Soungoutou Magassa

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Soungoutou Magassa
Personal information
Full name Soungoutou Magassa [1]
Date of birth (2003-10-08) 8 October 2003 (age 20)
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
2018–2021 Monaco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Monaco II 21 (1)
2022– Monaco 20 (0)
International career‡
2022–2023 France U20 5 (0)
2023– France U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:17, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 13 October 2023 (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.

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Early life

Soungoutou Magassa was born in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, playing football for several Francilian clubs before joining the Monaco academy in 2018. [3] [4]

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco II 2021–22 Championnat National 2 211–—–211
Monaco 2021–22 Ligue 1 0010––10
2022–23 Ligue 1201000–30
2023–24 Ligue 118010––190
Total200300000230
Career total411300000441

Style of play

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Soungoutou Magassa". AS Monaco FC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Le jeune Magassa signe pro à Monaco". L'Équipe (in French). 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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  5. ↑ Valente, Toni (30 April 2021). "Mercato - Soungoutou Magassa a signé un contrat professionnel". Ouest-France . Made in Monégasque. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 "AS Monaco : une jeune pépite signe pro". Onze Mondial (in French). 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Tomegah, Rodolph (30 April 2021). "Soungoutou Magassa : Le jeune franco-malien signe son premier contrat pro avec l'AS Monaco". Africa Top Sports (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  8. 1 2 Demba, Varore (1 May 2021). "Monaco : Soungoutou Magassa snobe le Milan AC". Sport News Africa (in French). Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Maltret, Laurent (2 January 2022). "Quevilly-Rouen 1-3 Monaco, Coupe de France , résultat et résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  10. 1 2 Diakaté, Bréhima (20 April 2020). "Soungoutou Magassa : "Je veux devenir un grand joueur"". Référence14Sport.ml (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde". www.fff.fr.
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