Valère Amoussou (born 10 March 1987) is a Beninese former

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er who played as a

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Career

Amoussou was born in

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. He began his career with

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and joined in January 2008 to AS Porto-Novo. He was part of the Beninese

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team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to qualify for the next round. Amoussou played his first game on 29 January 2008 against

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on www.fussballdaten.de and his first call was in 2006.

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* 1987 births Living people Footballers from Cotonou Beninese men's footballers 21st-century Beninese sportsmen Men's association football goalkeepers Benin men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Mogas 90 FC players AS Oussou Saka players {{Benin-footy-bio-stub