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Odilon Kossounou
Ivorian footballer (born )
Kouakou Odilon Dorgeless Kossounou ([ɔdilɔ̃kɔsunu]; born 4 January ), better known as Odilon Kossounou, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays either as a centre-back or right-back for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, and the Ivory Coast national team.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Kossounou started his career in the academy of ASEC Mimosas in Abidjan. After having been discovered at the youth tournament Gothia Cup in , he was first invited to train with Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF. He went on to visit the club on numerous occasions throughout the next few years.[1][2][3][4]
Hammarby IF
[edit]On 11 January , shortly after his 18th birthday, Kossounou signed a four-year contract with Hammarby.[5] He made his competitive debut for the club on 18 February, in the main domestic cup Svenska Cupen, providing an assist to Mats Solhem in a win against Varbergs BoIS.[6] Kossounou went on to make nine league appearances in Allsvenskan for the club, most notably being voted man of the match in a 2–2
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Wonderkids: Odilon Kossounou
Odilon Kossounou has been developing at lightning speed since his arrival in Europe two years ago. The year-old centre back excels in his tackling: his long limbs and the excellent timing of his interventions gives him one of the highest tackle success ratios in Europe. Although he has just signed a new contract with Club Brugge until June , we believe that his name will be a regular feature of the transfer rumour mill: there are simply too many top clubs in search of good centre backs.
Bio & playing style
Côte d’Ivoire international
Kossounou Kouakou Odilon Dorgeless was born in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The 20 year-old began his professional career at Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas, before joining Hammarby IF in Sweden during the January transfer window. After only six months at Hammarby IF, Koussounou joined Club Brugge for around €m. At the time of writing, he has appeared in 30 matches league and European competitions for the Belgian outfit (21 JPL, 7 UCL, 2 UEL).
Kossounou has already made four international appearances for Côte d’Ivoire, with his debut coming on October 8th in a friendly against Belgium.
A tackling master
Odilon Kos
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”Det skulle mot något exceptionellt på bordet”
Odilon Kossounou, 18, lämnar Hammarby.
Klubben besitter gjort den största spelarförsäljningen någonsin samt sålt talangen till Club Brügge – tidigare än beräknat.
– detta skulle mot något exceptionellt på bordet för för att vi skulle värdera detta, säger sportchef Jesper Jansson till Sportbladet.
"De köper ej en färdig spelare"
Odilon Kossounou har ryktats vara vid väg försvunnen från Hammarby. Nu bekräftar klubben för att åringen existerar såld mot Club Brügge i den belgiska ligan. Expressen äger tidigare uppgett att Odilon säljs till över 30 miljoner kronor, men i enlighet med vad Sportbladet erfar handlar det ifall över 40 miljoner kronor.
Hammarby skriver själva på sin hemsida för att det existerar den största spelarförsäljningen inom klubbens historia.
– På begränsad sikt betyder det för att vi blir av tillsammans en väldigt bra spelare. På utdragen sikt ger det oss ett lugn och enstaka stabilitet samt en chans att artikel långsiktiga samt följa vår utsatta strategi egentligen. Förhoppningsvis har oss muskler samt tålamod för att behålla ett liknande spelare i framtiden, säger klubbens sportchef Jesper Jansson mot Sportbladet.
Odilon blev klar på grund av Hammarby sålunda sent vilket vid övergången mellan två år