Serge Akakpo

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Serge Akakpo
Akakpo with Žilina in 2012
Personal information
Full name Serge Ognadon Akakpo
Date of birth (1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
2000–2004 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Auxerre B 57 (0)
2009–2010 Vaslui 18 (2)
2010–2011 Celje 31 (3)
2012–2013 Žilina 51 (5)
2014–2015 Hoverla Uzhhorod 30 (1)
2015–2016 1461 Trabzon 21 (0)
2016 → Trabzonspor (loan) 7 (1)
2016–2017 Trabzonspor 7 (0)
2017 Gaziantep BB 17 (0)
2018 Arsenal Kyiv 5 (0)
2019 Elazığspor 4 (0)
International career
2005–2006 France U17 2 (0)
2006–2007 France U19 5 (0)
2008 Benin B 1 (0)
2008–2017 Togo 58 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

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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

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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  Uganda 1–0 1–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 4 September 2015 El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City, Djibouti  Djibouti 1–0 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Personal life

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Akakpo also holds French nationality.

Honours

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Žilina

References

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  1. ^ "La fiche de Serge Akakpo". Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Privacyinstellingen op VI.nl".
  3. ^ "Akakpo şi Milisavljevici au fost prezenţi la reunirea lui FC Vaslui".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Serge Akakpo profile". Soccerway. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Serge Ognadon Akakpo profile". Turkish Football Federation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Togo government tells team to quit Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ a b Serge Akakpo at National-Football-Teams.com
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