Kossi Koudagba
Personal information
Full name Kossi Edem Koudagba
Date of birth (1995-10-02)2 October 1995
Place of birth Davié, Togo[1]
Date of death 18 June 2020(2020-06-18) (aged 24)
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
ASCK[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Espoir FC Tsévié
2017–2020 ASCK
International career‡
2019 Togo 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:06, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Kossi Koudagba (2 October 1995 – 18 June 2020) was a Togolese professional footballer who played as a striker for ASC Kara of the Togolese Championnat National and the Togo national team.[2]

Career

He played for Espoir FC Tsévié in the 2016–17 Togolese 2nd Division. For the rest of his career, he played with ASCK in the Togolese Championnat National.[2] In November 2018, he was called up to the Togo National Team for their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Algeria.[3] Koudagba made his international debut in July 2019, featuring for the full duration of a 2020 African Nations Championship qualifier with Benin in Porto-Novo.[2][4] He died on 18 June 2020 from a short illness at the age of 24.[5]

Career statistics

As of 15 October 2019[2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Togo 201930
Total30

References

  1. 1 2 "Kossi Koudagba". ASCK Togo (in French).
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kossi Koudagba". National Football Teams.
  3. ↑ "Emmanuel Adebayor: Veteran striker named in Togo squad". BBC.
  4. ↑ "Éliminatoires CHAN 2020 : les Éperviers locaux sortent le Bénin". Djena Sport.
  5. ↑ Dove, Ed (19 June 2020). "Togo striker Kossi Koudagba dies after short illness". ESPN. Retrieved 20 June 2020.


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