Koffi Sebastien Edgard Dakoi (born 26 August 1999) is an Ivorian

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 for

ASEC Mimosas ASEC Mimosas (short for Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas; ) is an Ivorian professional football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Abidjan'', especially in international club competitions. Founded in 194 ...

. Mainly a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

, he can also play as a

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Club career

Born in

Agboville Agboville is the town in south-eastern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Agboville Department. It is also a commune and the seat of Agnéby-Tiassa Region in Lagunes District. Agboville is situated 79 km north of Abidjan. Th ...

, Dakoi joined

Tigres UANL Club Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, abbreviated as Tigres UANL and simply known as Tigres or internationally as Tigres de México, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in the Monterrey metropo ...

on 8 September 2017, from local side Ivoire Academie. Assigned to Tigres Premier, he made his senior debut on 6 January 2018 by starting in a 1–1 home draw against

Monarcas Morelia Premier Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia Premier was a professional football team that played in the Mexican Football League. They were playing in the Liga Premier (Mexico's Third Division). Club Atlético Monarcas Morelia Premier was affiliated with Mon ...

. On 28 March 2018, Dakoi was loaned to

Peruvian Primera División The Peru First Division (; known simply as ''First Division'', and Liga 1 Te Apuesto for sponsorship reasons), officially known as Liga 1, is the top flight of association football in Peru. It has been referred to as Torneo Descentralizado since ...

side

Universidad San Martín Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

until the end of the year. He made his professional debut three days later, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against

Comerciantes Unidos Club Deportivo Comerciantes Unidos, shortened to Comerciantes Unidos, is a Peruvian professional football club from Cutervo, Cajamarca. It was founded in 2002 and currently plays in the Peruvian Primera División, after gaining promotion from th ...

. Dakoi scored his first professional goal on 25 November 2018, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against

FBC Melgar Foot Ball Club Melgar, known simply as FBC Melgar or Melgar, is a Peru, Peruvian professional Association football, football club based in Arequipa. It is one of Peru's oldest football teams, founded in 1915 under the name Juventud Melgar by a ...

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* * 1999 births Living people People from Agboville Footballers from Lagunes District Ivorian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga Premier de México players Tigres UANL footballers Peruvian Primera División players Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Ivory Coast men's under-20 international footballers Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen LYS Sassandra players {{IvoryCoast-footy-bio-stub