Christopher_Opéri
Christopher Opéri
Ivorian footballer
Christopher Téa Opéri (born 29 April 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French Ligue 1 club Le Havre and the Ivory Coast national team.
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Opéri with Châteauroux in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Téa Opéri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Le Havre | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2017 | Caen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Caen II | 38 | (4) |
| 2017–2021 | Châteauroux II | 10 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Châteauroux | 73 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Gent | 10 | (0) |
| 2022– | Le Havre | 50 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Ivory Coast | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2024 | |||
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After years in the youth academy of Caen, Opéri was transferred to Châteauroux on 24 July 2017.[2] He made his first professional appearance with Châteauroux in a 2–1 Ligue 2 loss to Gazélec Ajaccio on 22 September 2017.[3]
On 2 June 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Gent in Belgium.[4] On 21 June 2022, Opéri's contract with Gent was terminated by mutual consent.[5]
On 29 June 2022, Opéri returned to France and signed a two-year contract with Le Havre.[6]
Opéri made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Gabon at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium. He substituted Ghislain Konan in the 86th minute of a 1–0 Ivory Coast victory.[7]
Opéri was born in the Ivory Coast to an Ivorian father and French mother, and moved to France at a young age. His uncle Cyril Domoraud is a former professional footballer.[8]
- As of match played 23 August 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Caen | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Châteauroux | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 73 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 79 | 3 | ||||
| Châteauroux B | 2019–20 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Gent | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Le Havre | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 118 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 5 | ||
- Includes Coupe de France, Belgian Cup
- Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
- "Christopher Téa Opéri". Jupiler Pro League. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Officiel : Christopher Operi s'engage à Châteauroux - MaLigue2". 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- "Bienvenue Christopher!" (in Dutch). Gent. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- "OSMAN BUKARI EN CHRISTOPHER OPERI VERLATEN DE CLUB" (in Dutch). Gent. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- "Christopher Opéri s'engage avec le Havre Athletic Club" (in French). Le Havre. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- "Ivory Coast v Gabon game report". ESPN. 7 June 2024.
- PAYNE, Alex K. (16 August 2023). "Christopher Operi (défenseur du Havre AC) : « Etre à la hauteur en sélection ivoirienne ? Je n'ai pas de doutes »". www.linfodrome.com.
- Christopher Opéri at Soccerway
- Christopher Opéri at Soccerway
- Christopher Opéri – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Christopher Opéri at L'Équipe Football (in French)