Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1975)

Blaise Kouassi
Personal information
Full name	Koffi Blaise Kouassi
Date of birth	2 February 1975 (age 47)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2000	ASEC Mimosas
2000–2005	Guingamp
2005–2007	Troyes
2006–2007	Al-Rayyan
2007–2009	Angers
National team
1997–2006	Ivory Coast
Teams managed
2010–	Ivory Coast (assistant manager)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Koffi Blaise Kouassi (born 2 February 1975) is an Ivorian former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He works as assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.

Club career[]

Kouassi was born in Abidjan. He previously played for ASEC Mimosas in his homeland, in France for En Avant Guingamp, Troyes AC in Ligue 1, Angers in the Ligue 2^[3] and for Al-Rayyan in Qatar.

He earned 37 caps for the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

On 28 May 2010, Kouassi was named as the new assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.

Ivory Coast

^ "FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^ Blaise Kouassi at National-Football-Teams.com
^ Blaise Kouassi – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
^ "African Nations Cup 2006".

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Personal information
Full name	Koffi Blaise Kouassi^[1]
Date of birth	(1975-02-02) 2 February 1975 (age 47)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	ASEC Mimosas
2000–2005	Guingamp	117	(1)
2005–2007	Troyes	45	(0)
2006–2007	Al-Rayyan	5	(0)
2007–2009	Angers	19	(0)
National team
1997–2006	Ivory Coast^[2]	37	(0)
Teams managed
2010–	Ivory Coast (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only