Venance Zézé nickname Zézéto (born 17 June 1981 in Abidjan

Abidjan

Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...

) is an Ivorian

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

 footballer who is currently without a club.

International

He has been capped by the Côte d'Ivoire national side

Côte d'Ivoire national football team

The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...

.

Career

Like many successful Ivorian footballers, he is a product of the famed youth academy at ASEC Abidjan, where he began his career. Following this, he moved to Belgian side K.S.K. Beveren

K.S.K. Beveren

Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren was a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. It was famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Filip De Wilde, Geert De Vlieger, Erwin Lemmens, and Tristan Peersman, all of whom have...

 in 2001, where he starred with other Ivorians such as Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré

Gnégnéri Yaya Touré , commonly known as Yaya Touré, is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Côte d'Ivoire national side...

 and Gilles Yapi Yapo

Gilles Yapi Yapo

Gilles Donald Yapi Yapo is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Swiss Super League club FC Basel and the Ivorian national team.-Club career:...

. He left Beveren in 2003 to join AA Gent where he spent a season before moving to Brussels. In 2005 he returned to his former club Beveren for another season, before moving to Ukrainian side FC Metalurh Donetsk

FC Metalurh Donetsk

FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...

 in 2006. After a successful loan to Metalurh's Vyscha Liga rivals FC Metalist Kharkiv

FC Metalist Kharkiv

FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...

 in the first half of the 2007/08 season, a permanent transfer was agreed between the clubs on December 14, 2007.
His contract with FF Jaro has been revoked 22nd of September 2011.

Clubs

• – 2001   ASEC Abidjan
• 2001–2003   K.S.K. Beveren
  K.S.K. Beveren
  Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren was a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. It was famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Filip De Wilde, Geert De Vlieger, Erwin Lemmens, and Tristan Peersman, all of whom have...
  
  
• 2003–2004   AA Gent
• 2004–2005   Brussels
• 2005–2006   K.S.K. Beveren
  K.S.K. Beveren
  Koninklijke Sportkring Beveren was a Belgian association football club from the town of Beveren in East Flanders. It was famous for its goalkeeping school that has produced such players as Jean-Marie Pfaff, Filip De Wilde, Geert De Vlieger, Erwin Lemmens, and Tristan Peersman, all of whom have...
  
  
• 2006–2007   FC Metalurh Donetsk
  FC Metalurh Donetsk
  FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...
  
  
• 2007 –   FC Metalist Kharkiv
  FC Metalist Kharkiv
  FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...
  
  
• 2010   FF Jaro
  FF Jaro
  FF Jaro is a Finnish football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League Veikkausliiga...
  
  

External links

• Interview with Zezeto (French)