Kossi Agassa

Kossi Agassa
Personal information
Full name Kossi Agassa[1]
Date of birth (1978-07-02) 2 July 1978 (age 46)
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
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 in Togo and Africa Sports in the Ivory Coast, he moved to French club Metz in 2002 where he stayed until 2006. Following a one-year stint at Spanish club Hércules, he joined Reims in 2008 where he amassed 167 league appearances during an eight-year stay interrupted by a loan to Istres in the 2009–10 season. He ended his career after one season at Granville.

Club career

In July 2016, after eight years with Reims, Agassa was left out of first-team training.[2] On 11 August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract.[3]

International career

With over 50 caps for Togo national team, Agassa is one of his country's most experienced players, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup as the first-choice goalkeeper. He is known as "Magic Hands".[4]

In 2013 he played in all matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when his team reached the quarter-finals.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Togo" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Reims : Kossi Agassa raconte son impasse". L'Equipe (in French). 18 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Transfert : Kossi Agassa résilie avec Reims". L'Equipe (in French). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Togo team guide". BBC News. 11 June 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ https://africanfootball.com/tournament-matches/141/2013- Archived 27 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Africa-Cup-Of-Nations / 1
  6. ^ "AfricanFootball - Togo".


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