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| Full name | Éric Akoto | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2006 | |||
Éric Akoto (born 20 July 1980 in Accra, Ghana) is a naturalized Togolese football defender, who plays for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in the Israeli Premier League.
Club career
Akoto started his career in Ghana, at Liberty Professionals FC in 1998 before moving to Austria later that year to play for Grazer AK. In 2002 he moved to Austria Vienna, before moving to Germany in 2004 to play for FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt. On 1 June 2005 he moved back to Austria to play for VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.[1] In 2006 he once again moved to Grazer AK.[1] In July 2007 he moved to Slovenia signing for Interblock Ljubljana.[2]
In the January 2008 transfer window, Akoto went on trial with Football League Championship club Blackpool in England. [3] He moved in July 2008 from Slovenian PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije club, Interblock Ljubljana to the Austrian Bundesliga club Kapfenberger SV[4]. in 2009 he moved to Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
International career
Despite being born in the Ghanaian capital of Accra he plays for neighbouring Togo. He was part of the Togo squad in the 2006 World Cup finals where Togo were knocked out of the competition in the group stages, but he did not play any games.[1]
Background
He is the second person from Ghana who plays for Togo, the other is Richmond Forson.
References
- ^ a b c "Akoto joins Grazer AK". MTN Group. 2006-07-06. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Okrepitev iz Toga" (in Slovenian). Interblock Ljubljana. 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "Grayson casts net worldwide for signings". Blackpool Gazette. 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ SV Kapfenberg holt Eric Akoto ins Boot: Togolese war bereits bei GAK, Austria tätig
External links
- Éric Akoto at National-Football-Teams.com
- Éric Akoto at Soccerbase
- Eric Akoto Profil at Transfermarkt.de
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Togo were disqualified from the tournament after missing their opening game against Ghana due to a terrorist attack. | ||
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Accra
- Naturalized citizens of Togo
- Togolese footballers
- Togo international footballers
- Liberty Professionals players
- Togolese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Grazer AK players
- FK Austria Wien players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- Expatriate footballers in Slovenia
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth F.C. players
- Ghanaian footballers
- Togolese football biography stubs