Michela Andrienne Zroho (died (2019-01-15)15 January 2019) was an Ivorian football player and manager. She capped for the Ivory Coast women's national team.[3][4]

Michela Zroho
Personal information
Full name Michela Andrienne Zroho[1]
Date of death January 2019
Place of death Tunisia[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Juventus de Yopougon
International career
2002 Ivory Coast 2+ (0+)
Managerial career
Ivory Coast Women (assistant coach)
Juventus de Yopougon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 August 2002.[1]

Club career

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Zroho had played for Juventus de Yopougon in Ivory Coast.[2]

International career

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Zroho had capped for Ivory Coast at senior level during the 2002 African Women's Championship qualification.[1]

Managerial career

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Zroho had been the assistant coach of the Ivory Coast women's national team and the head coach of Juventus de Yopougon in Ivory Coast.[2]

Death

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In mid-2018, Zroho had announced to the president of Juventus de Yopougon, Yves Gossé, that she would go to Ghana to improve as a football manager. She eventually ended up going to Tunisia. On 15 January 2019, she was found dead in her room.[5] According to witnesses to the event, she died from asphyxiation in her sleep after forgetting to turn off the firewood, which she had lit due to the low temperatures that were there at that time.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Africa - Women's Championship 2002 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Kolia, Céleste (17 January 2019). "Deuil: Le football féminin perd une de ses pionnières". Fratmay.info (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Côte d'Ivoire : Une sportive ivoirienne retrouvée morte dans sa chambre en Tunisie". KOACI.
  4. ^ "Zroho Michela n'est plus de ce monde". 18 January 2019.
  5. ^ Prince de GBA (18 January 2019). "Zroho Michela n'est plus de ce monde". Le Kpakpato Sportif (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2021.