Kossi Agassa

Kossi Agassa

Personal information
Full name	Kossi Agassa
Date of birth	(1978-07-02) 2 July 1978
Place of birth	Lomé, Togo
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Stade Reims
Number	16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2001	Étoile Filante de Lomé
2001–2002	Africa Sports
2002–2006	FC Metz	31	(0)
2006–2007	Hércules CF	8	(0)
2008–	Stade Reims	101	(0)
2009-2010	→ FC Istres (loan)	19	(0)
National team‡
1998–	Togo	52	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2011

Kossi Agassa (born 2 July 1978 in Lomé) is a Togolese footballer.

International career

With over 50 caps for Togo he is one of his country's most experienced players, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup as the first-choice goalkeeper. Coming out of the group stage he had the most saves of any keeper with 36. He is known as "Magic Hands" because he once had surgery to fix a cartilage injury. Kossi also has an impressive number of goals at 25.

External links

• Career history, statistics, timeline and profile at FootballDatabase
• Kossi Agassa at National-Football-Teams.com
• Bio at FC Metz.com