Serge_Akakpo
Serge Akakpo
Togolese footballer (born 1987)
Serge Ognadon Akakpo (born 15 October 1987) is a Togolese retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serge Ognadon Akakpo | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 (age 36) | ||
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:29, 14 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
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]
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 came under a gunfire attack on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.[6]
| 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 | |
- As of 2 February 2017[4][7]
- Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Akakpo goal.
| 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 |
Akakpo also holds French nationality.
- Žilina
- Slovak Super Liga (1): 2011–12
- Slovak Cup (1): 2011–12
- "La fiche de Serge Akakpo". Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- "Serge Akakpo profile". Soccerway. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- "Serge Ognadon Akakpo profile". Turkish Football Federation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- "Togo government tells team to quit Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- Serge Akakpo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Serge Akakpo at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Serge Akakpo at AJ Auxerre official site.
- Serge Akakpo at Skynetblogs
- Serge Akakpo – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Serge Akakpo at Foot-national.com
- Serge Akakpo at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Serge Akakpo[permanent dead link] on Žilina page (in Slovak)
- Serge Akakpo at Soccerway
- Serge Akakpo at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Serge Ognadon Akakpo at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)
