Abdoul Khaled Akiola Adénon (born 28 July 1985) is a

Beninese 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 ...

professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club Doxa Katokopias.

Club career

Adénon 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. He started his career with Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas, moving to France with

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in 2008. He made his senior debut with Le Mans in a Ligue 1 match against

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on 19 October 2008. He joined Ligue 2 side

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on loan for the 2009–10 season on 3 July 2009. He returned to Le Mans at the end of the loan, and went on to complete 68 Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 appearances for the club. On 10 June 2012, Adénon was sent off during a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Rwanda for assaulting the referee. That August, FIFA suspended him from all competition for a year. With Le Mans bankrupt at the end of the

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season, Adénon was effectively a free agent when his ban expired, and in July 2014 he joined

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. A year later he was signed by Amiens SC. He was a regular in the team which saw back-to-back promotions in 2015–16 and 2016–17. Despite signing a new two-year deal with Amiens SC in the summer of 2018, Adénon signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Wehda in July 2019, agreeing a two-year contract. He left by mutual consent in February 2020. In July 2020 Adénon returned to France with

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, re-uniting with manager Frédéric Reculeau, who had given him a chance at Luçon. On 16 August 2021, he signed with Doxa Katokopias in Cyprus.

International career

Adénon represented his homeland at 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. He played on the successful

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when the team advanced to the quarterfinals.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Adénon goal.''

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* 1985 births Living people People from Allahé Beninese Muslims Beninese footballers Association football defenders Benin international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Saudi Professional League players Championnat National players Cypriot First Division players ASEC Mimosas players Le Mans FC players SC Bastia players Luçon FC players Amiens SC players Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) players US Avranches players Doxa Katokopias FC players Beninese expatriate footballers Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Expatriate footballers in Ivory Coast Beninese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus {{Benin-footy-bio-stub