Soungoutou Magassa
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| Full name | Soungoutou Magassa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 October 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stains, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Monaco | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Sucy FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | RC Joinville | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Lusitanos Saint-Maur | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | FC Gobelins | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Monaco | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Monaco B | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Monaco | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | France U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | France Olympic | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:25, 5 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:28, 9 August 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Soungoutou Magassa (born 8 October 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and centre-back for Ligue 1 club Monaco.
Early life
[edit]Soungoutou Magassa was born in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, playing football for several Francilian clubs before joining the Monaco academy in 2018.[3][4]
Club career
[edit]Magassa signed his first professional contract with Monaco in April 2021, choosing them over other high-profile clubs seeking to sign him, including Roma and Milan.[3][5][6][7][8] He made his professional debut for Monaco on 2 January 2022, replacing Wissam Ben Yedder during a 3–1 Coupe de France away win over Quevilly-Rouen in the round of 32.[9]
International career
[edit]Of Malian descent,[3][6][7][8] Soungoutou Magassa is eligible for both the French and Malian national teams.[10] He was called up to the France U20s for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[11]
Style of play
[edit]Described as a box-to-box midfielder,[3][7] Magassa is able to play both as a defensive midfielder and a centre-back. Good with both feet, he describes himself as a player good at winning the ball back and finding optimal passing options.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 5 October 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Monaco B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| Monaco | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
Honours
[edit]France U23
- Summer Olympics silver medal: 2024[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Soungoutou Magassa". AS Monaco FC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Le jeune Magassa signe pro à Monaco". L'Équipe (in French). 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Soungoutou MAGASSA". AS Monaco (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Valente, Toni (30 April 2021). "Mercato - Soungoutou Magassa a signé un contrat professionnel". Ouest-France. Made in Monégasque. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ a b "AS Monaco : une jeune pépite signe pro". Onze Mondial (in French). 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Tomegah, Rodolph (30 April 2021). "Soungoutou Magassa : Le jeune franco-malien signe son premier contrat pro avec l'AS Monaco". Africa Top Sports (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ a b Demba, Varore (1 May 2021). "Monaco : Soungoutou Magassa snobe le Milan AC". Sport News Africa (in French). Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Maltret, Laurent (2 January 2022). "Quevilly-Rouen 1-3 Monaco, Coupe de France , résultat et résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ a b Diakaté, Bréhima (20 April 2020). "Soungoutou Magassa : "Je veux devenir un grand joueur"". Référence14Sport.ml (in French). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Le groupe pour la Coupe du monde". www.fff.fr.
- ^ Soungoutou Magassa at Soccerway
- ^ Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the AS Monaco FC website
- Soungoutou Magassa at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Soungoutou Magassa – UEFA competition record (archive)
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ligue 1 players
- AS Monaco FC players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Olympic footballers for France
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century French sportsmen