Assa Koïta

{{short description|French rugby union player}}

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Assa Koïta (born 28 June 1991 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a retired French female rugby union player. She played Lock for {{nwrut|France}} and AC Bobigny 93 women's. She played at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup{{cite web |url=http://www.allblacks.com/News/25364/australia-sa-france-and-wales-name-2014-wrwc-squads |title=Australia, SA, France and Wales name 2014 WRWC squads |author=allblacks.com (IRB) |date=24 June 2014 |accessdate=17 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201834/http://www.allblacks.com/News/25364/australia-sa-france-and-wales-name-2014-wrwc-squads |archive-date=26 July 2018 |url-status=dead }} and was named to the tournament Dream Team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid=2072758.html#wrwc2014+dream+team+revealed+after+vote|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819143854/http://www.rwcwomens.com/home/news/newsid=2072758.html#wrwc2014+dream+team+revealed+after+vote|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-08-19|title=Womens RWC - #WRWC2014 Dream Team revealed after fan vote|date=2014-08-19|access-date=2019-03-08}} Koita was a member of the squad that won their fourth Six Nations title in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrumqueens.com/news/france-win-2014-grand-slam |title=France win 2014 Grand Slam |author=Alison Donnelly, Scrumqueens.com |date=March 2014 |accessdate=7 November 2014}} She announced here retirement in August 2020.{{Cite web |title=Assa Koïta, la désormais ex-deuxième ligne du Stade Français et de l'équipe de France, explique pourquoi elle raccroche |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Article/Assa-koita-la-desormais-ex-deuxieme-ligne-du-stade-francais-et-de-l-equipe-de-france-explique-pourquoi-elle-raccroche/1162960 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}

In January 2021, the former international suggested a likely link between her non-selection for the French national team from 2015 and the fact that she chose to wear the veil.{{Cite web |last=Mouv' |first=Team |date=2021-01-21 |title=Assa Koita écartée de l'Equipe de France à cause de son voile ? |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/mouv/assa-koita-ecartee-de-l-equipe-de-france-a-cause-de-son-voile-8563621 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Mouv' |language=fr}}