Blaise Tohou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Blaise Tohou Ngague[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyabé, Chad | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2012 | Stade Amplepuisien | ||
| 2012–2016 | Lyon | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | UConn Huskies | 51 | (2) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Lyon B | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | FC Lyon | ||
| 2022 | Lyon La Duchère II | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | Besa Biel | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | Chad | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:05, 14 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:23, 13 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
Blaise Tohou (born 17 February 1997) is a Chadian footballer who plays for the Chad national team.
Early career
[edit]In 2006 Tohou joined Stade Amplepuisien. He remained at the club until 2012 when he joined the academy of Olympique Lyonnais of Ligue 1. He stayed with the club for four seasons before leaving due to injury.[2][3] During his final two seasons at Lyonnais he worked his way into the second team and made three league appearances in the Championnat National 2.[4][5] After departing from Olympique Lyonnais, Tohou joined FC Lyon from 2016 to 2017.[6]
College career
[edit]Tohou played college soccer in the United States for the UConn Huskies from 2017 to 2019. In total he made 51 appearances for the team, scoring two goals.[7]
International career
[edit]Tohou was first invited to the Chad squad in August 2015 for 2016 African Nations Championship qualification.[8] He eventually made his senior international debut on 10 October 2020 in a friendly loss to Niger.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 10 October 2020[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Olympique Lyonnais profile". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERVIEW : DE AMPLEPUIS AU CONNECTICUT, VOICI BLAISE TOHOU-NGAGUÉ !" (in French). Stade Amplepuisien. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "GSA profile". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Victoires et Turbulences" (in French). Emmanuel Tregoat. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "UConn profile". UConn Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Karouri, Per Khaled. "Info FM, OL : un espoir de 18 ans suscite l'intérêt" (in French). footmercato.net. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Blaise Tohou at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Chadian men's footballers
- Chadian expatriate men's footballers
- Chad men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- UConn Huskies men's soccer players
- FC Lyon players
- Lyon-La Duchère players
- Chadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland