Rodrigue Kossi

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Rodrigue Kossi
Personal information
Full name Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Dassa-Zoumé, Benin
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Taraji
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Les Buffles FC du Borgou
2018–2023 Club Africain 58 (0)
2023– Al-Taraji 0 (0)
International career
Benin youth
2019– Benin[2] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:32, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:32, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé (born 11 July 2000) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Taraji as a midfielder.

Club career[edit]

After beginning his senior club career with Les Buffles FC du Borgou in 2017,[3] Kossi signed for Tunisian club Club Africain in September 2018.[4]

On 5 July 2023, Saudi club Al-Taraji announced the signing of Kossi.[5]

International career[edit]

Kossi represented Benin at youth level,[4] and received his first call-up to the senior national team in March 2019.[6]

He made his Benin national football team debut on 6 September 2019 in a friendly against Ivory Coast, when he substituted Jordan Adéoti in the 82nd minute.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rodrigue Kossi at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Rodrigue Kossi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Profile". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Transfert – Tunisie: le béninois Rodrigue Kossi officiellement Rouge et blanc" (in French). BeninWebTV. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ "رودريغ كوسي في الترجي السعودي".
  6. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (13 March 2019). "2019 Africa Cup of Nations: Benin turn to uncapped quartet for qualifier". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Ivory Coast v Benin game report". Sky Sports. 6 September 2019.