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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Gervais Yao Kouassi, known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek Super League club Aris and the Ivory Coast national team.
It is always a great pleasure to fight for your own country.
The passion the British people have for football - they live for football.
I want to help the team to have a great season. I will give everything and never give up.
I do not know what the future holds for me.
I think long-term, not short-term.
I didn't lose my smile from the first to the last match at Arsenal. I remember when I left I wanted to thank everyone, even the dressing-room staff.
I love the French league very much. The league allowed me to shoot to the European level.
I don't mind about my own stats, goals or assists.
I need to work hard at training to become more clinical in front of goal.
My frustration is I quit Arsenal too soon. I left a club I loved without really showing how good I was.
I honestly did not learn much from Arsenal.
In the middle, it gives you lots of options. You can make a run on the right, on the left, deep in the center. It's a big advantage.
Zahoui is a guy who's in quest of results, however it comes.
Yes, at times in front of goal a fog descends. Perhaps the speed of my feet doesn't match up with that of my mind.
Every game is tough for me because the level of competition is so high in the Premier League, and every time you have to be at your best.
I've learnt to adapt on the pitch and, when I think back, also in front of goal.
Our country craves for the trophy of the African Cup of Nations. I am craving for such a trophy in my career.
I don't detest Arsenal because of the way Wenger treated me.
The academy at Abidjan was my school of education. At 16, they sent me the boots and jersey with my name on the back. You can imagine how I felt: in the clouds.
When you want to win a competition you have to play all the best teams.
At Lille, my coach has much confidence in me. This is something very important to me.
Arsenal are the team that have left the biggest mark on me, without a doubt.
There are many players with talent, but it is important to find a coach who knows how to make the most of that.
My idol has always been Thierry Henry.
Replacing someone who has scored more than 30 goals in the previous season is not easy.
I grew up with very little - so material things have never been that important for me.
It is always difficult to leave your mates and your club in the middle of the season for another competition.
I can confirm I feel more at home at Roma than elsewhere. I was adopted by the club, the staff and the fans. From the first day I sensed this great atmosphere.
In the Champions League, if you can win at home, the draw away is priceless.
Dreaming costs nothing, no?
I haven't had many problems adapting to the Premier League.
We try to keep our heads cool and our chins up to win every weekend. Sometimes it works better than others but you have to focus on the positive side so for that next game you still have the right state of mind.
Arsenal is a team that needs good footballers and leaders on the field.
Regarding my position, I feel really comfortable in any position up front.
To play for Arsenal will be the best day of my life and I will do anything to play for that team.
Entertaining those who come to see me is my objective.
Eden has learnt a lot at Lille, and I believe he could succeed abroad.
It is difficult to learn anything on the sidelines.
I started playing at my local estate club. I used to wake up every morning to go to play in the club. I loved it so much, it brought a lot of wonderful things in my life.
I really got a taste for winning titles at Lille.
Salah is a tough guy. Always calm and strong, with the mentality of a hard worker. I'll never forget his training sessions: very high rhythm, pushed like a madman, you watched him in amazement.
I was not getting much time on the pitch and was in need of this time to improve and play my best football. Wenger was not prepared to give it to me. Also my position on the wing was not what I was expecting and I wasn't happy with it.
He had a sort of positive effect - you saw Salah and wanted to work harder. Talent and sacrifice.
I have got lots of confidence in my own ability and I know I have got to keep up my standards.
Jay Z, Thierry Henry, and President Obama are three people I really respect.
There is no small team or easy match in football.
The most important thing is that I bring a lot to the team wherever I am playing.
Wenger never had faith in me.
Back in the days, being able to join the Jean-Marc Guillou academy was one of the best things that could happen to a youngster from Ivory Coast. There were thousands of kids who wanted to join that school so it was a great feeling for me.
I'm very lucky being able to be next to the likes of Thierry Henry or Didier Drogba.
Beveren helped me a lot to adjust to Europe.
Drogba has been our great motivator. He never stops reminding us that we are here to win the tournament, no matter the hurdles, no matter the game form and no matter the score margin.
The most important thing for me is to continue to learn, step by step, regardless of club or country.
I want to use my time here at Arsenal to develop my strengths.
When I arrived at Le Mans nobody knew me, I had to work hard to get into the first-team.
I am working very hard at training to improve my efficiency, to be more clinical in front of goal.
All the fans want to see good games.
Arsenal have always been a dream of mine and I always thought one day I would go there.
It's never easy when your team is having a hard time.
I don't know what I would have done had I not become a footballer. I've always wanted to do that, even when my family would try to stop me playing football so that I went to school.