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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gale Agbossoumonde | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Toronto FC | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2010 | Miami FC | 6 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Braga (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Estoril Praia | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Djurgårdens IF (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Eintracht Frankfurt II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Carolina RailHawks (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2013– | Toronto FC | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2011 | United States U20 | 30 | (2) |
| 2010– | United States | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 27, 2013. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Gale Agbossoumonde (born 17 November 1991 in Togo) is a Togolese-born American soccer player who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.
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Early life [edit]
Agbossoumonde was born in Togo, but his family fled to Benin when Gale was an infant. At the age of eight, his family moved to Syracuse, New York with the help of a church charity. Gale attended Christian Brothers Academy until the 9th grade, leading them to a NYS Soccer Championship runner-up finish that year.
Career [edit]
Club [edit]
After a semester with the U17 National Team, Agbossoumonde was invited to join IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He emerged as a force at centerback, earning high praise for his soccer IQ and his ability to effectively use his already large frame.
Agbossoumonde signed a three and a half year contract with Traffic Sports Marketing and Miami FC on 6 August 2009.[1] His professional debut shortly followed and he made six appearances during the 2009 USL season. On 7 January 2010, he moved to Sporting Braga of the Portuguese Liga on a six-month loan that included an option to buy.[2] Braga declined the purchase option when the loan spell ended.
Agbossoumonde was sent on loan to Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF in 2011. On 15 April he started his first match and went the full 90 minutes for Djurgårdens IF, against Malmö FF, having won "Man of the Match" honors.[3] Agbossoumonde played eight games for Djurgårdens IF during spring 2011, but Djurgården decided not to use their option to buy him out of his contract, and Agbossoumonde left the club at the end of July 2011.[4]
On 30 August 2011, it was announced that Agbossoumonde had been loaned to 2. Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt.[5] Gale received official clearance to play for Eintracht in the beginning of October 2011, and made his debut for the Eintracht reserve squad in a match on 8 October against SGS Großaspach.[6] However, the loan to the German side proved short, too.
On 2 February 2012, Traffic Sports announced that Agbossoumonde was going on loan to Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League.[7]
On 20 December 2012 Agbossoumonde joined Toronto FC, after he was entered into a weighted lottery to allocate him to a team in Major League Soccer.[8] Agbossoumonde made his debut for Toronto on 6 April due to an injury to starter Danny Califf, the game ended in a 2-2 home draw to FC Dallas.[9]
International [edit]
He has been an active member of the United States U-20 team and participated in the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Trinidad & Tobago, helping the US to qualify for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. In the tournament in Egypt, although only 17 at the time, he started all games for the US.
On 11 November 2010, Agbossoumonde received his first senior national team call up for the United States. His first senior international cap came on his birthday, November 17, 2010 against South Africa in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup.[10]
Honours [edit]
United States [edit]
- Milk Cup U-20 Tournament:
- Winner: 2010
Individual [edit]
- U.S. Soccer Young Athlete of the Year:
- Winner: 2010
Career statistics [edit]
- As of April 27, 2013
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Canada | League | Canadian Championship | MLS Playoffs | North America | Total | |||||||
| Toronto FC | MLS | 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career statistics | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
References [edit]
- ^ "Traffic Sports strengthens U.S. player development initiative by signing Gale Agbossoumonde". oursportscentral.com. August 6, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ Sciaretta, Brian (January 7, 2010). "Agbossoumonde Off To Portuguese Leaders". Yanks-Abroad.com. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ "Under-20 prospects making a splash; more Americans Abroad". CNN. April 19, 2011.
- ^ "Ingen fortsättning för Gale Agbossoumonde". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ "Stats, scores and schedules". The Washington Post. August 31, 2011.
- ^ http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=blog&entry=224
- ^ "News". Carolina RailHawks. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ "Agbossoumonde signs with MLS, to be placed in lottery". Soccerbyives.net. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ Toronto FC rallies to tie FC Dallas
- ^ "Bradley Names 18-Man Roster to Face South Africa on Nov. 17 in Cape Town". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
External links [edit]
- Toronto FC player page
- Swedish Allsvenskan stats for Gale (season 2011)
- Gale Agbossoumonde at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- American soccer players
- African-American soccer players
- Miami FC players
- S.C. Braga players
- G.D. Estoril-Praia players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- Eintracht Frankfurt II players
- Carolina RailHawks players
- Toronto FC players
- American expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Togolese emigrants to the United States
- People from Syracuse, New York
- United States men's youth international soccer players
- United States men's international soccer players
- USL First Division players
- Allsvenskan players
- North American Soccer League players
- Major League Soccer players
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