Samassi Abou

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Samassi Abou
Personal information
Full name Samassi Abou
Date of birth (1973-04-04) 4 April 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth Gagnoa, Ivory Coast
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 FC Martigues 24 (7)
1992–1996 Olympique Lyonnais 58 (4)
1996–1997 AS Cannes 37 (5)
1997–2000 West Ham United 22 (5)
1998 → Ipswich Town (loan) 5 (1)
1999 → Walsall (loan) 8 (0)
1999 → Troyes (loan) ? (?)
2000 → Kilmarnock (loan) 10 (0)
2000–2002 AC Ajaccio 60 (4)
2002–2003 FC Lorient 16 (0)
Total 240 (26)
National team
France U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Samassi Abou (born 4 April 1973) is a former Ivorian professional footballer who played as a forward. He played internationally for the French under-21 team.


Life and career[]

Abou started playing in France for FC Martigues, before moving to Lyon. In October 1997, after a spell at AS Cannes, he made the move to English football, signing for West Ham United for £250,000. Signed by manager Harry Redknapp to give more options for strikers, Abou made his West Ham debut on 9 November 1997, in a 2–1 away defeat to Chelsea coming on as a substitute for John Moncur.[1][2] His opening West Ham goal came on 6 January 1998, in the League Cup. In a fifth-round game at the Boleyn Ground, Abou came on as a substitute for Paul Kitson to score their only goal in a 2–1 defeat.[2] In the following game, on 10 January 1998, Abou scored twice as West Ham beat Barnsley 6–0.[3] Abou received his only red card in the next game, a 1–0 away defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. Fouling Ramon Vega in an off-the-ball incident, Abou was dismissed by referee David Elleray.[4] Abou finished the 1997–98 season with 6 goals from 26 games, including two on the last day of the season in a 4–3 home defeat of Leicester City.[2][5] West Ham fans would boo Abou whenever he scored, making an "Abooooooooo" noise.[6] In 31 appearances in all competitions, he scored six times, before being released to Ipswich Town in December 1998, where he scored once against Sheffield United.[7]

In October 1999, he signed for Walsall, an unsuccessful spell which lasted little over a month. He also spent time on loan at Troyes, and played in Scotland for three months at Kilmarnock.

Abou continued his career back in France, playing for Ajaccio and Lorient.

Honours[]

West Ham United

References[]

  1. ^ Les Roopanarine (7 November 2011). Harry Redknapp — The Biography. John Blake Publishing, Limited. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-1-84358-942-6.
  2. ^ a b c "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics Samassi Abou". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ^ "On this day 10 January". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Klinsmann sinks 10-man Hammers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ "On this day – 10 May". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  6. ^ Pete May (23 March 2012). West Ham: Irons in the Soul. Mainstream Publishing. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-1-78057-451-6.
  7. ^ "Naylor provides Suffolk punch". The Independent. 20 December 1998. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Intertoto win gives Hammers Uefa spot". BBC. 24 August 1999. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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