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Désiré Segbé Azankpo
Segbé Azankpo with Benin in 2014
Personal information
Full name Désiré Segbé Azankpo[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Allahé, Benin
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Seraing
Number 57
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Génération Foot
2012–2013 Metz B 28 (1)
2013–2014 Jeunesse Esch 11 (6)
2014–2015 Le Puy 19 (7)
2015–2017 Pagny-sur-Moselle 21 (12)
2017–2018 Épinal 22 (11)
2018–2019 Senica 25 (4)
2019–2020 Oldham Athletic 28 (4)
2020–2021 Villefranche 20 (6)
2021–2022 Dunkerque 17 (1)
2022 → Dinamo București (loan) 2 (1)
2022–2023 Bayern Munich II 28 (12)
2023– Seraing 10 (2)
International career‡
2014– Benin 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:52, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:30, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Désiré Segbé Azankpo (born 6 May 1993) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Challenger Pro League club Seraing and the Benin national team.

Club career

Born in Allahé, Segbé Azankpo has played club football for Génération Foot, Metz B, Jeunesse Esch, Le Puy, Pagny-sur-Moselle, and Épinal.[2][3]

Segbé Azankpo playing for Jeunesse Esch in 2014.

Segbé Azankpo signed for Slovak club FK Senica in July 2018.[4] He signed a one-year contract with English club Oldham Athletic on 23 July 2019, with the option of a further year.[5][6] He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2019–20 season.[7]

In October 2020, Segbé Azankpo signed for FC Villefranche in the French Championnat National.[8]

On 22 June 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Dunkerque.[9] He was loaned at Dinamo București, in Liga I, on 1 February 2022.[10]

On 31 July 2022, Segbé Azankpo signed for German club Bayern Munich II, on a two-year contract.[11][12]

On 7 September 2023, he joined Seraing in Belgium on a one-season contract.[13]

International career

Segbé Azankpo made his international debut for Benin in 2014,[2] and was part of the squad for the 2019 African cup of Nations.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Désiré Segbé Azankpo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ Désiré Segbé Azankpo at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ^ Tomáš Zagiba (10 July 2018). "Ofenzívu Senice vystužil niekdajší talent z Beninu" (in Slovak). ProFutbal. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ "International Striker Signs For Latics". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Oldham Athletic: Benin striker Desire Segbe Azankpo signs one-year contract". BBC Sport. 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Retained & Released List". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Le FC Villefranche-Beaujolais signe deux attaquants" (in French). actufoot.com. 7 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Désiré Segbe Azankpo première recrue maritime" (in French). Dunkerque. 22 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Oficial Desire Segbe Azankpo este noul jucător al lui Dinamo". EuroSport.ro. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  11. ^ "C'est fait, le Bayern Munich signe Désiré Segbe Azankpo, ami de Sadio Mané".
  12. ^ "Desire Azankpo, atacantul care a retrogradat cu Dinamo, a semnat cu Bayern Munchen!", GSP (in Romanian), 1 August 2022, retrieved 1 August 2022
  13. ^ "DÉSIRÉ SÈGBÈ REJOINT LE RFC SERAING" [DÉSIRÉ SÈGBÈ JOINS RFC SERAING] (in French). Seraing. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations: Sessegnon named in Benin squad". BBC Sport. 29 May 2019.
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