Olivier Kapo
Pictured in 2005
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Narcisse-Olivier Kapo-Obou | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1999 | Auxerre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2004 | Auxerre | 120 | (19) |
| 2004–2007 | Juventus | 14 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Monaco (loan) | 25 | (5) |
| 2006–2007 | → Levante (loan) | 30 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Birmingham City | 26 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Boulogne (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Celtic | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Al-Ahly | 6 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Auxerre | 39 | (12) |
| 2013–2014 | Levadiakos | 19 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Korona Kielce | 27 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2004 | France | 9 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 July 2015. |
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Narcisse-Olivier Kapo-Obou (born 27 September 1980 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire), known as Olivier Kapo, is a French footballer who last played for Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce. He plays as a left winger.
Kapo began his professional career with Auxerre in 1999. He joined Juventus on a free transfer in the summer of 2004, but he struggled to adapt to life in Turin and did not play much as he was behind Pavel Nedvěd in the left midfield role. As a result, he was loaned to Monaco for the 2005–06 season.
When Juventus were forcibly relegated to Serie B, Kapo returned to Turin, but went back on loan due to the abundance of midfielders. He signed for Spanish La Liga club Levante, scoring five goals in 32 appearances.
Kapo signed for Birmingham City on 29 June 2007 for a fee of £3 million. He claimed to have rejected other offers to sign for the club, suggesting his style of play was better suited to English football. He scored on his Premier League debut, against Chelsea in a 3–2 defeat on 12 August 2007.
Kapo signed for Wigan Athletic on 16 July 2008, signing a three-year deal for a fee reported as £3.5 million, a move which reunited him with former manager Steve Bruce. He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 4–1 League Cup win over Ipswich Town on 24 September 2008, and his first league goal in a 2–1 defeat to Chelsea on 28 February 2009. On 8 January 2010, Kapo moved to Boulogne on a six-month loan deal, and left Wigan by mutual consent in August 2010.
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