Raphaël Patron Akakpo (born 1 December 1973) is a Togolese retired professional footballer. He has spent time in Ghana, Egypt, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, India, and Vietnam throughout his career and is assistant to

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in Ghana.

Playing career

Brunei and Malaysia

Akakpo arrived in Brunei at the start of the 1997 Liga Perdana Malaysia to play for the Bruneian national football team playing in the

Malaysian league The Malaysian League or also known as the M-League (Malay: ''Liga Malaysia'' or ''Liga-M'') is a terminology used to describe the professional association football league in Malaysia. The terminology was mainly used to describe the league and it ...

. By then, he had 15 international caps for Togo and was on the books of Tero Sasana of Thailand, scoring 15 goals in the previous term. Discharged by Brunei in 2002, Akakpo was signed by Terengganu FA in early 2003; however, since his transfer breached M-League rules, Terengganu were not allowed to sign him despite pleading to the

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India

Lifting the 2003 Indian Federation Cup with Mahindra United, the Togolese attacker mustered a brace in a 3–1 league win over Sporting Clube de Goa on 25 April 2004.

Honours

Team

;Mahindra United * POMIS Cup:

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* Indian Federation Cup: 2003, 2005 *

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: 2003

Individual

Meritorius Service Medal (PJK) (1999)

Coaching career

WAFA SC

Promoted to head coach of WAFA in 2016, Akakpo expressed desire to ameliorate the pitch conditions of the

Ghanaian Premier League The is the top professional association football division of the football league system in Ghana. Officially formed in 1956 to replace a previous league incarnation, the Gold Coast Club Competition (which began in 1933 and ended in 1953–54), ...

, leading WAFA to their first ever away victory in 27 attempts, beating Wa All Stars 4–1. In March 2022, Akakpo was appointed head coach of

Cheetah F.C. Cheetah Fotball Club is a Ghanaian football club based in Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. The club currently competes in Central Region Zone of the Division Two League which is the third tier of the football league system in Ghana, and th ...

of Kasoa, Ghana.

References

External links

Akakpo hampakan Bujang

Break will affect the excitement in the league- Akakpo Patron

Sam Addy coy on Akakpo Patron's status

Living people Association football forwards Togolese footballers 1973 births V.League 1 players Mahindra United FC players Togo international footballers Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Expatriate football managers in Ghana Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Togolese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Vietnam Expatriate footballers in India Expatriate footballers in Brunei Terengganu FC players Expatriate footballers in Ghana Asante Kotoko S.C. players Togolese football managers 21st-century Togolese people {{Togo-footy-bio-stub