Euloge Daniel Date Ahodikpe (born 1 May 1983) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for

US Chantilly Union Sportive de Chantilly is a football club from Chantilly, Oise, France. It was founded in 1902 and, as of the 2020–21 season, plays in the Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 a ...

. Born in France, he represented the Togo national team.

Early life

Ahodikpe was born in 1983 in the

13th arrondissement of Paris The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of Paris. In spoken French, the arrondissement is referred to as ''le treizième'' ("the thirteenth"). The arrondissement is ...

, to Togolese parents. He acquired French nationality on 16 December 1998, through the

naturalization Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the ...

of his parents.

Career

Ahodikpe started his senior career at

Créteil Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...

and subsequently played for Lombard-Pápa TFC and a loan period at

Diósgyőri VTK Diósgyőri Vasgyárak Testgyakorló Köre, more commonly Diósgyőri VTK () is a professional Association football, football club, part of the Hungarian sports club from Diósgyőr district of Miskolc. Founded in 1910 by the local working clas ...

before moving to

Diyarbakırspor Diyarbakırspor is a Turkish football club located in the city of Diyarbakır. Formed in 1968, they are nicknamed ''Diyar'' ("Land"). Domestically, Diyarbakırspor have finished runners-up for the 1.Lig (Second Division) in 1976–77, and in ...

. In the summer of 2012 he joined English non-league club Macclesfield Town but departed from the club in late September, opting to return to France.

References

External links

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at foot-national.com 1983 births Living people Footballers from Paris Togolese men's footballers Naturalized citizens of France Men's association football midfielders French sportspeople of Togolese descent French men's footballers Togo men's international footballers Ligue 2 players UAE First Division League players Lille OSC players Amiens SC players US Créteil-Lusitanos players Pápai FC footballers Diósgyőri VTK players Diyarbakırspor footballers Macclesfield Town F.C. players Al-Taawon (UAE) Club players Togolese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary US Chantilly players 21st-century French sportsmen {{Togo-footy-bio-stub