafoumba Coulibaly (22) (Nice, France)
Emmanuel Kone (21) (CFR Cluj, Romania)
Anthony Moura-Komenan (22) (Libourne-Saint-Seurin, France)
Antoine N’Gossan (17) (ASEC Mimosas)
Strikers:
Salomon Kalou (22) (Chelsea, England)
Franck Dja Djedje (22) (Grenoble, France)
Guie Gneki Abraham (22) (Budapest Honvéd, Hungary)
Gervais Yao Kouassi (21) (Le Mans, France)
Sekou Cissé (23) (Roda, Netherlands)
The Ivory Coast are in Group A alongside Argentina, Australia and Serbia. They’ll face a tough fight to get out of this group.
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