Gervais Yao Kouassi, known as Gervinho, is a former Ivorian professional footballer who last played as a forward. Gervinho began his career at ASEC Abidjan and Toumodi, before moving to Belgium in 2004 to play for Beveren. Between 2007 and 2011, he played in the French Ligue 1, initially at Le Mans and then at Lille. Wikipedia