Wato Kuaté

Wato Kuaté
Kuaté with RoPS in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Guirlain Désiré Wato Kuaté
Date of birth (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 RoPS
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2011 U.D. Leiria
2011–2012 AC Bellinzona
2012–2014 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Akhisar Belediyespor 7 (0)
2015–2016 Asteras Tripoli 0 (0)
2016 → Trikala (loan) 4 (0)
2017 Dundee United 4 (0)
2017–2018 Hapoel Petah Tikva 5 (0)
2018– RoPS 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:12, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Guirlain Désiré Wato Kuaté (born 19 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays for Rovaniemen Palloseura as a midfielder.[1] He was born in Cameroon, and also holds Portuguese nationality. He previously played in Turkey with Akhisar Belediyespor, and in Greece for Asteras Tripoli and Trikala. He joined Dundee United in March 2017, playing with the club only for two months. After visiting Scotland Kuaté played 5 games in Liga Leumit club Hapoel Petah Tikva.

Playing career

Wato Kuaté was born in Douala, Cameroon, on 19 September 1995. He began his youth football career in Portugal with U.D. Leiria,[2] before joining AC Bellinzona in Switzerland. A successful trial led to him joining the Manchester City Academy in 2012.[3] While in England, Kuaté was also on trial with Barnsley in 2013. He signed for Akhisar Belediyespor in the Turkish Süper Lig during the January 2014 transfer window, after being released by Manchester City.[4] He made his professional debut for Akhisar on 8 March 2014 in a 6-1 defeat against Galatasaray.[5]

On 9 July 2015, Kuaté signed a four-year contract with Superleague Greece club Asteras Tripoli for an undisclosed fee. During his first year with Asteras, he was loaned to Football League club Trikala for six months, before returning to Asteras.[6][7]

Kuaté signed a short-term contract with Scottish Championship club Dundee United in March 2017.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in a Scottish Premiership promotion play-off match against Greenock Morton on 12 May 2017.[9] United manager Ray McKinnon criticised Kuaté after a subsequent play-off match against Hamilton Academical, during which Kuaté reacted angrily to being substituted. McKinnon publicly stated that Kuaté would not play for the club again, and he was subsequently released at the end of his contract.[10]

On 18 October 2017 signed to the Liga Leumit club Hapoel Petah Tikva.[11] After a short time spent in Israel, Kuaté transferred to Finnish Veikkausliiga club Rovaniemen Palloseura signing a one-year contract in March 2018.[12]

His contract with the Finnish club was terminated just four months later. RoPS Rovaniemi head coach Toni Koskela was quoted as saying, that in his own mind Kuaté became bigger than the rest of the team. "We were forced to make this decision [to terminate the contract], as his misbehavior was effecting already our game. Football is a team sport, and we need only those players, who are commited to the team both on and off the field." [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 April 2018[14]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Akhisar Belediyespor 2013-14 Süper Lig 7000––70
2014-15 Süper Lig 0000––00
Total 7000––70
Asteras Tripoli 2015-16 Superleague Greece 0010––10
Trikala (loan) 2015-16 Football League 4000––40
Dundee United 2016–17 Scottish Championship 4000005[lower-alpha 1]191
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2017–18 Liga Leumit 5000––50
Rovaniemen Palloseura 2018– Veikkausliiga 17110––181
Career total 371200051463
  1. ↑ Appearances in Scottish Premiership play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Wato Kuaté vahvistamaan RoPS:n keskikenttää" (in Finnish). RoPS official website. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Wato Kuaté (Guirlain Désiré Wato Kuaté)". ForaDeJogo.
  3. ↑ "Wato Kuate Manchester City'den Akhisar Belediyespor'a".
  4. ↑ "Calcioturco Scout – Wato Kuaté, '95 passato da Akhisar e Manchester City". Calcioturco Scout.
  5. ↑ "Galatasaray 6-1 Akhisar". ZeroZero. 2014-03-08.
  6. ↑ "Γουάτο στον Αστέρα!". sport-fm.gr. 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Πήρε Γουάτο ο Αστέρας". www.contra.gr. 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Eighteen, Stephen (27 March 2017). "Dundee United complete signing of Kuate". Evening Telegraph. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Dundee United 3-0 Greenock Morton (aggregate: 5-1)". BBC Sport. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Dundee United's Wato Kuate to exit Tannadice after play-off bust-up". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "קואטה חתם בהפועל פ"ת: "תוך מספר משחקים הוא יהיה מבוקש באירופה"". Sport1. Asher Goldberg. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Wato Kuaté vahvistamaan RoPS:n keskikenttää" (in Finnish). RoPS official website. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Keskikenttäpelaaja Wato Kuaté ei jatka Rovaniemen Palloseurassa". RoPS Rovaniemi official website. 16 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Wato Kuaté". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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