{{short description|French-Togolese footballer (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kossi Agassa | image = Journée des abonnés (2).jpg | caption = | full_name = Kossi Agassa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Togo |publisher=FIFA |page=28 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Lomé, Togo | height = 1.90 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1997–2001 | clubs1 = Étoile Filante | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = Africa Sports | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2002–2006 | clubs3 = Metz | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2006–2007 | clubs4 = Hércules | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2008–2016 | clubs5 = Reims | caps5 = 182 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2009–2010 | clubs6 = → Istres (loan) | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = Granville | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | totalcaps = 240 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1999–2017 | nationalteam1 = Togo | nationalcaps1 = 85 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reims : Kossi Agassa raconte son impasse|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Reims-kossi-agassa-raconte-son-impasse/707755|access-date=20 September 2016|work=L'Equipe|date=18 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> On 11 August 2016, he agreed to the termination of his contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Transfert : Kossi Agassa résilie avec Reims|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transfert-kossi-agassa-resilie-avec-reims/715523|access-date=20 September 2016|work=L'Equipe|date=11 August 2016|language=fr}}</ref>
==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".<ref>{{cite news|title=Togo team guide|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4369094.stm|access-date=7 March 2017|work=BBC News|date=11 June 2006}}</ref>
In 2013 he played in all matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations when his team reached the quarter-finals.<ref>https://africanfootball.com/tournament-matches/141/2013- {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027043133/https://africanfootball.com/tournament-matches/141/2013- |date=27 October 2020 }} Africa-Cup-Of-Nations / 1</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://africanfootball.com/team/62/Togo/141/2013-Africa-Cup-Of-Nations/|title = AfricanFootball - Togo}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{Soccerway|kossi-agassa/580}}</ref> |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Metz |2002–03 |Ligue 2 |18||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0 |- |2003–04 | rowspan="3" |Ligue 1 |11||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0 |- |2004–05 |1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |2005–06 |1||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !31!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!33!!0 |- |Hércules |2006–07 |Segunda División |8||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||0 |- | rowspan="9" |Reims |2007–08 | rowspan="4" |Ligue 2 |14||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||0 |- |2008–09 |15||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||0 |- |2010–11 |23||0||6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||0 |- |2011–12 |35||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- |2012–13 | rowspan="4" |Ligue 1 |33||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- |2013–14 |34||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- |2014–15 |17||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||0 |- |2015–16 |11||0||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !182!!0!!9!!0!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!194!!0 |- |Istres (loan) |2009–10 |Ligue 2 |19||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||21||0 |- ! colspan="3" | Career total !240!!0!!11!!0!!7!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!258!!0 |}
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT|6643}}</ref> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="19"|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 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!85!!0 |}
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