Abdoul Khaled Akiola Adénon (born 29 July 1985) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

club Doxa Katokopias. Born in Ivory Coast, he is a member of the Benin national team.

Club career

Adénon was born in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

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

Le Mans FC Le Mans Football Club (; commonly referred to as Le Mans FC) is a French professional football club based in Le Mans. The club set to compete in Ligue 2 from 2025–26, the second tier of French football after promotion from Championnat Nation ...

in 2008. He made his senior debut with Le Mans in a

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match against

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on 19 October 2008. He joined

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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

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for assaulting the referee. That August, FIFA suspended him from all competition for a year. With Le Mans bankrupt at the end of the

2012–13 Ligue 2 The 2012–13 Ligue 2 season was the 74th season since its establishment. The league schedule was announced in April 2012 and the fixtures were determined on 30 May. The season began on 27 July and ended on 24 May 2013. The winter break was in e ...

season, Adénon was effectively a free agent when his ban expired, and in July 2014 he joined Vendée Luçon Football. A year later he was signed by

Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second d ...

. 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 US Avranches, 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

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. 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 Footballers from Abidjan Naturalized citizens of Benin Beninese men's footballers 21st-century Beninese sportsmen Men's association football defenders Benin men's 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 Pro 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 FC players US Avranches players Doxa Katokopias FC players Beninese expatriate men's footballers Beninese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Beninese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus {{Benin-footy-bio-stub