Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kossi Agassa [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 July 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2001 | Étoile Filante de Lomé | ||
2001–2002 | Africa Sports | ||
2002–2006 | Metz | 31 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Hércules | 8 | (0) |
2008–2016 | Reims | 167 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Istres (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Granville | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
1999–2017 | Togo | 74 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kossi Agassa (born 2 July 1978) is a French-Togolese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent most of his club career in France. Between 1999 and 2017, he made 74 FIFA-official appearances for the Togo national team.
Having played for the Étoile Filante de Lomé in Togo and Africa Sports in the Ivory Coast, he moved to French club FC Metz in 2002 where he stayed until 2006. Following a one-year stint at Spanish club Hércules CF, he joined Stade de Reims in 2008 where he amassed 167 league appearances during an eight-year stay interrupted by a loan to FC Istres in the 2009–10 season. He ended his career after one season at US Granville.
In July 2016, after eight years with Stade de Reims, Agassa became unwanted at the club and was left out of first-team training. [2] On 11 August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract. [3]
With over 50 caps for Togo national team he is one of his country's most experienced players, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup as the first-choice goalkeeper. He is known as "Magic Hands". [4]
In 2013 he played in all matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when his team reached the quarter-finals. [5] [6]
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