Kossi Agassa

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Kossi Agassa
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Personal information
Full name Kossi Agassa [1]
Date of birth (1978-07-02) 2 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2001 Étoile Filante
2001–2002 Africa Sports
2002–2006 Metz 31 (0)
2006–2007 Hércules 8 (0)
2008–2016 Reims 182 (0)
2009–2010Istres (loan) 19 (0)
2016–2017 Granville 0 (0)
Total240(0)
International career
1999–2017 Togo 85 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kossi Agassa (born 2 July 1978) is a French-Togolese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his club career in France. Between 1999 and 2017, he made 74 FIFA-official appearances for the Togo national team.

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Having played for the Étoile Filante in Togo and Africa Sports in the Ivory Coast, he moved to French club Metz in 2002 where he stayed until 2006. Following a one-year stint at Spanish club Hércules, he joined Reims in 2008 where he amassed 167 league appearances during an eight-year stay interrupted by a loan to Istres in the 2009–10 season. He ended his career after one season at Granville.

Club career

In July 2016, after eight years with Reims, Agassa was left out of first-team training. [2] On 11 August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract. [3]

International career

With over 50 caps for Togo national team, Agassa is one of his country's most experienced players, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup as the first-choice goalkeeper. He is known as "Magic Hands". [4]

In 2013 he played in all matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when his team reached the quarter-finals. [5] [6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [7]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz 2002–03 Ligue 2 1800010190
2003–04 Ligue 1 1100000110
2004–05 10000010
2005–06 10001020
Total3100020330
Hércules 2006–07 Segunda División 8020100
Reims 2007–08 Ligue 2140140
2008–09 1500000150
2010–11 2306000290
2011–12 3500000350
2012–13 Ligue 13300010340
2013–14 3400000340
2014–15 1702010200
2015–16 1101010130
Total182090301940
Istres (loan) 2009–10 Ligue 21900020210
Career total24001107000002580

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [8]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Togo 199820
199980
2000120
200190
200240
200340
200440
200560
2006100
200720
200820
200930
201010
201110
201210
201340
201430
201670
201720
Total850

References

  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Togo" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. "Reims : Kossi Agassa raconte son impasse". L'Equipe (in French). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. "Transfert : Kossi Agassa résilie avec Reims". L'Equipe (in French). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. "Togo team guide". BBC News. 11 June 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. https://africanfootball.com/tournament-matches/141/2013- Archived 27 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Africa-Cup-Of-Nations / 1
  6. "AfricanFootball - Togo".
  7. Kossi Agassa at Soccerway
  8. Kossi Agassa at National-Football-Teams.com