Saint-Joseph Gadji-Celi (born 1 May 1961) is an Ivorian former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Career

Born in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

, Gadji-Celi played for

Stella Club d'Adjamé Stella Club d'Adjamé is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1953 in a fusion between ''Red Star'', ''Etoile d'Adjamé'' and ''US Bella''. They play at the Stade Robert Champroux. Former players * Kouame Desr ...

ASEC Mimosas ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club competitions. Founded in 194 ...

and

FC Sète 34 FC Sète 34 was a French football club based in Sète and founded in 1901 as Olympique de Cette. The club won the French league title twice (in 1934 and 1939) and the French cup also twice (1930 and 1934). In 1934 they became the first club to w ...

. He was a member of the Ivory Coast national team between 1984 and 1992, serving as captain of the national team, including at the

1992 African Cup of Nations The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Senegal. The field expanded to twelve teams, split into four groups of three; the top two teams in each ...

, which Ivory Coast won.

Personal life

His nephew is fellow footballer Junior Tallo.

References

1961 births Living people Ivorian men's footballers Stella Club d'Adjamé players ASEC Mimosas players FC Sète 34 players Ligue 2 players Men's association football midfielders Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Ivory Coast men's international footballers 1984 African Cup of Nations players 1986 African Cup of Nations players 1988 African Cup of Nations players 1990 African Cup of Nations players 1992 African Cup of Nations players Africa Cup of Nations–winning players 1992 King Fahd Cup players {{IvoryCoast-footy-bio-stub