Kossi Agassa

Kossi Agassa

Personal information
Full name	Kossi Agassa
Date of birth	(1978-07-02) 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
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. On 11 August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract.

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".

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

External links

• Media related to Kossi Agassa at Wikimedia Commons
• Kossi Agassa at National-Football-Teams.com