Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan

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Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Tornio, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2016 HJK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2023 Klubi 04 49 (11)
2018– HJK 28 (0)
2019 → RoPS (loan) 8 (1)
2020 → Inter Turku (loan) 19 (1)
2022 → Lahti (loan) 23 (1)
International career‡
2016 Finland U17 2 (0)
2017 Finland U19 1 (0)
2019 Finland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2020

Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (born 25 January 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Veikkausliiga club HJK. [1] [2]

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Club career

HJK Helsinki

Kouassivi-Benissan grew up in Helsinki, and spent his entire junior career with HJK Helsinki. He represented HJK youth in 2016–17 UEFA Youth League. [3] After playing for the club's reserve team Klubi 04 since 2016 in second-tier Ykkönen and third-tier Kakkonen, he made his Veikkausliiga debut with the first team on 14 July 2018, at age 19, against TPS. [4]

Loans

On 2 August 2019, Kouassivi-Benissan joined RoPS on loan for the rest of the 2019 season. [5]

On 28 November 2019, it was announced that Kouassivi-Benissan was loaned out to Inter Turku for the 2020 season. He would reunite with former HJK coach José Riveiro. [6]

In the 2021 season, he made only six appearances in the league for HJK, as injuries limited his playing time throughout the season. [4]

On 17 March 2022, Kouassivi-Benissan joined Lahti on loan for the 2022 season. [7] He played in 23 league matches during the season.

Return to HJK

After spending three seasons on loan in three different Veikkausliiga teams, Kouassivi-Benissan started the 2023 season in HJK squad. During the season, he made a breakthrough as he recorded five assists in a span of nine league matches. [8] He also made 11 appearances for HJK in the club's 2023–24 European campaign, in which HJK qualified to the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage. [3] On 6 November 2023, Kouassivi-Benissan extended his contract with HJK, signing a new two-year deal until the end of 2025. [9]

International career

Kouassivi-Benissan has represented Finland at youth international levels.

On 24 August 2023, it was reported in Finnish media that Kouassivi-Benissan had considered a possibility to represent Togo at senior international level, after receiving numerous contacts from Togolese Football Federation. [10]

On 30 August 2023, he received his first call-up to the Finland senior national team by head coach Markku Kanerva, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Denmark, [11] [12] but remained an unused substitute.

Personal life

Kouassivi-Benissan was born in Finland to Finnish mother and Togolese father, and was raised in Pikku Huopalahti. In an interview in the early 2022, Kouassivi-Benissan said he doesn't have a Togolese passport and hasn't visited the country. Besides his native languages Finnish and English, he speaks French. He attended the English school in Meilahti. [13] [14]

Career statistics

As of 11 April 2024. [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Klubi 04 2016 Kakkonen 1000——10
201720320——223
2018 Ykkönen 23740——277
2019Kakkonen2100——21
2021Ykkönen2000——20
2023Kakkonen1000——10
Total49116000005511
HJK Helsinki 2018 Veikkausliiga 2000—0 [lower-alpha 2] 020
2019 8050—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0150
2020 0000——20
2021 6010—4 [lower-alpha 3] 0110
2022 00002 [lower-alpha 4] 00020
2023 110004 [lower-alpha 4] 011 [lower-alpha 3] 0260
2024 10003 [lower-alpha 4] 00040
Total2706090170590
RoPS (loan) 2019 Veikkausliiga81———81
Inter Turku (loan) 2020 Veikkausliiga19160—1 [lower-alpha 5] 0261
Lahti (loan) 2022 Veikkausliiga2316000—291
Career total127142409018017814

Honours

HJK

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References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan lainalle Interiin". Aamuset  [ fi ] (in Finnish). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ↑ HJK:n avausmaalin tehnyt nuorukainen hehkutti Klubin esitystä, Ilta-Sanomat, 20 January 2019
  3. 1 2 KKB, worldfootball.net
  4. 1 2 KKB, hjk.fi
  5. ↑ Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan siirtyy loppukaudeksi Rovaniemen Palloseuraan, rops.fi, 2 August 2019
  6. ↑ KEVIN KOUASSIVI-BENISSAN LAINALLE FC INTERIIN, fcinter.fi, 28 November 2019
  7. ↑ "Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan FC Lahteen" (Press release) (in Finnish). Lahti. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ↑ kkb, hjk.fi
  9. ↑ Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan jatkaa HJK:ssa, hjk.fi, 6 November 2023
  10. ↑ MTV Urheilun tiedot: Huuhkajiin tähtäävä HJK-taituri sai kutsun toiseen maajoukkueeseen, MTV Oy/ mtvuutiset.fi, Eetu Ikola, 24 August 2023
  11. ↑ "Huuhkajat nimetty syyskuun EM-karsintaotteluihin". Suomen Palloliitto (in Finnish). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Huuhkajat-debytantin pitkäaikainen haave toteutui". Suomen Palloliitto (in Finnish). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Yrittävätkö togolaiset saada sinua maajoukkueeseensa, Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan?". HJK Helsinki (in Finnish). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  14. ↑ S., Pacôme (15 August 2016). "Kévin Kouassivi-Bénissan, Togolais de naissance, international Finlandais des U17 d'adoption". Télégramme228 (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  15. ↑ Tulospalvelu Palloliitto, KKB, Finnish FA/ Palloliitto
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