Gnama Akaté

{{short description|Togolese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gnama Akaté

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Defale, Togo

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = ASKO Kara

| clubnumber = 19

| years1 = 2006–2009 | clubs1 = Masséda | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2009–2010 | clubs2 = Douanges | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2010–2011 | clubs3 = Tonnerre d'Abomey | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2011–2013 | clubs4 = El Jaish | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2015 | clubs5 = Dynamic Togolais | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = Agaza | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 2016–2018 | clubs7 = Al Nabi Chit | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2018–2019 | clubs8 = Togo-Port | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 2019–2020 | clubs9 = United Victory | caps9 = | goals9 =

| years10 = 2020– | clubs10= ASKO Kara | caps10= | goals10=

| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = Togo

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| club-update = 17:11, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 17:11, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

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Gnama Akaté (born 25 November 1991) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for ASKO Kara and the Togo national team.

Club career

Akaté began his senior career in his native Togo, beginning his career at Masséda, followe by a stint at Douanges. He moved to Benin with Tonnerre d'Abomey, and then Qatar with El Jaish in 2011. He returned to Togo with Dynamic Togolais and Agaza, before moving to the Lebanese club Al Nabi Chit in 2016. He returned to Togo with Togo-Port, then Maldives with United Victory, before finally returning to Togo with ASKO Kara where he helped the club win the 2021 Togolese Championnat National.{{Cite web|url=https://icilome.com/2022/01/mercato-la-derniere-pige-de-gnama-akate-a-lexterieur/|title=Mercato : La dernière pige de Gnama Akaté à l’extérieur ?|date=January 31, 2022}}

International career

Akaté made his debut with the Togo national team in a 2–0 2016 African Nations Championship qualification loss to Niger on 17 October 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/14103/Niger_Togo.html|title=Niger vs. Togo|first=Benjamin|last=Strack-Zimmermann|website=www.national-football-teams.com}} He captained the Togo squad that helped qualified into the 2020 African Nations Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://welosport.com/chan-2020-il-y-a-encore-du-travail-estime-gnama-akate/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202083445/https://welosport.com/chan-2020-il-y-a-encore-du-travail-estime-gnama-akate/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 December 2023|title=CHAN 2020: « Il y a encore du travail », estime Gnama Akaté|date=January 13, 2021}}

Honour

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