Damien Chrysostome

Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome (born May 24, 1982) is a Beninese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent much of his career in the Italian lower leagues before joining French club FC Metz for the 2008–09 season. The following two seasons he played for Turkish side Denizlispor. He ended his career in Finland with JJK Jyväskylä. At international leve, he made 53 appearances for the Benin national team.

Damien Chrysostome
Personal information
Full name Koffi Damien Anderson Chrysostome
Date of birth (1982-05-24) May 24, 1982
Place of birth Cotonou, Benin
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Cittadella 20 (1)
2004–2005 Biellese 15 (1)
2005–2006 Cittadella 26 (0)
2006–2007 Cuneo 18 (1)
2007–2008 Casale 24 (0)
2008–2009 Metz 19 (0)
2009–2011 Denizlispor 47 (2)
2012 JJK 0 (0)
Total 169 (5)
National team
2001–2011 Benin 53 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Chrysostome was born in Cotonou, Benin. In Italy he was a member of the A.S. Cittadella Serie C1 squad for the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons and part of the 2004–05 season. The rest of 2004–05 was spent with A.S. Biellese 1902 in Serie C2. He returned to Cittadella for the 2005–06 season, then moved to Associazione Calcio Cuneo 1905 for the 2005–06 season in Serie C2.[1] During the 2007–08 season he appeared for Casale in Serie D.[2]

International career

In 2001, Chrysostome appeared in all three of country’s matches in the 2004 African Nations Cup. The Benin national team lost all three of their games in the first round of competition, and failed to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.[3] He was ever-present in the 2008 tournament, when again Benin failed to progress beyond the group stage.

References
  1. "Casale Calcio: Scheda giocatore: Damien Koffi Anderson Chrysostome". Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  2. Damien Chrysostome at L'Équipe Football (in French)
  3. "African Nations Cup 2004 - Final Tournament Details". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2018-02-13.


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