Tagba Mini Balogou

Mini Balogou

Personal information
Full name	Mini Tagba Balogou
Date of birth	December 13, 1987
Place of birth	Lomé, Togo
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team	FC Mulhouse
Youth career
2004-2007	Olympique Marseille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005-2006	Olympique Marseille B	5	(0)
2006-2007	FC Lorient B	20	(0)
2007-2009	SR Colmar	31	(7)
2009-2010	FC Mulhouse	22	(6)
2010-2011	USL Dunkerque	1	(0)
2011-	FC Mulhouse	30	(12)
National team
2006-2009	Togo[1]	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Mini Tagba Balogou (born December 31, 1987 in Lomé^[2]) is a Togolese footballer who currently plays for FC Mulhouse.

Career

Balogou began his career on youthside for Olympique Marseille and was here promoted to the second team in summer 2005.^[3] After one year with Olympique Marseille B signed his first professional contract with FC Lorient,^[4] he played only for the reserve team and signed in summer 2007 with SR Colmar.^[5] Balogou played 32 games and scores eight goals for SR Colmar in the Championnat de France amateur 2, before signed after two years on 8 June 2009 for FC Mulhouse.^[6] The midfielder joined in summer 2010 from FC Mulhouse of the France Championnat de France amateur 2 to USL Dunkerque.^[7]

International career

In the age from eighteen was his first call-up for the Togo on 10 August 2006 against Ghana national football team^[8] and played his first match on 12 November 2008. His second match was against Japan.^[9]

References

1. Tagba Mini Balogou at National-Football-Teams.com
2. Playerhistory Profile
3. Jeunes: Balogou, le Togolais de l'om - Blog de reinhardinho
4. Cintana / Tagba Mini Balogou
5. TOGO FOOTBALL NEWS : Le Football Togolais
6. Mulhouse : Signature de Balogou (Colmar)
7. Profile on foot-national.com
8. Togo gets Ready For Ghana Game