Mawouna Kodjo Amevor (born 16 December 1991) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Volendam Volendam () is a tourist town in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Edam-Volendam, Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands, known for its streets, old fishing boats and the traditional clothing wor ...

. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Togo national team.

Club career

He made his league debut for

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during the 2010–2011 season and has also played for

Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...

, before moving abroad to join English League 2 side

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in 2015. He returned to Dordrecht in summer 2016. In 2018, Amevor signed with Moroccan club

Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Chabab Rif Al-Hoceima, also referred to as CRA, is a Moroccan football club based in Al Hoceima Al Hoceima () is a city in the north of Morocco, on the northern edge of the Rif Mountains and on the Mediterranean coast. It is the capital city ...

. He soon left that club and moved to

Chonburi Chonburi (, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi District, Mueang Chonburi, the List of municipalities in Thailand, seventh-largest city in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Ba ...

in Thailand in November 2018 for the 2019 season. Making no appearances for that club, he signed with Indonesian club

Persela Lamongan Persatuan Sepakbola Lamongan, commonly known as Persela, is an Indonesian professional football club based in Lamongan, East Java. Currently the club plays in Liga 2, the second tier of domestic football. History Although it has been estab ...

in late April 2019. Amevor left there in the summer of 2019. On 20 January 2020, Amevor signed a contract with

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

after a successful trial period and made his debut a day later against

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

in a

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match. On 21 June 2024, Amevor signed a two-year contract with recently relegated

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

International career

He received his first international call with

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

in October 2014.

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amevor, Mawouna Kodjo 1991 births Living people Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football defenders Togolese men's footballers Togo men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Togolese descent Togolese people of Dutch descent Togolese expatriate men's footballers RKSV Leonidas players FC Dordrecht players Go Ahead Eagles players Notts County F.C. players Chabab Rif Al Hoceima players Mawouna Amevor Persela Lamongan players FC Eindhoven players FC Volendam players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players English Football League players Botola players Mawouna Amevor Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Togolese expatriate sportspeople in England Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia 21st-century Dutch sportsmen