Aïssatou Kouyaté (born 19 April 1995) is a French female

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player who plays for

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and the French national team as a right back.

Career

Youth career

Kouyaté started playing handball at MSD Chartres, before joining Fleury Loiret Handball. In 2014 she joined

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. After a year she signed her first professional contract with the club. made her debut for the French national team on 23 March 2019 against Denmark.

Besançon

In 2017 she joined ES Besançon to replace the injured Anna Manaut. She represented France at the

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, where France won silver medals, losing to Norway in the final.

Brest Bretagne

In 2021 she joined Brest Bretagne Handball. In April 2021, she suffered from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on her left knee which made her forfeit the

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. About a year later in February 2022, she suffered an injury on the same knee during a Champions league match. She had recently come back on the pitch after physical therapy.

Budućnost Podgorica

In 2024 she signed for Montenegrin side

Achievements

Club

Domestic

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(''Division 1 Féminine''): ** Runner up: 2022 (with Brest Bretagne Handball) ** 3rd: 2021 (with ES Besançon) * French Women's League Cup Championship (''Coupe de la Ligue''): ** Finalist: 2016 (with OGC Nice HB)

National team

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: * Junior World Championship **

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: 5th

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kouyate, Aissatou 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine French female handball players 21st-century French sportswomen French expatriate handball players in Romania Black French sportspeople Brest Bretagne players