Eboue Kouassi, born in Ivory Coast on 13 December 1997 (age 28), is a central defensive midfielder now with União Leiria. He first came into Celtic’s orbit in January 2017, arriving from Krasnodar for around £3m.
That move gave him an early Glasgow chapter, but not the one that came to define the rest of his career. Celtic sold him to Genk in July 2020 for around £1.5m, and his path then shifted towards Belgium and Portugal rather than back towards a major British stage.
After Genk, Kouassi had spells with União Leiria and then Arouca, where he found a more settled footing. His most productive league season came at Arouca in 2021-22, when he made 19 appearances and scored once.
He is now back at União Leiria, wearing squad number 88. In 2026-27 he has made one Liga Portugal 2 appearance, continuing a career that has moved steadily on from Celtic rather than lingering around it.
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