Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Soungoutou Magassa [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 October 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stains, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Monaco | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | Sucy FC | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | RC Joinville | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Lusitanos Saint-Maur | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | FC Gobelins | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Monaco | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Monaco B | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Monaco | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | France U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | France U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024 | France Olympic | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:30, 17 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:28, 9 August 2024 (UTC) |
Soungoutou Magassa (born 8 October 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and centre-back for Ligue 1 club Monaco.
Soungoutou Magassa was born in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, playing football for several Francilian clubs before joining the Monaco academy in 2018. [3] [4]
Magassa signed his first professional contract with Monaco in April 2021, choosing them over other high-profile clubs seeking to sign him, including Roma and Milan. [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] He made his professional debut for Monaco on 2 January 2022, replacing Wissam Ben Yedder during a 3–1 Coupe de France away win over Quevilly-Rouen in the round of 32. [9]
Of Malian descent, [3] [6] [7] [8] Soungoutou Magassa is eligible for both the French and Malian national teams. [10] He was called up to the France U20s for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [11]
Described as a box-to-box midfielder, [3] [7] Magassa is able to play both as a defensive midfielder and a centre-back. Good with both feet, he describes himself as a player good at winning the ball back and finding optimal passing options. [10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Monaco B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
Monaco | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Career total | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
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