# Damien Chrysostome
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{{Short description|Beninese footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Damien Chrysostome
| image =
| full_name = Koffi Damien Anderson Chrysostome
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|5|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Cotonou](/source/Cotonou), Benin
| height = 1.81 m
| position = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2002–2004
| clubs1 = [Cittadella](/source/A.S._Cittadella)
| caps1 = 20
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2004–2005
| clubs2 = [Biellese](/source/A.S._Biellese_1902)
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2005–2006
| clubs3 = [Cittadella](/source/A.S._Cittadella)
| caps3 = 26
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2007
| clubs4 = [Cuneo](/source/Associazione_Calcio_Cuneo_1905)
| caps4 = 18
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2007–2008
| clubs5 = [Casale](/source/A.S._Casale_Calcio)
| caps5 = 24
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2008–2009
| clubs6 = [Metz](/source/FC_Metz)
| caps6 = 19
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2009–2011
| clubs7 = [Denizlispor](/source/Denizlispor)
| caps7 = 47
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2012
| clubs8 = [JJK](/source/JJK_Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4)
| caps8 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 169
| totalgoals = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2011
| nationalteam1 = [Benin](/source/Benin_national_football_team)[{{cite web |last1=Mamrud |first1=Roberto |title=Benin - Record International Players |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/benin-recintlp.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=21 October 2023 |date=23 July 2023}}]
| nationalcaps1 = 58
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome''' (born 24 May 1982) is a Beninese former professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [defender](/source/defender_(association_football)). He spent much of his career in the Italian lower leagues before joining French club [FC Metz](/source/FC_Metz) for the 2008–09 season. The following two seasons he played for Turkish side [Denizlispor](/source/Denizlispor). He ended his career in Finland with [JJK Jyväskylä](/source/JJK_Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4). At international leve, he made 58 appearances for the [Benin national team](/source/Benin_national_football_team).
==Club career==
Chrysostome was born in [Cotonou](/source/Cotonou), Benin. In Italy he was a member of the [A.S. Cittadella](/source/A.S._Cittadella) [Serie C1](/source/Serie_C1) squad for the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons and part of the 2004–05 season. The rest of 2004–05 was spent with [A.S. Biellese 1902](/source/A.S._Biellese_1902) in [Serie C2](/source/Serie_C2). He returned to Cittadella for the 2005–06 season, then moved to [Associazione Calcio Cuneo 1905](/source/Associazione_Calcio_Cuneo_1905) for the 2005–06 season in Serie C2.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.casalecalcio.it/site/giocatore.php?id=289 |title=Casale Calcio: Scheda giocatore: Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome |access-date=24 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306211805/http://www.casalecalcio.it/site/giocatore.php?id=289 |archive-date=6 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}] During the 2007–08 season he appeared for Casale in Serie D.[{{Lequipe|20052}}]
==International career==
In 2001, Chrysostome appeared in all three of country's matches in the [2004 African Nations Cup](/source/2004_African_Nations_Cup). The [Benin national team](/source/Benin_national_football_team) lost all three of their games in the first round of competition, and failed to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04a-det.html|title=African Nations Cup 2004 - Final Tournament Details|website=[RSSSF](/source/RSSSF)|access-date=13 February 2018}}] He was ever-present in the [2008 tournament](/source/2008_African_Nations_Cup), when again Benin failed to progress beyond the group stage.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{NFT|772}}
{{Benin Squad 2004 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Benin Squad 2008 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Benin Squad 2010 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chrysostome, Damien}}
Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Cotonou
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Beninese men's footballers
Category:21st-century Beninese sportsmen
Category:Benin men's international footballers
Category:2004 African Cup of Nations players
Category:2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:AC Cuneo 1905 players
Category:Casale FBC players
Category:AS Cittadella players
Category:FC Metz players
Category:Denizlispor footballers
Category:Ligue 2 players
Category:Süper Lig players
Category:Beninese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Beninese expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
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