Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome (born 24 May 1982) is a Beninese former professional

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who played as a defender. He spent much of his career in the Italian lower leagues before joining French club

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for the 2008–09 season. The following two seasons he played for Turkish side

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. He ended his career in Finland with

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. At international leve, he made 58 appearances for the Benin national team.

Club career

Chrysostome was born in Cotonou, Benin. In Italy he was a member of the

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Serie C1 squad for the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons and part of the 2004–05 season. The rest of 2004–05 was spent with A.S. Biellese 1902 in Serie C2. He returned to Cittadella for the 2005–06 season, then moved to Associazione Calcio Cuneo 1905 for the 2005–06 season in Serie C2. During the 2007–08 season he appeared for Casale in Serie D.

International career

In 2001, Chrysostome appeared in all three of country’s matches in the

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. The Benin national team lost all three of their games in the first round of competition, and failed to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He was ever-present in the 2008 tournament, when again Benin failed to progress beyond the group stage.

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* 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Cotonou Men's association football defenders Beninese men's footballers Benin men's international footballers 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players AC Cuneo 1905 players Casale FBC players AS Cittadella players FC Metz players Denizlispor footballers Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players Beninese expatriate men's footballers Beninese expatriate sportspeople in France Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in France {{Benin-footy-bio-stub