Gale Agbossoumonde
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| Full name | Gale Agbossoumonde | ||||||||
| Date of birth | November 17, 1991 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||
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Current team
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds | ||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2007 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
| 2013–2014 | Toronto FC | 13 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014 | Colorado Rapids | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 11 | (0) | ||||||
| 2016 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 28 | (1) | ||||||
| 2017– | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2008–2011 | United States U20 | 30 | (2) | ||||||
| 2010 | United States | 1 | (0) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 25, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 17, 2010 |
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Gale Agbossoumonde (born November 17, 1991) is an American soccer player for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the United Soccer League.
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.
After a semester with the U17 National Team, Agbossoumonde was invited to join U.S. Soccer Development Academy club 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 August 6, 2009. His professional debut shortly followed and he made six appearances during the 2009 USL season. On January 7, 2010, he moved to Sporting Braga of the Portuguese Liga on a six-month loan that included an option to buy. Braga declined the purchase option when the loan spell ended.
Agbossoumonde was sent on loan to Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF in 2011. On April 15 he started his first match and went the full 90 minutes for Djurgårdens IF, against Malmö FF, having won "Man of the Match" honors. 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.
In August 2011, Agbossoumonde was loaned to 2. Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt. 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 October 8 against SGS Großaspach. However, the loan to the German side proved short, too.
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