Coffi Agbessi

Coffi Edem Agbessi (born 5 December 1985) is a retired Beninese professional footballer who predominantly played as a Midfielder[2] and represented Benin national team on four occasions.

Coffi Agbessi
Personal information
Full name Coffi Franck Edem Agbessi
Date of birth (1985-12-05) 5 December 1985[1]
Place of birth Cotonou, Benin
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Soleil Cotonou
2004–2005 Olympic Zawiya
2005–2006 Mohun Bagan
2007–2011 Soleil Cotonou
National team
2005 Benin U20 6 (2)
2005 Benin 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Earlier career

Agbessi began his senior club career with Beninese outfit Soleil Cotonou in 2004 and later moved to Libyan Premier League side Olympic Azzaweya SC, where he played until 2005. With Olympic Azzaweya, he has also appeared in the 2005 CAF Champions League but not qualified for the knockout stages.

Mohun Bagan

In 2005, Agbessi signed with National Football League powerhouse Mohun Bagan AC.[3][4][5] Club president Swapan Sadhan Bose said, Stephen Abarowei has been instrumental in bringing Agbessi ahead of their NFL season.[6] He showed his class in the 2nd leg of the Kolkata Derby against East Bengal FC in 2006.[7] In that 2005–06 National Football League, Mohun Bagan ended the season with third place finnish as Agbessi appeared in all games.

With Mohun Bagan from 2005[8] to 2006, Agbessi won the Calcutta Football League in 2005 and the Federation Cup in 2006.[9]

Back to Soleil Cotonou

In 2007, he returned to his previous club Soleil Cotonou and appeared in numerous games of Benin Premier League until his retirement due to injury in 2011.

International career

Benin U20

Agbessi has represented Benin U20 national team at the 2005 African Youth Championship, where they achieved third place. He also scored a goal against Ivory Coast in the tournament.[10] He has also represented Benin U20 team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship under the coaching of Serge Devèze and appeared in all three group matches.[11] Benin finished third in the Group A and bowed out of the tournament.[12][13]

Senior team

He made his senior international debut for Benin on 27 March 2005 against Ivory Coast in a 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, which ended as a 3–0 loss for Benin.[14]

He scored his first ever goal for "Les Écureuils" on 4 June against Cameroon in the Group-3 final qualification match of World Cup.[15] He has appeared in 4 matches for his country.

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 June 2005Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Cameroon
1–4
1–4
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification[16]

Honours

Country
Benin U20
Third place (1): 2005[17]

Club
Mohun Bagan AC
Champions (1): 2005
Champions (1): 2006

See also
  • Benin international footballers

References
  1. Coffi Edem Agbessi of Benin, soccer player profile Eurosport.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021
  2. Coffi Edem Agbessi soccer player profile Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 20 March 2021
  3. Coffi from Benin: Mohun Bagan to welcome their new foreigner article.wn.com. Retrieved 24 March 2021
  4. Mohun Bagan name their squad for the 2005/06 season Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 22 March 2021
  5. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club squad for the National Football League 2006 Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021
  6. "Benin player for Bagan". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. "East Bengal 3-1 Mohun Bagan : National Football League 2nd Leg 2005-06". EBFCvsMBAC (blogspot). Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. "Season ending transfers 2005". Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. "Bagan ease past disjointed Fransa - Maiden win for green-and-maroons". The Telegraph (India). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  10. "African U-20 Championship 2005". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  11. "Ten-man Benin hang on to deny Japan (1:1)". FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005 FIFA.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021
  13. RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2005 RSSSF. Retrieved 26 March 2021
  14. "Coffi Edem Agbessi with Benin national football team (Statistics)". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  15. "Benin v Cameroon, 04 June 2005". 11v11.com. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  16. Benin 1-4 Cameroon (4 June 2005) National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 29 March 2021
  17. "Benin welcomes stars of the future". FIFA.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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