Dagou Willie Anderson Britto (born 1 June 1996), known as Willie Britto, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Maltese side Mosta.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dagou Willie Anderson Britto | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Tapéguhé, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mosta | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | Academy Symbiose | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Indenié Abenegourou | 41 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Tanda | 81 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Zürich | 19 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Pohronie (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Mosta | 23 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Ivory Coast U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | Ivory Coast U23 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2019 | Ivory Coast | 11 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 August 2020 | |||
Professional career
editOn 4 July 2019, Britto signed with FC Zürich on a 4 year contract.[2] He made his debut with Zürich in a 4-0 Swiss Super League loss to FC Lugano on 21 July 2019.[3] On 18 August 2021, the contract with Zürich was terminated by mutual agreement.[4]
FK Pohronie
editBritto signed with Fortuna Liga club FK Pohronie on a half-year loan.[5] Britto made his Fortuna Liga debut for Pohronie on 6 February 2021, in a fixture played at neutral ground at Štadión pod Dubňom, against Nitra. He was featured in the starting line-up but was taken off the pitch and replaced by Alieu Fadera, with the score at 1:1, due to an injury. Pohronie won the fixture 3:1, following two strikes by Adler Da Silva and one by Andrej Štrba. Nitra connected by Kilian Pagliuca. This constituted Pohronie's mere second victory in the season.[6] Due to the injury, Britto did not appear in any further matches for Pohronie.
International career
editBritto debuted for the Ivory Coast football team in a 1-1 friendly tie with Zambia on 25 October 2014.[7] He represented the Ivory Coast U23s at the 2015 Toulon Tournament.[8]
References
edit- ^ Willie Britto at Soccerway
- ^ "FC Zurich sign defender Dagou Willie Britto". FC Zürich.
- ^ "Zürich vs. Lugano - 21 July 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Vertrag mit Willie Britto aufgelöst". fcz.ch.
- ^ GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "Willie Britto z FC Zürich ďalšou posilou pohronia". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ GIBOX,s.r.o (www.gibox.cc), Generované pomocou YGScms spoločnosti. "V dohrávke 17. kola sme zdolali Nitru 3:1!". www.fkpohronie.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Zambia vs. Ivory Coast (1:1)". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ^ Tomegah, Rodolph (27 May 2015). "Côte d'Ivoire: Les 21 joueurs convoqués pour le Festival de Toulon". Africa Top Sports.