Abou Gariga Maïga (born 20 September 1985) is a Beninese professional

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who plays as a

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for

La Tamponnaise La Tamponnaise is a association football, football club from Le Tampon, Réunion Island, founded in 1982 as the result of the merger between S/S Tamponnaise (founded in 1922) and Stade Tamponnais (founded in 1971). Since 2014 the club was renamed ...

Club career

Maïga was born in

Allahé Allahé is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Za-Kpota. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin An ...

, Benin and came to France in 2004. His

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

ese club was

Requins de l'Atlantique FC Requins de l'Atlantique Football Club is a football club of Benin, playing in the town of Cotonou. They play in the Beninese first division, the Benin Premier League. Achievements *Benin Premier League The Benin Premier League, also called ' ...

International career

Maïga played at the

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, scoring one goal.

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* * * Living people 1985 births People from Allahé Association football forwards Beninese footballers Benin international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Qatari Second Division players Requins de l'Atlantique FC players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players US Changé players Mesaimeer SC players Saint-Colomban Sportive Locminé players US Saint-Malo players Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant players AS Vitré players AS Cannes players Beninese expatriate footballers Beninese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Qatar {{Benin-footy-bio-stub