Bonaventure Kalou

Bonaventure Kalou's story is the kind of second act I love to see. Born in Oumé in 1978, the Ivorian attacking midfielder built a professional career on the pitch, then went home and won election as mayor of Vavoua. I find that arc genuinely compelling. The instincts that serve an athlete, reading a moment, leading, performing under pressure, translate surprisingly well to public service, yet few make the leap and fewer commit to their hometown. A former footballer choosing to govern a community from the inside reads to me as a coherent, principled life. I quietly root for him to succeed.

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Name (English)

Bonaventure Kalou

Name (Japanese)

ボナベントゥル・カルー

Reading

ぼなべんとぅる・かるー

Born

January 12, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Oumé, Oumé Department, Ivory Coast

Height

182 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaventure%20Kalou
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%8A%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q343965

Tags

• Oumé Department
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.