Jean-Paul Abalo
Personal information
Full name Jean-Paul Dosseh Abalo
Birth name Yaovi Dosseh Abalo
Date of birth (1975-06-26) 26 June 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) defender
Youth career
1991–1992 OC Agaza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 OC Agaza
1993–1995 Saint-Christophe Châteauroux 29 (1)
1995–2005 Amiens SC 273 (7)
2005 USL Dunkerque 4 (0)
2006 APOEL 3 (0)
2006 Ethnikos Piraeus 9 (0)
2007–2008 Al-Merrikh
2008–2009 FC Déols 36
International career‡
1992–2006 Togo 67 (1)
Managerial career
2018– Togo U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2006

Jean-Paul Yaovi Dosseh Abalo (born 26 June 1975) is a Togolese former footballer who played as a defender. He is the current coach of the Togo national under-20 football team.

Club career

Abalo played for six seasons in the French Ligue 2 with Amiens SC.[1] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 29 January 1998 and legally changed his name from Yaovi to Jean-Paul.[2]

In 2006, he moved to APOEL in Cyprus, where he won the 2005–06 Cypriot Cup. Whilst at Amiens, Abalo played in the 2001 Coupe de France Final. It was his penalty miss that proved decisive as Amiens lost to Strasbourg.[3]

International career

He was the captain of the Togo national football team, was called up to the 2006 World Cup, and represented his country at four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.[4] His contribution to the team's World Cup campaign was overshadowed by the red card he received in the opening match against South Korea, as his side suffered a 1–2 defeat.[5]

Coaching career

In January 2018, Abalo was announced as the Togo national under-20 football team coach for the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[6]

Honours

APOEL

References

  1. ^ Jean-Paul Abalo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  2. ^ "JORF n° 0027 du 1 février 1998 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Strasbourg claim Cup". BBC. 27 May 2001. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ^ Jean-Paul Abalo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ "South Korea 2-1 Togo". BBC Sport. 13 June 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  6. ^ "OFFICIEL : le Togo participera au Festival International Espoirs 2018". Retrieved 23 January 2018.


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