Désiré Segbé Azankpo (born 6 May 1993) is a Beninese professional

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who plays as a

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for French club

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Club career

Born in

Allahé Allahé is an arrondissement in the Zou department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Za-Kpota. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin A ...

, Segbé Azankpo has played club football for

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, Metz B,

Jeunesse Esch Jeunesse Esch (full name ''Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette'') is a professional football club based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. The side play in the National Division, the highest league in the country, and ...

, Le Puy,

Pagny-sur-Moselle Pagny-sur-Moselle (, literally ''Pagny on Moselle'') is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department * Parc naturel régional de Lorraine Lorra ...

, and

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. Segbé Azankpo signed for Slovak club

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in July 2018. He signed a one-year contract with English club

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2025–26 EFL League Two, 2025–26 season, the team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the Eng ...

on 23 July 2019, with the option of a further year. He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2019–20 season. In October 2020, Segbé Azankpo signed for

FC Villefranche Football Club Villefranche Beaujolais or simply Villefranche is a French association football club founded in 1927. They are based in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône-Alpes and play at the Stade Armand Chouffet in town. The team played one season ...

in the French

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. On 22 June 2021, he signed a two-year contract with

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. He was loaned to

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club

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on 1 February 2022. On 31 July 2022, Segbé Azankpo signed for German club

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, on a two-year contract. On 7 September 2023, he joined

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in Belgium on a one-season contract. On 27 September 2024, he signed with Polish second-tier club

Kotwica Kołobrzeg The (; Polish for 'anchor') was an emblem of the Polish Underground State and (AK; 'Home Army') used during World War II. It was created in 1942 by members of the Wawer minor sabotage unit within the AK, as an easily usable emblem for the ...

. He made his debut two days later, entering the pitch in the 64th minute and opening the scoring seven minutes later in a 1–1 away draw with

Miedź Legnica Miedź Legnica () is a professional football club based in Legnica, Poland, that competes in the I liga, following relegation in 2023. Miedź was founded in 1971. In 2018, Miedź Legnica achieved promotion to the top flight for the first time ...

. On 31 January 2025, Segbé Azankpo returned to France to join

International career

Segbé Azankpo made his international debut for

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

in 2014, and was part of the squad for the 2019 African cup of Nations.

Career statistics

International

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