![]() Magassa with Monaco in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Soungoutou Magassa | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 October 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stains, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | West Ham United | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2025 | Monaco | 44 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | West Ham United | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | France U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2025 | France U21 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024 | France Olympic | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:13, 30 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025 |
Soungoutou Magassa (born 8 October 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and centre-back for Premier League club West Ham United.
Soungoutou Magassa [2] was born on 8 October 2003 in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, [3] playing football for several Francilian clubs before joining the Monaco academy in 2018. [4] [5]
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. [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] 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. [10]
On 29 August 2025, Magassa signed for Premier League club West Ham United on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. [11]
Of Malian descent, [4] [7] [8] [9] Soungoutou Magassa is eligible for both the French and Malian national teams. [12] He was called up to the France U20s for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [13]
Described as a box-to-box midfielder, [4] [8] 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. [12]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | 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 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 [a] | 1 | 1 [b] | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 1 | ||
Career total | 65 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 2 |
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