Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999
Place of birth Tornio, Finland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 HJK
Number 27
Youth career
0000–2014 HJK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Klubi 04 49 (11)
2016– HJK 27 (0)
2019 → RoPS (loan) 8 (1)
2020 → Inter Turku (loan) 19 (1)
2022 → Lahti (loan) 21 (1)
International career‡
2019 Finland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2020

Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (born 25 January 1999) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Veikkausliiga club HJK.[1][2]

Club career

Kouassivi-Benissan grew up in Helsinki, and spent his junior career with HJK. He made his Veikkausliiga debut against TPS on 14 July 2018, at age 19.

Kouassivi-Benissan spent a loan period at RoPS during the 2019 season. He moved to Inter Turku on loan for the 2020 season. Injuries limited his playing time.

On 17 March 2022, Kouassivi-Benissan joined Lahti on loan for the 2022 season.[3] Kouassivi-Benissan played 21 matches during the season.

Kouassivi-Benissan returned to HJK for the 2023 season. He has made a breakthrough, recording five assists in nine Veikkausliiga matches.[4]

On 6 November 2023, Kouassivi-Benissan extended his contract with HJK, signing a two-year deal until the end of 2025.[5]

International career

In August 2023, Kouassivi-Benissan received his first call-up to the Finland senior national team by head coach Markku Kanerva, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Denmark.[6][7]

Personal life

Kouassivi-Benissan was born in Finland to Finnish mother and Togolese father, and was raised in Pikku Huopalahti. In an interview in the early 2022, Kouassivi-Benissan said he doesn't have a Togolese passport and hasn't visited the country. Besides his native languages Finnish and English, he speaks French.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan lainalle Interiin". Aamuset (in Finnish). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ↑ HJK:n avausmaalin tehnyt nuorukainen hehkutti Klubin esitystä, Ilta-Sanomat, 20 January 2019
  3. ↑ "Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan FC Lahteen" (Press release) (in Finnish). Lahti. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ↑ https://www.hjk.fi/en/pelaaja/kevin-kouassivi-benissan/
  5. ↑ Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan jatkaa HJK:ssa, hjk.fi, 6 November 2023
  6. ↑ "Huuhkajat nimetty syyskuun EM-karsintaotteluihin". Suomen Palloliitto (in Finnish). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Huuhkajat-debytantin pitkäaikainen haave toteutui". Suomen Palloliitto (in Finnish). 30 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Yrittävätkö togolaiset saada sinua maajoukkueeseensa, Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan?". HJK Helsinki (in Finnish). 6 March 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  9. ↑ S., Pacôme (15 August 2016). "Kévin Kouassivi-Bénissan, Togolais de naissance, international Finlandais des U17 d'adoption". Télégramme228 (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2021.


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