Willie Britto

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]

Willie Britto
Personal information
Full name Dagou Willie Anderson Britto
Date of birth (1996-06-01) 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 4 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Ivory Coast U20 10 (0)
2015 Ivory Coast U23 5 (0)
2014–2019 Ivory Coast 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 August 2020

Professional career

On 4 July 2019, Britto signed with FC Zürich on a 4 year contract.[2] Britto 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

Britto 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

Britto 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
  1. Willie Britto at Soccerway
  2. "FC Zurich sign defender Dagou Willie Britto". FC Zürich.
  3. "Zürich vs. Lugano - 21 July 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. "Vertrag mit Willie Britto aufgelöst". fcz.ch.
  5. 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 2021-02-01.
  6. 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 2021-02-06.
  7. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Zambia vs. Ivory Coast (1:1)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  8. "Côte d'Ivoire: Les 21 joueurs convoqués pour le Festival de Toulon". May 27, 2015. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
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