Serge Akakpo

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Serge Ognadon Akakpo (born 15 October 1987) is a Togolese retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back for the Togo national football team.

Club career

Akakpo began his career with Auxerre after breaking through the youth academy, he made his first-team debut with Auxerre in July 2007.[1][2] Akakpo left Auxerre on a free transfer in January 2009 and moved to Liga I team Vaslui in Romania on a lucrative deal.[3] He subsequently had spells with Celje and Žilina in Slovenia and Slovakia respectively.[4] In 2014, Akakpo joined Ukrainian club Hoverla Uzhhorod. He made 30 Ukrainian Premier League appearances for Hoverla before leaving.[4] Akakpo played for 1461 Trabzon of TFF First League in 2015 before completing a loan move to Süper Lig team Trabzonspor, after seven appearances the club signed him on a permanent contract.[4] On 31 January 2017, Akakpo joined Turkish second-tier side Gaziantep BB.[4][5]

International career

Akakpo has represented the Togo national team since 2008, becoming captain on numerous occasions.[4] He played his first international game for Togo, on 10 September 2008, against Zambia in Chililabombwe. Before representing Togo, he played for France at U17 and U19 level and also played one match for the Benin B national team. In January 2010, Akakpo was one of the players involved when the Togo national team's bus was targeted in a gunfire attack by rebels in Angola two days before the team was to play in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4][7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Togo 2008 4 0
2009 7 0
2010 5 0
2011 7 0
2012 8 0
2013 8 0
2014 4 1
2015 6 1
2016 7 0
2017 2 0
Total 58 2
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akakpo goal.
List of international goals scored by Serge Akakpo[4][7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 October 2014 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo {{ Template:Yesno alias = Uganda flag alias = Flag of Uganda.svg flag alias-colonial = Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg flag alias-1962 = Flag of Uganda 1962.svg flag alias-military = Flag of the Uganda People's Defence Force.svg link alias-military = Uganda People's Defence Force Ugandan Land Forces flag alias-army = Flag of the Ugandan Land Forces.svg flag alias-air force = Flag of the Uganda People's Defence Air Force.svg Ugandan Air Force size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2 4 September 2015 El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City, Djibouti {{ Template:Yesno alias = Djibouti flag alias = Flag of Djibouti.svg link alias-naval = Djiboutian Navy link alias-army = Djiboutian Army link alias-navy = Djiboutian Navy link alias-military = Djibouti Armed Forces link alias-coast guard = Djiboutian Coast Guard size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Personal life

Akakpo also holds French nationality.

Honours

Žilina

References

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External links

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