Steve Gohouri

Lohoré Steve Ulrich Gohouri (8 February 1981 – 31 December 2015) was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Gohouri started his career in France, playing in the youth teams at CS Brétigny and Paris Saint-Germain.

Due to a lack of first team opportunities, he had a brief spell in Israel with Bnei Yehuda before moving to Switzerland and joining Yverdon-Sport.

[citation needed] He started his career with CS Brétigny,[4] where he played in the same youth team as Patrice Evra.

In July 2004, he made his debut in European competition in a UEFA Cup Preliminary Round tie against Longford Town.

[14] Gohouri left Young Boys for Borussia Mönchengladbach on a three-and-a-half-year contract on 28 December 2006 for a transfer fee of €1.5 million.

[16] In September 2008, Borussia coach Jos Luhukay sent Gohouri to the reserve team after he failed to attend several appointments with the club's medical staff during an injury.

[23] During the 2010–11 season, he made 28 appearances in all competitions, including a goal Gohouri scored against Liverpool in a 1–1 draw on 12 February and was rewarded with another contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2013.

[24] Unfortunately the 2011–12 season started badly for Gohouri, getting sent off against Tottenham Hotspur after picking up a second yellow card during a match on 24 September as well as falling down to the pecking order, making just 10 league appearances.

[33] On 2 January 2016, German police confirmed that Gohouri had been found dead on New Year's Eve in the river Rhine near Krefeld.