Soungoutou Magassa

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Soungoutou Magassa
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Magassa with Monaco in 2025
Personal information
Full name Soungoutou Magassa
Date of birth (2003-10-08) 8 October 2003 (age 21)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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
Men's football
Representing Flag of France.svg France
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
* 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.

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Early life

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]

Club career

Monaco

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]

West Ham United

On 29 August 2025, Magassa signed for Premier League club West Ham United on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. [11]

International career

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]

Style of play

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]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2025 [14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco B 2021–22 Championnat National 2 211211
Monaco 2021–22 Ligue 1 001010
2022–23 Ligue 120100030
2023–24 Ligue 121010220
2024–25 Ligue 1230207 [a] 11 [b] 0331
Total440507110571
Career total651507110782

Honours

France Olympic

Orders

References

  1. "Soungoutou Magassa". AS Monaco FC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  2. "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  3. "Soungoutou Magassa". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  4. 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.
  5. "Soungoutou MAGASSA". AS Monaco (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "West Ham United sign Soungoutou Magassa". West Ham United F.C. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  12. 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.
  13. "Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde". www.fff.fr.
  14. Soungoutou Magassa at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  15. Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  16. "Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite" [Decree of 23 September 2024 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2024 (227). 24 September 2024. PRER2420330D. Retrieved 17 March 2025.