Benjamin Angoua

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Benjamin Angoua
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Angoua with Valenciennes in 2010
Personal information
Full name Brou Benjamin Angoua
Date of birth (1986-11-28) 28 November 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Anyama, Ivory Coast
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Stade Briochin
Number 22
Youth career
Toumodi
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Africa Sports 45 (1)
2006–2010 Budapest Honvéd 95 (1)
2010–2014 Valenciennes 113 (3)
2014–2018 Guingamp 61 (1)
2017 → New England Revolution (loan) 26 (1)
2019–2020 Levadiakos 24 (1)
2020– Stade Briochin 52 (2)
International career‡
2008 Ivory Coast U23 4 (0)
2008–2014 Ivory Coast [1] 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:57, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:46, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Brou Benjamin Angoua (born 28 November 1986) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French Championnat National club Stade Briochin. He is equally adept at playing as either a defensive midfielder or a central defender. [2] He has represented the Ivory Coast national football team at the Olympic Games and the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Club career

Born in Anyama, Angoua began his career with local club Toumodi. [3] He also played for Africa Sports National in the Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division. [4]

After two seasons with the club, Angoua moved abroad to play with Budapest Honvéd in Hungary. [4] He spent four years at the club, in which he made over 90 appearances. [5]

In 2010, Angoua moved to France to play with first division club Valenciennes. [4] After a four-season-and-a half at Valenciennes, he signed on to play for Guingamp on 15 July 2014. [6] After two and a half years in Brittany, he signed with New England Revolution on a one-year loan. [7] [8] His loan was not extended following the 2017 season. [9]

On 30 December 2018, he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Super League Greece club Levadiakos for an undisclosed fee. [10]

Angoua left Greece at the end of his Levadiakos contract, returning to France to sign a one-year deal with newly promoted Championnat National side Stade Briochin in July 2020. [11]

International career

Angoua represented the Ivory Coast under-23 team at the 2008 Olympic Games, losing in the quarterfinals to Nigeria. [12]

On 18 November 2009, Angoua made his senior team debut in a 2–2 friendly draw against Germany, coming on as a substitute for Cheick Tioté. [13] He scored his first goal in a 2–0 friendly against Rwanda, scoring in the 90th minute. [14] [ better source needed ]

Angoua was named to the squad for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations [15] and 2010 FIFA World Cup, [16] but didn't make an appearance in either tournament. He made an appearance for the senior team at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, coming on as a substitute for Igor Lolo in a 2–0 win against Angola. [17]

Personal life

Angoua holds both Ivorian and French nationalities. [18]

Honors

Ivory Coast

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  2. ↑ "Best Football Cleats". Football Central. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "En Avant de Guingamp : Benjamin Angoua a signé". actu.fr (in French). 15 July 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Seth Macomber (25 January 2017). "Report: Revolution to sign Benjamin Angoua". The Bent Musket. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "B. ANGOUA". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Benjamin Angoua (Valenciennes), a signé pour un an (Benjamin Angoua (Valenciennes), has signed a one year) eaguingamp.com. 15 July 2014.(in French)
  7. ↑ Benjamin Baer (27 January 2017). "New England Revolution add center Benjamin Angoua to backline". MLS. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Revolution Acquire Defender Benjamin Angoua revolutionsoccer.net. 27 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Report: Benjamin Angoua heading back to France to rejoin Guingamp". MLS. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Λεβαδειακός: Ενίσχυση με Ανγκουά". www.onsports.gr. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "Football. Benjamin Angoua (Stade briochin) : " Un bon moyen de rebondir "" (in French). Ouest France. 31 July 2020.
  12. ↑ Ivorian Olympian's sights on South Africa FIFA.com. 29 August 2008.
  13. ↑ "Germany 2 – 2 Ivory Coast". ESPN. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Rwanda 0 – 2 Ivory Coast". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  15. ↑ Cafonline
  16. ↑ 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010
  17. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ↑ "Brou Benjamin Angoua". Ligue1 (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  19. ↑ "AfricanFootball - Cote d'Ivoire".
  20. ↑ "2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches".
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