Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1975)

Blaise Kouassi
Personal information
Full name	Koffi Blaise Kouassi
Date of birth	2 February 1975 (age 49)
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
2005–2006	Troyes
2006–2007	Al-Rayyan
2007–2009	Angers
International career
1997–2006	Ivory Coast
Managerial career
2010–	Ivory Coast (assistant manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

He holds both Ivorian and French nationalities.^[4] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 1 December 2005.^[5]

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 (archived)
^ "Blaise Kouassi - Ligue1.fr". Ligue1 (in French). Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "JORF n° 0281 du 3 décembre 2005 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
^ "African Nations Cup 2006".

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