Aïssatou Kouyaté | |
Nationality: | French |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1995 |
Birth Place: | Clichy, France |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Position: | Right back |
Currentclub: | ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica |
Clubnumber: | 21 |
Youthyears1: | –2014 |
Youthclubs1: | Fleury Loiret Handball |
Years1: | 2014–2017 |
Clubs1: | OGC Nice |
Years2: | 2017–2021 |
Clubs2: | ES Besançon |
Nationalyears1: | 2018– |
Nationalteam1: | France |
Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
Nationalgoals1: | 25 |
Clubs3: | Brest Bretagne Handball |
Years3: | 2021–2024 |
Clubs4: | ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica |
Years4: | 2024- |
Aïssatou Kouyaté (born 19 April 1995) is a French female handball player who plays for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the French national team as a right back.[1]
She represented France at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.[2] [3]
In April 2021, she suffered from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on her left knee which made her forfeit the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
About a year later in February 2022, she suffered an injury on the same knee during a Champions league match. She had recently come back on the pitch after physical therapy.[5]