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{{short description|French-Togolese footballer}}
{{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 (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1997–2001
| clubs1 = [[Étoile Filante de Lomé|Étoile Filante]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 2001–2002
| clubs2 = [[Africa Sports d'Abidjan|Africa Sports]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 2002–2006
| clubs3 = [[FC Metz|Metz]]
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2007
| clubs4 = [[Hércules CF|Hércules]]
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2008–2016
| clubs5 = [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
| caps5 = 182
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2009–2010
| clubs6 = → [[FC Istres|Istres]] (loan)
| caps6 = 19
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2016–2017
| clubs7 = [[US Granville|Granville]]
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 240
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2017
| nationalteam1 = [[Togo national football team|Togo]]
| nationalcaps1 = 85
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Kossi Agassa''' (born 2 July 1978) is a French-Togolese former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He spent most of his club career in France. Between 1999 and 2017, he made 74 FIFA-official appearances for the [[Togo national football team|Togo national team]].

Having played for the [[Étoile Filante de Lomé|Étoile Filante]] in Togo and [[Africa Sports d'Abidjan|Africa Sports]] in the Ivory Coast, he moved to French club [[FC Metz|Metz]] in 2002 where he stayed until 2006. Following a one-year stint at Spanish club [[Hércules CF|Hércules]], he joined [[Stade de Reims|Reims]] in 2008 where he amassed 167 league appearances during an eight-year stay interrupted by a loan to [[FC Istres|Istres]] in the 2009–10 season. He ended his career after one season at [[US Granville|Granville]].

==Club career==
In July 2016, after eight years with [[Stade de Reims|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 football team|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=http://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"|[[FC Metz|Metz]]
|[[2002–03 Ligue 2|2002–03]]
|[[Ligue 2]]
|18||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||0
|-
|[[2003–04 Ligue 1|2003–04]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Ligue 1]]
|11||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0
|-
|[[2004–05 Ligue 1|2004–05]]
|1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Ligue 1|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 CF|Hércules]]
|[[2006–07 Segunda División|2006–07]]
|[[Segunda División]]
|8||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||0
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
|[[2007–08 Ligue 2|2007–08]]
| rowspan="4" |Ligue 2
|14||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Ligue 2|2008–09]]
|15||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||0
|-
|[[2010–11 Ligue 2|2010–11]]
|23||0||6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||0
|-
|[[2011–12 Ligue 2|2011–12]]
|35||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||0
|-
|[[2012–13 Ligue 1|2012–13]]
| rowspan="4" |Ligue 1
|33||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||0
|-
|[[2013–14 Ligue 1|2013–14]]
|34||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||0
|-
|[[2014–15 Ligue 1|2014–15]]
|17||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||0
|-
|[[2015–16 Ligue 1|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
|-
|[[FC Istres|Istres]] (loan)
|[[2009–10 Ligue 2|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 national football team|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
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{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}}
{{Togo Squad 2010 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Togo Squad 2013 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Togo squad 2017 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Togolese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Togo men's international footballers]]
[[Category:2000 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2002 African Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2006 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:2010 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2013 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2017 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Ligue 2 players]]
[[Category:Étoile Filante du Togo players]]
[[Category:Africa Sports d'Abidjan players]]
[[Category:FC Metz players]]
[[Category:Stade de Reims players]]
[[Category:Hércules CF players]]
[[Category:Istres FC players]]
[[Category:US Granville players]]
[[Category:Togolese expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast]]
[[Category:Togolese expatriate sportspeople in France]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France]]
[[Category:Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Spain]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain]]
[[Category:21st-century Togolese sportsmen]]
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