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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moussa Latoundji | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto-Novo, Benin | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Dragons de l'Oueme | ||
| 1997 | Julius Berger Lagos | ||
| 1997–1998 | Metz B | 14 | (7) |
| 1998–2005 | Energie Cottbus | 120 | (12) |
| 2009–2010 | Dragons de l'Oueme | 21 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1993–2004 | Benin[1] | 21 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Dragons de l'Oueme (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2022 | Cercle Mbéri Sportif | ||
| 2022-2023 | Benin (caretaker) | ||
| 2023-2024 | Benin (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Moussa Latoundji (born 13 August 1978) is a Beninese former football player and current assistant manager side Benin national football team.
Club career
[edit]Born in Porto-Novo, Latoudji started his career in his native Benin with amateur side Dragons de l'Oueme. He earned a move to Nigerian side Julius Berger in 1997. He again impressed, and was signed by professional French team FC Metz,[2] where he spent one season with the club's 'B' team, amassing 14 appearances and 7 goals.
He was then signed by German side FC Energie Cottbus. After over 100 appearances for the club,[3] Latoundji broke his kneecap in 2004, and never played for the club again.[4][5]
He returned to Benin in 2009, coming out of retirement to act as player-manager for the side where he first began his career, Dragons de l'Oueme. After six years, he left to manage Gabonese side Cercle Mbéri Sportif.
International career
[edit]Latoundji made his international debut on 17 January 1993 against Tunisia, making him the third youngest ever international male footballer.[6][7][8] He was part of the Beninese 2004 African Nations Cup team,[9] which finished bottom of its group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. Latoundji achieved the distinction, however, of scoring Benin's only goal. He did this in the ninetieth minute of his team's final game in the competition, a 2–1 victory for Nigeria.
References
[edit]- ^ "Benin - Record International Players".
- ^ "Moussa Latoundji". FC Metz. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Moussa Latoundji" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ Luisen, Mario (19 July 2004). "Duo Latoundji - Mokhtari gesprengt" (in German). Kicker Online. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Das endgültige "Aus" für Moussa Latoundji". lr-online.de (in German). 10 September 2005. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Oldest and Youngest Players and Goal-scorers in International Football". RSSSF. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "On This Day In 1998: Michael Owen Of England Joins Ranks Of Youngest International Debutants". hoateallthepies.tv. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "God Rekord-Ødegaard spilte hele kampen for Norge". tv2.no. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Three newcomers full of hope". FIFA. 23 January 2004. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
External links
[edit]- Moussa Latoundji at National-Football-Teams.com
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