Christian Akande Kotchoni

Christian Akande Kotchoni (born 20 July 1988 in Parakou) is a Beninese international footballer who plays as a striker for Türk Ocağı.[2]

Christian Kotchoni
Personal information
Full name Christian Akande Kotchoni
Date of birth (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Parakou, Benin
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Türk Ocağı
Youth career
Cheminots Cotonou
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Denizlispor 20 (7)
2008–2009Kartalspor (loan)[1] 13 (5)
2009–2011 Requins FC
2011–2012 Al Nahda
2012–2013 AS Police
2013–2014 Cape Town
2018– Türk Ocağı
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Akane began his career with Cheminots Cotonou than joined in January 2008 to Denizlispor,[3] played his first game in the Süper Lig on 13 January 2009 vs. Bursaspor and scored than on 10 February 2009 his first goal against Konyaspor. After six months was loaned out on 4 August 2008 to Kartalspor[4] and played his first match on 1 September 2008 vs Altay Izmir. He left in summer 2009 the Turkey and his club Denizlispor to return to Benin, who signed for Requins de l'Atlantique FC.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ CHRISTIAN AKANDE KOTCHONI - Player Details TFF
  2. ^ Interview Christian Kotchoni , buteur des Requins de Cotonou:« Se nourrir, se loger, se déplacer tout ça avec 100.000 FCFA de salaire ne suffirait pas »[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Kotchoni ile sözleşme imzaladı Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine on www.turkmedy.com
  4. ^ TFF Player Profile on www.tff.org
  5. ^ "zerozerofootball.fr". archive.is. 2013-02-17. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2018-02-13.