Olivier Kapo

Olivier Kapo's story interests me because of its dual roots: born in Marcory, Abidjan, in 1980, he rose to represent France. I'm always drawn to players who carry two homelands, because succeeding in that space takes more than talent. A 1.84 m attacking midfielder who could also play left wing, he occupied a creative-yet-direct role that demands both vision and bite. He may not own a glittering trophy cabinet, but the arc itself, from West Africa to the European stage and a national team, is the real achievement in my eyes. That kind of journey carries a weight that statistics never fully capture.

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Name (English)

Olivier Kapo

Name (Japanese)

オリビエ・カポ

Reading

おりびえ・かぽ

Born

September 27, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Marcory, Abidjan Department, Ivory Coast

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier%20Kapo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331914

Tags

• Abidjan 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.