Moussa Latoundji (born 13 August 1978) is a Beninese former
football player and current caretaker manager side
Benin national football team
The Benin national football team (French: Équipe nationale de Football du Benin), nicknamed ''Les Guépards (The Cheetahs)'', represent Benin in men's international association football and are controlled by the Benin Football Federation. They ...
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Club career
Born in
Porto-Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of G ...
, Latoudji started his career in his native Benin with amateur side
Dragons de l'Oueme. He earned a move to Nigerian side
Julius Berger in 1997. He again impressed, and was signed by professional French team
FC Metz
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, where he spent one season with the club's 'B' team, amassing 14 appearances and 7 goals.
He was then signed by German side
FC Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...
. After over 100 appearances for the club, Latoundji broke his kneecap in 2004, and never played for the club again.
He returned to Benin in 2009, coming out of retirement to act as player-manager for the side where he first began his career, Dragons de l'Oueme. After six years, he left to manage Gabonese side
Cercle Mbéri Sportif.
International career
Latoundji made his international debut on 17 January 1993 against
Tunisia
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, making him the third youngest ever international male footballer. He was part of the Beninese
2004 African Nations Cup
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team,
which finished bottom of its group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. Latoundji achieved the distinction, however, of scoring Benin’s only goal. He did this in the ninetieth minute of his team’s final game in the competition, a 2–1 victory for
Nigeria
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References
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1978 births
Living people
People from Porto-Novo
Association football midfielders
Beninese footballers
Ligue 1 players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé players
FC Metz players
FC Energie Cottbus players
Benin international footballers
2004 African Cup of Nations players
Beninese expatriate footballers
Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Nigeria
Expatriate footballers in Nigeria
Beninese expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate footballers in France
Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Nigerian people of Beninese descent
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