Bonaventure Kalou (born 12 January 1978) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

[3] Born in Oumé, Kalou started playing for ASEC Mimosas in his home country, before moving to Dutch-based Feyenoord.

Meanwhile, his brother, Salomon, who came to visit him, impressed the Feyenoord staff and was signed as a youth player.

Bonaventure played two seasons at Auxerre, where he developed further as a striker and an attacking midfielder as opposed to a winger.

While at Auxerre, Kalou scored the winning goal in injury time in the 2005 Coupe de France final as they defeated his future club Paris Saint-Germain.