Kossi Agassa

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.

Kossi Agassa

Personal information
Full name	Kossi Agassa[1]
Date of birth	(1978-07-02) 2 July 1978 (age 47)
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	182	(0)
2009–2010	→ Istres (loan)	19	(0)
2016–2017	Granville	0	(0)
Total		240	(0)
International career
1999–2017	Togo	85	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Metz	2002–03	Ligue 2	18	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		19	0
	2003–04	Ligue 1	11	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	2004–05		1	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
	2005–06		1	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		31	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		33	0
Hércules	2006–07	Segunda División	8	0	2	0	—		—		—		10	0
Reims	2007–08	Ligue 2	14	0	—		—		—		—		14	0
	2008–09		15	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
	2010–11		23	0	6	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
	2011–12		35	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		35	0
	2012–13	Ligue 1	33	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		34	0
	2013–14		34	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		34	0
	2014–15		17	0	2	0	1	0	—		—		20	0
	2015–16		11	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		13	0
	Total		182	0	9	0	3	0	—		—		194	0
Istres (loan)	2009–10	Ligue 2	19	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		21	0
Career total			240	0	11	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	258	0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Togo	1998	2	0
	1999	8	0
	2000	12	0
	2001	9	0
	2002	4	0
	2003	4	0
	2004	4	0
	2005	6	0
	2006	10	0
	2007	2	0
	2008	2	0
	2009	3	0
	2010	1	0
	2011	1	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	4	0
	2014	3	0
	2016	7	0
	2017	2	0
Total		85	0