Samassi Abou

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Samassi Abou
Personal information
Full name	Samassi Abou
Date of birth	April 4, 1973 (1973-04-04) (age 35)
Place of birth	Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	FC Lorient
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991 – 1992 1992 – 1996 1996 – 1997 1997 – 2000 1998 1999 1999 2000 2000 – 2002 2002 – 2003	FC Martigues Olympique Lyonnais AS Cannes West Ham United → Ipswich Town → Walsall → Troyes → Kilmarnock AC Ajaccio FC Lorient	24 (7) 58 (4) 37 (5) 22 (5) 5 (1) 8 (0) ? 10 (0) 60 (4) 16 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Samassi Abou (born 4 April 1973 in Gagnoa) is a professional footballer from Côte d'Ivoire, who plays as a forward. He played internationally for the French under-21 team.

Abou started playing in France for FC Martigues, before moving to Lyon. In October 1997, after a spell at AS Cannes, he made the move to English football, signing for West Ham United for £250,000. In 31 appearances he scored six times, before being released to Ipswich Town in December 1998.

In October 1999, he signed for Walsall, an unsuccessful spell which lasted little over a month. He also spent time on loan at Troyes, and played in Scotland for three months at Kilmarnock.

Abou continued is career back in France, playing for Ajaccio and Lorient.

[edit] References

• Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media, 15. ISBN 1 903135 50 8. 
• Samassi Abou career stats at Soccerbase
• Samassi Abou at LFP.fr
• Samassi Abou at L'Equipe.fr
• Saddlers A-Z at the Walsall F.C. Official Website

[edit] External links

• Samassi Abou at westhamstats.info

Persondata
NAME	Abou, Samassi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1973 (1973-04-04) (age 35)
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gagnoa, Côte d'Ivoire
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH