Kossi Agassa
![]() Agassi with Togo in May 2006 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kossi Agassa | ||
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.
Club career
In July 2016, after eight years with Stade de Reims, Agassa became unwanted at the club and was left out of first-team training.[1] On 11 August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract.[2]
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. He is known as "Magic Hands".[3]
References
- ^ "Reims : Kossi Agassa raconte son impasse". L'Equipe (in French). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Transfert : Kossi Agassa résilie avec Reims". L'Equipe (in French). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Togo team guide". BBC News. 11 June 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
External links
- Kossi Agassa at FootballDatabase.eu
- Kossi Agassa at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Association football goalkeepers
- Togolese footballers
- Togolese expatriate footballers
- Togo international footballers
- 2000 African Cup of Nations players
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Ligue 2 players
- Étoile Filante du Togo players
- Africa Sports d'Abidjan players
- FC Metz players
- Stade de Reims players
- Hércules CF players
- FC Istres players
- US Granville players
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast
- Expatriate footballers in Ivory Coast
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Togolese football biography stubs