Ralph Kottoy

Ralph Kottoy
Personal information
Full name Ralph Kottoy Yapande
Date of birth (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Bangui, Central African Republic
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Flers
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Paris FC B 8 (2)
2013–2014 Sainte-Geneviève Sports 9 (0)
2014–2015 Visé 6 (2)
2016–2017 Algarve
2017–2018 Larne 17 (4)
2018 Carrick Rangers 13 (0)
2018 Petrocub Hîncești
2019 KTP 6 (0)
2019–2022 US Granville 44 (5)
2022–2023 Limonest 21 (4)
2023– Flers 28 (3)
International career‡
2017– Central African Republic 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:37, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Ralph Kottoy Yapande (born 9 February 1992) is a Central African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Championnat National 3 club Flers and the Central African Republic national team.

Club career

Born in Bangui, Kottoy spent his early career with Paris Saint-Germain B, Sainte-Geneviève Sports, Visé, Algarve and Larne.

Kottoy was one of three players released by Larne in January 2018 due to "a serious breach of club discipline". Later that month he signed for Carrick Rangers.

By September 2018 he was playing for Petrocub Hîncești in Moldova, and was still playing for them in October 2018.

In February 2019 he signed a one-year contract with Finnish club KTP. On 2 June 2019, it was announced, that his contract had been terminated by mutual consent after playing only 10 games.

In September 2019 he signed for French club US Granville. After three seasons with the club, he signed for FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier in August 2022.

International career

He made his international debut for Central African Republic in 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ralph Kottoy". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Ralph Kottoy at Soccerway
  3. ↑ John Gillespie (10 January 2018). "Three Larne players have contracts terminated - club statement in full". Northernirelandworld. Larne Times. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Graham Luney (11 January 2018). "Larne wield their axe on trio after 'serious breach of club discipline'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Carrick Rangers strike to sign international midfielder axed by Larne". Belfast Telegraph. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  6. ↑ John Gillespie (12 January 2018). "Ralph Kottoy: Contract terminated by Larne, signs for Carrick Rangers". Northernirelandworld. Larne Times. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "LES FAUVES DU BAS-OUBANGUI EN REGROUPEMENT AU SÉNÉGAL" (in French). CAF. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (1 October 2018). "Geoffrey Kondogbia set for Central Africa Republic debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "KTP kiinnitti Veikkausliiga-kokemusta ja maajoukkuetason osaamista joukkueeseensa" (in Finnish). Suomi Futis. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Ralph Kottoyn sopimus on purettu — KTP:n keskikenttä kapenee jälleen, kymensanomat.fi, 2 June 2019
  11. ↑ Ouest-France, 13 September 2019
  12. ↑ "Le journal du mercato du 20 au 26 août" (in French). footamateur.fr. 27 August 2022.