Mawouna Amevor

Mawouna Amevor
Amevor with Notts County in 2015
Personal information
Full name Mawouna Kodjo Amevor[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Volendam
Number 3
Youth career
ASV-DWV
EDS
RKSV Leonidas
SC Feijenoord
Dordrecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Dordrecht 71 (4)
2013–2015 Go Ahead Eagles 35 (2)
2015–2016 Notts County 11 (1)
2016–2018 Dordrecht 56 (0)
2018 Chabab Rif Al Hoceima 0 (0)
2019 Chonburi 0 (0)
2019 Persela Lamongan 12 (0)
2020–2024 Eindhoven 146 (15)
2024– Volendam 0 (0)
International career‡
2014– Togo 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024

Mawouna Kodjo Amevor (born 16 December 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club Volendam. Born in the Netherlands, Amevor represents the Togo national team.

Club career

He made his league debut for FC Dordrecht during the 2010–2011 season[2] and has also played for Go Ahead Eagles,[3] before moving abroad to join English League 2 side Notts County in 2015.[4] He returned to Dordrecht in summer 2016.[5]

In 2018, Amevor signed with Moroccan club Chabab Rif Al Hoceima.[6] He soon left that club and moved to Chonburi in Thailand in November 2018 for the 2019 season.[7] Making no appearances for that club, he signed with Indonesian club Persela Lamongan in late April 2019.[8] Amevor left there in the summer of 2019.

On 20 January 2020, Amevor signed a contract with FC Eindhoven after a successful trial period and made his debut a day later against FC Utrecht in a KNVB Cup match.[9][10]

On 21 June 2024, Amevor signed a two-year contract with recently relegated Eerste Divisie club Volendam.[11]

International career

He received his first international call with Togo in October 2014.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ [1] (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Dordtse verdediger Amevor naar Go Ahead Eagles - AD (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Moniz haalt Amevor naar Notts County - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Amevor keert na Engels avontuur terug bij FC Dordrecht - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  6. ^ Keemink, Mischa (25 July 2018). "Mawouna Amevor (FC Dordrecht) verkast naar Chabab Rif Al Hoceima". WaterwegSport.nl (in Dutch).
  7. ^ "Uitgevlogen Eagles (afl. 57): oud-Eagle naar PSG, Amevor geniet in Thailand". Go Ahead Eagles (in Dutch). 29 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Wereldreiziger Amevor (ex-FC Dordrecht) tekent in Indonesië". Rijnmond (in Dutch). 29 April 2019.
  9. ^ Dal, Thomas (15 November 2020). "FC Eindhoven doet sterke Amevor voorstel, zaakwaarnemer schermt met buitenlandse aanbieding". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch).
  10. ^ "Eindhoven vs. Utrecht - 21 January 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  11. ^ "FC Volendam vindt in Mawouna Amevor leider in de verdediging". FC Volendam (in Dutch). 21 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. ^ Amevor: "Eerst Utrecht, dan Uganda" Go Ahead Eagles official website (in Dutch)