| Guy Acolatse | |
| Fullname: | Guy Kokou Acolatse |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Togo |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Years1: | 1963–1966 |
| Clubs1: | FC St. Pauli |
| Years2: | 1966–1969 |
| Clubs2: | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst |
| Years3: | 1970–1973 |
| Clubs3: | FC St. Pauli II |
| Nationalteam1: | Togo |
Guy Kokou Acolatse (born 28 April 1942) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was the first Black professional footballer to play in Germany.[1] [2]
Acolatse made his debut for the Togo national team at the age of 17.[1] He joined one of the two major clubs in Lomé, the Togolese capital, from Kpalimé.[1] He was courted by French and Belgian clubs but rejected their offers.[1]
German coach Otto Westphal, who had coached the Togo national team and later became FC St. Pauli coach, convinced Acolatse to join the club in August 1963.[1] The club played in the Regionalliga Nord, the German second tier at the time.[2] He made his debut in a 4–1 league win against Altona 93.[2] Acolatse spent three years at the club, making 43 appearances and scoring six goals.[2] He then played a further three years for HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, another Hamburg-based side.[1] He returned to FC St. Pauli in 1970 to play for the club's second team, where he played for three years, occasionally helping out the first team.[1]
Acolatse moved to Saint-Denis, Paris in 1980 where he coached the third team of Paris Saint-Germain and worked at Ford.[2] As of April 2020, he was retired and living in the Paris suburb where he trained children in an honorary capacity.[2]
In 2021, he featured in , a documentary detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football.[3]