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 21)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Monaco B 21 (1)
2022– Monaco 37 (0)
International career‡
2022–2023 France U20 5 (0)
2023– France U21 3 (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, correct as of 19:33, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024

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]

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 January 2025 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco B 2021–22 Championnat National 2 211———211
Monaco 2021–22 Ligue 1 0010——10
2022–23 Ligue 1201000—30
2023–24 Ligue 121010——220
2024–25 Ligue 1140206 [a] 11 [b] 0231
Total370506110491
Career total581506110702

Honours

France U23

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