Marcus N'Ze Kouassi (born 7 April 1987) is an Italian footballer of Ghanaian origin who plays for Italian Eccellenza club Montorio FC.

Marcus N'Ze
Personal information
Full name Marcus N'Ze Kouassi
Date of birth (1986-04-07) 7 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Sekondi, Ghana
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Montorio FC
Youth career
ChievoVerona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 ChievoVerona 0 (0)
2005–2007Canavese (loan) 58 (2)
2007–2008 Sansovino 5 (0)
2008–2010 Domegliara 56 (3)
2010–2019 Virtus Verona 165 (7)
2019–2020 GSD Ambrosiana 22 (1)
2020–2022 Caldiero Terme 50 (0)
2022– Montorio FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:28, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Biography

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Born in Sekondi, Ghana, N'Ze moved to Italy at young age. He started his career at Verona for Chievo.[1] He graduated from youth team in 2005 and left for Serie D club Canavese, which he spent 2 seasons.[2]

In July 2007, he left for Sansovino in co-ownership deal along with Leonardo Moracci, Xhulian Rrudho.[3] Antonino Saviano, Luca Spinetti and Maycol Andriani. In June 2008, Chievo bought back N'Ze by winning an auction between the two clubs.[4] but after few weeks left Verona to sign for Serie D club Domegliara. In 2009–10 season, he played 33 times and scored 1 goal.

In 2010–11 Serie D he left for Virtus Verona.

After Allegrini's retirement, he became the new captain of Virtus Verona at the start of 2018–19 season.[5]

For the 2019–20 season, he joined GSD Ambrosiana in Serie D.[6] In June 2020, he joined fellow league club Caldiero Terme.[7] In June 2022, N'ze moved to Eccellenza club Montorio FC.[8]

Personal life

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His brother Desmond N'Ze is also a professional footballer.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Roma, dieci gol a Grosseto sotto la guida di De Martino". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 16 January 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  2. ^ COMITATO INTERREGIONALE
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: sette acquisti per la Sansovino, c'è anche Rrudho". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 8 July 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  4. ^ "no title (Result of Auction 2008)" (PDF). Lega Calcio (in Italian). 26 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ^ "UFFICIALE: poker di conferme, ecco i "Ministri della difesa"". Virtus Verona. 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ "ROSA 2019 2020" (in Italian). Ambrosiana. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  7. ^ Marcus N’Ze è un nuovo giocatore dell’ASD Calcio Caldiero Terme, asdcalciocaldieroterme.it, 10 June 2020
  8. ^ Gli ultimi colpi di mercato, pianeta-calcio.it, 9 June 2022
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