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Alain Koudou

Ivorian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ2350530 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alain Koudou (born 21 October 1984), commonly known as Arunina, is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Koudou began his career in the Académie de Sol Beni was 2004 promoted to ASEC Mimosas where he scored 17 goals in 13 games. In January 2005 he moved to Belgium-based club KSK Beveren where he played for three years. After a one-year stint with R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne he joined C.S. Visé on 1 September 2008.

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The public source identifies “Alain Koudou” as ivorian footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alain, Koudou and Ivorian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2004, 2005, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-10-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Alain, Koudou and Ivorian providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2350530. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984, 2004, 2005 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alain Koudou” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.