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Améleté Abalo

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Améleté Abalo
Personal information
Full name Pascal Amélété Abalo Dosseh
Date of birth (1962-03-07)7 March 1962
Place of birth Kara, Togo
Date of death 9 January 2010(2010-01-09) (aged 47)
Place of death Cabinda, Angola
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1975–1979 Dyto Lome
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Dyto Lome 45 (16)
1982–1990 ASKO Kara 93 (31)
Managerial career
2004–2009 ASKO Kara
2006–2009 Togo (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pascal Amélété Abalo Dosseh (7 March 1962 – 9 January 2010) was the assistant coach of the Togo national football team[1] and manager of ASKO Kara.[2]

Career

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Playing career

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Abalo began his career with Le Dynamic togolais. From 1982 to 1990, he played in the Togolese Championnat National as a striker for ASKO Kara.[3]

Coaching career

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From 2004 until his death, he coached ASKO Kara.[4] In addition, he worked as an assistant coach for the Togo national football team since 2006.[5]

Death

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He was killed when the terrorist group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the Togo national football team bus in Angola when the team was travelling to play the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]

Honours

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Club

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ASKO Kara

Individual

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  • Togolese Coach of the Year: 2007[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Eliminatoires CAN/Mondial 2010 - Le Gabon a tout à gagner et le Togo tout à perdre /Sports". Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Coach Ranking". www.worldcoachs.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Togo-Football-Interview: Amélété Abalo :"Tout le monde met la main à la pâte pour le troisième sacre d'affilée"". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Lexique du Football Togolais" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Togo mourns 2 killed in attack on soccer team". Newsday. The Associated Press. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Savoir News | Promotion Codes to Save a Heck A Lot!". www.savoirnews.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  8. ^ Togo Football Awards : TFA - La récompense des meilleurs acteurs