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Former Everton striker Lacina Traore has been accused of having changed his name and age over 10 years ago by an Ivorian football club president.

The Ivory Coast international joined the Blues on loan from Monaco during the 2013/14 season, but injury meant that the forward only made two appearances for the club.

The striker scored a goal on his Everton debut in the FA Cup against Swansea City with a deft backheel, but had to wait until the final day of that campaign to make his second and final appearance for the club - coming off the bench against Hull City.

However, these new accusations relate to much before Traore ever joined Everton - with Ibrahim Kone, the President of Etoile Sportive d’Abobo, claiming that the Monaco man changed his identity in the mid-Noughties.

"In 2005, I recruited Lacina Traore who was then called Traore Menene," Kone told French radio station RFI.

"Then, he was signed by Stade d’Abidjan. And to my great surprise, he had changed his age and his first name.

"This problem has persisted for 13 years…it is not fair from in a sporting sense and this is why I am bringing a legal case against him.

“I know a lot of things that can prove that he did indeed play for our club. We need to find a solution. I am waiting for the federation to repair this injustice. If this is not resolved, I will take my case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport."

Kone is intent on pursuing the case as FIFA rules state a club gets 5% of future transfer fees when he is developed there between the ages of 12-23 - meaning the Abobo president feels his club deserve a slice of Traore's historical fees.