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Ralph Kottoy
Personal information
Full name Ralph Kottoy Yapande[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bangui, Central African Republic
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Limonest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Paris Saint-Germain B 8 (2)
2013–2014 Sainte-Geneviève Sports 9 (0)
2014–2015 Visé 6 (2)
2016–2017 Algarve
2017–2018 Larne 17 (4)
2018 Carrick Rangers 13 (0)
2018 Petrocub Hîncești
2019 KTP 6 (0)
2019–2022 US Granville 44 (5)
2022– Limonest 5 (1)
International career‡
2017– Central African Republic 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:01, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:37, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Ralph Kottoy Yapande (born 9 February 1992) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier and the Central African Republic national team.

Club career

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Born in Bangui, Kottoy spent his early career with Paris Saint-Germain B, Sainte-Geneviève Sports, Visé, Algarve and Larne.[1][2]

Kottoy was one of three players released by Larne in January 2018 due to "a serious breach of club discipline".[3][4] Later that month he signed for Carrick Rangers.[5][6]

By September 2018 he was playing for Petrocub Hîncești in Moldova,[7] and was still playing for them in October 2018.[8]

In February 2019 he signed a one-year contract with Finnish club KTP.[9] On 2 June 2019, it was announced, that his contract had been terminated by mutual consent after playing only 10 games.[10]

In September 2019 he signed for French club US Granville.[11] After three seasons with the club, he signed for FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier in August 2022.[12]

International career

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He made his international debut for Central African Republic in 2017.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ralph Kottoy". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ Ralph Kottoy at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ^ John Gillespie (10 January 2018). "Three Larne players have contracts terminated - club statement in full". Northernirelandworld. Larne Times. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ^ Graham Luney (11 January 2018). "Larne wield their axe on trio after 'serious breach of club discipline'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Carrick Rangers strike to sign international midfielder axed by Larne". Belfast Telegraph. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ^ John Gillespie (12 January 2018). "Ralph Kottoy: Contract terminated by Larne, signs for Carrick Rangers". Northernirelandworld. Larne Times. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. ^ "LES FAUVES DU BAS-OUBANGUI EN REGROUPEMENT AU SÉNÉGAL" (in French). CAF. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (1 October 2018). "Geoffrey Kondogbia set for Central Africa Republic debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  9. ^ "KTP kiinnitti Veikkausliiga-kokemusta ja maajoukkuetason osaamista joukkueeseensa" (in Finnish). Suomi Futis. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ Ralph Kottoyn sopimus on purettu — KTP:n keskikenttä kapenee jälleen, kymensanomat.fi, 2 June 2019
  11. ^ Ouest-France, 13 September 2019
  12. ^ "Le journal du mercato du 20 au 26 août" (in French). footamateur.fr. 27 August 2022.


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