Roger Claver Djapone Assalé (born 13 November 1993) is an Ivorian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club

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Club career

Assalé was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years. On 31 January 2020, he joined

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side

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

on loan until the end of the season. On 5 September 2020, he became a new

player. In August 2021 Assalé joined 2. Bundesliga club

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on loan for the 2021–22 season. Werder Bremen secured an option to sign him permanently at the end of the loan. He left the club at the end of the season having made six appearances while Werder Bremen achieved promotion to the

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International career

Assalé made his full international debut for the Ivory Coast national team in a friendly match against

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on 10 November 2014. He scored his first international goal against

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in March 2018.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Assalé goal.''

Honours

Séwé Sport *

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, 2013–14 *

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: Runners-up

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TP Mazembe *

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: 2015–16 *

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and c ...

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CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorship reasons TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup) is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation C ...

: 2016 *

: 2016 Young Boys *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19 Werder Bremen * 2. Bundesliga runner-up: 2021–22 Ivory Coast *

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CIV – GHA 0:0, 9:8 PSO
CAF

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* 1993 births Living people People from Abengourou Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast youth international footballers Association football forwards Ivory Coast international footballers Africa Cup of Nations-winning players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Séwé Sport de San-Pédro players TP Mazembe players BSC Young Boys players CD Leganés players Dijon FCO players SV Werder Bremen players Linafoot players Swiss Super League players La Liga players Ligue 1 players 2. Bundesliga players Ivorian expatriate footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{IvoryCoast-footy-bio-stub