{{short description|Togolese footballer (1978–2010)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Massamasso Tchangai | fullname = Komi Massamasso Tchangai<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|df=y|1978|8|8}} | birth_place = Ketao, Togo | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2010|8|8|1978|8|8}} | death_place = Lomé, Togo | height = 1.83 m | position = Defender | years1 = 1995–1996 | clubs1 = ASKO Kara | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1996–1998 | clubs2 = CA Bizertin | caps2 = 35 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1998–2002 | clubs3 = Udinese | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1998–1999 | clubs4 = → Gorica (loan) | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 1999–2001 | clubs5 = → De Graafschap (loan) | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2001–2002 | clubs6 = → Viterbese (loan) | caps6 = 16 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2002–2006 | clubs7 = Benevento | caps7 = 86 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2006–2008 | clubs8 = Al-Nassr | caps8 = 23 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2009 | clubs9 = Shenzhen Shangqingyin | caps9 = 29 | goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1996–2008 | nationalteam1 = Togo<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/togo-recintlp.html Togo - Record International Players]</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 43 | nationalgoals1 = 2 }}
'''Komi Massamasso Tchangai''' (8 August 1978 – 8 August 2010) was a Togolese professional footballer who played as a defender. He appeared with the Togo national team in 37 international matches, scoring five times, between 1996 and 2008.
==Club career== Tchangai signed to the Italian club Udinese Calcio in 1998 after appearing for Togo at the 1998 African Cup of Nations finals in Burkina Faso. Tchangai was loaned to ND Gorica in Slovenia and later to the Dutch club De Graafschap before moving to Viterbese and Benevento<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204120746/http://www.footballplus.com/players/19042/Komi-Massamesso-Tchangai.html FootballPlus.com]</ref> in the Italian lower leagues.<ref>[http://www.spielergewerkschaft.de/wirprofis/WP_03_08.pdf Spielergewerkschaft]{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref>
==International career== Tchangai was a member of the Togo national team and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. He represented his country at four Africa Cup of Nations (1998, 2000, 2002, 2006). He earned his first national cap for Togo against Congo in August 1996. He won 37 caps and scored five goals for Togo.<ref>[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_worldcup.asp?HeroID=35388 Sporting-heroes.net]</ref>
==Death== Tchangai died on the evening of his 32nd birthday, on 8 August 2010, after a brief illness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Massamasso-Tchangai-89096732 |newspaper=Sport 24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311114521/http://www.tributes.com/show/Massamasso-Tchangai-89096732 |archivedate=11 Mar 2012 |title=Massamasso Tchangai |date=15 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="kounadis">{{cite news|last=Kounadis|first=Theodore|script-title=el:Πέθανε ποδοσφαιριστής στα γενέθλια του|url=http://sport24.gr/football/Kosmos/pethane_podosfairisths_sta_genethlia_toy.458109.html|accessdate=9 August 2010|newspaper=Sport 24|date=9 August 2010|language=Greek|archive-date=23 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723071851/http://www.sport24.gr/football/Kosmos/pethane_podosfairisths_sta_genethlia_toy.458109.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|6631|name=Massamesso Tchangai}}
{{Togo Squad 1998 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Togo Squad 2000 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Togo Squad 2002 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Togo Squad 2006 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Togo Squad 2006 World Cup}}
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