Gervinho

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Ivorian retired footballer, born in Anyama, Ivory Coast in 1987. A forward who won the French league-and-cup double with Lille in 2010–11, played for Arsenal, Roma, Hebei China Fortune, Parma and Trabzonspor — winning the Turkish Süper Lig with the last in 2021–22 — and won over 80 caps for Ivory Coast, scoring 23 goals and lifting the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

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West Africa & Sahel
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    Summary

    Gervinho — full name Gervais Lombe Yao Kouassi — is an Ivorian retired footballer, born in Anyama in 1987. 1 A forward, he won the French league-and-cup double with Lille in 2010–11 and played for Arsenal, Roma, Hebei China Fortune, Parma and Trabzonspor, winning the Turkish Süper Lig in 2021–22. 1 He won over 80 caps for Ivory Coast, scoring 23 goals, and lifted the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. 1 No source consulted makes any statement of his religion, so his data record records his faith as unknown. 12

    Club career

    Gervinho began at ASEC Abidjan and Toumodi before moving to Belgium's Beveren in 2004; in France he played for Le Mans and then Lille, where his final season brought the Ligue 1 title and the Coupe de France. 1 Arsenal signed him in 2011; he moved to Roma in 2013, to Hebei China Fortune in 2016, to Parma in 2018 and to Trabzonspor in 2021. 1

    Ivory Coast

    Gervinho represented Ivory Coast from his debut in 2007 until 2021, making over 80 appearances and scoring 23 goals, at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and two World Cups. 1 He was part of the squad that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. 1

    Faith in the sources

    None of the sources read makes any statement of his religion. The English, French and Arabic articles were each read in full and none mentions religion in its text or categories; Wikidata carries no religion value for him at all. 1342 On complete absence, his record states his faith as unknown. 1

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    Sources

    1. Gervinho — English Wikipedia
    2. Gervinho — Wikidata Q208025
    3. Gervinho — French Wikipedia
    4. Gervinho — Arabic Wikipedia
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    islam.museum contributors. “Gervinho”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/gervinho/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.

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