Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1975)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Koffi Blaise Kouassi[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2000 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
2000–2005 | Guingamp | 117 | (1) |
2005–2007 | Troyes | 45 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Al-Rayyan | 5 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Angers | 19 | (0) |
International career | |||
1997–2006 | Ivory Coast[2] | 37 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2010– | Ivory Coast (assistant manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Koffi Blaise Kouassi (born 2 February 1975) is an Ivorian former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He works as assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.
Club career
Kouassi was born in Abidjan. He previously played for ASEC Mimosas in his homeland, in France for En Avant Guingamp, Troyes AC in Ligue 1, Angers in the Ligue 2[3] and for Al-Rayyan in Qatar.
International career
He earned 37 caps for the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.
Coaching career
On 28 May 2010, Kouassi was named as the new assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.
Honors
Ivory Coast
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up:2006[4]
References
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ Blaise Kouassi at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Blaise Kouassi – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- ^ "African Nations Cup 2006".
External links
- Blaise Kouassi at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Abidjan
- Association football defenders
- Ivorian footballers
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- ASEC Mimosas players
- En Avant Guingamp players
- ES Troyes AC players
- Angers SCO players
- Al-Rayyan SC players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 1998 African Cup of Nations players
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Ivorian football biography stubs