Kévin Goba

Kévin Goba (born 6 July 1987) is a French professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Championnat National 3 club AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleur.^[1]

Kévin Goba

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-07-06) 6 July 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleur
Youth career
2004–2006	Antony Sports
2006–2007	Limoges
2007–2010	Vannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	ES Uzès Pont du Gard	43	(16)
2012–2013	Cherbourg	30	(11)
2013–2014	Dunkerque	9	(0)
2014–2016	Sedan	59	(48)
2016–2019	Châteauroux	19	(1)
2017–2019	Châteauroux II	18	(13)
2019–2021	Saint-Malo	17	(5)
2021–2023	AG Caennaise	36	(19)
2023–2024	AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleur	25	(12)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:55, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Career

Goba spent the majority of his playing career in the lower divisions of France, with ES Uzès Pont du Gard, and Cherbourg, before transferring to Dunkerque - a club his father also played at.^[2] He thereafter had a successful move to CS Sedan Ardennes, and then moved to LB Châteauroux whom he helped promote to the professional Ligue 2. Goba made his professional debut with in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Clermont Foot on 8 August 2017.^[3]

Personal life

Goba is the son of the Ivorian footballer Michel Goba,^[4] and the cousin of the Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba.^[5]