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Kassandra Missipo

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Kassandra Missipo
Missipo in 2018
Personal information
Full name Kassandra Ndoutou Eboa Missipo
Date of birth (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Asse, Belgium
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 12
Youth career
2003–2012 KSK Beveren
2012–2013 Herleving Vrasene
2013–2015 TK Meldert
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Gent
2020–2021 Anderlecht 22 (2)
2022–2023 Basel 24 (4)
2023– Sassuolo 34 (3)
International career‡
2014–2015 Belgium U17 6 (0)
2015–2017 Belgium U19 12 (2)
2016– Belgium 64 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 [2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 [1]

Kassandra Ndoutou Eboa Missipo (born 3 February 1998) is a Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Belgium women's national team.[3]

Club career

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From the town of Asse, just west of Brussels, and born to a Cameroonian father,[4] Kassandra Missipo started playing in the youth teams of VC Terheide and Thor Kokerij Meldert. In 2015, at the age of 17, Missipo moved to Gent, where she played for five consecutive seasons. In the blue jersey of the Flemish team, she made her debut in the Super League, going on to win the Belgian Cup twice in 2017 and 2019. She was named the best player of the Super League in 2019.[5]

A year later, Missipo left Gent for Anderlecht, winners of the previous three national championships.[6] With Anderlecht, she won her first league title in 2021, also having the opportunity to play in an international club competition, debuting in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League, winning 8–0 against Northern Irish club Linfield, losing in the second round 2–1 to Portuguese side SL Benfica. A torn cruciate ligament at the end of the season kept her out of action for several months, missing the following season as well.[7]

On 18 May 2022, it was announced that Missipo would officially join FC Basel Frauen in the Swiss Super League for the 2022–23 season.[8] A sixth-placed finish saw Basel qualify for the play-offs, losing in the quarter-finals 4–0 on aggregate to Grasshoppers.

After one year with Basel, Missipo was officially signed on a permanent basis by Sassuolo in Serie A Femminile in August 2023, and after helping the club to fourth – their joint second-best performance ever – she renewed her contract with the club for another season in June 2024.[9] [10][11]

International career

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Missipo has been capped for the Belgium national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[12]

Missipo was part of the Belgian youth teams, playing three matches with the Under-16 team, seven with the Under-17 team and fifteen with the Under-19 team, taking to the field in the qualifying matches for the final stages of the European Championships in the category.

On 3 June 2016, when almost 19 years old, Missipo made her debut with the Belgian women's national team in the win against Estonia in qualifying for the 2017 European Championships.[13] Missipo was included in the Belgian national team squad for Euro 2017,[14] but was subsequently excluded for disciplinary reasons by national coach Ives Serneels and replaced by Sara Yuceil of PSV.[15] [16]

After the European Championship Missipo was called up again by Serneels, but an injury precluded her from playing for the national team. She returned to the senior national team for the 2018 Cyprus Cup, where she played in all of Belgium's matches. She has since become a regular member of the Belgian national team, also being called up for the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup and the 2020 Algarve Cup.

Missipo was selected for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 September 2023 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1–0 1–1 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
2. 29 October 2024 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Greece 4–0 5–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

Personal life

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Missipo is of Cameroonian descent and openly lesbian.[17][18]

Missipo has a tattoo of "Vis ta vie" (Live your life). She also wears a ring that says "Self Love Club".[4]

Honours

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Gent

Anderlecht

References

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  1. ^ "Al onze Red Flames" [All our Red Flames]. RBFA (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ Kassandra Missipo at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Women's Euros – Kassandra Missipo on empowering others: "What will your act of change be in 2022?". olympics.com. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Red Flame Kassandra 'Kassie' Missipo: "Het is altijd zo geweest. Je had jongens en je had meisjes. En dan had je Kassie" (Red Flame Kassandra 'Kassie' Missipo: "It's always been like this. You had boys and you had girls. And then you had Kassie")". KW.be. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Kassandra Missipo won de Sparkle 2019!(Kassandra Missipo wins Sparkle Award 2019)". vrouwenvoetbal.be (in Dutch). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  6. ^ Aernout Van Lindt (21 May 2020). "Dames Anderlecht gaan voor vierde opeenvolgende titel met twee versterkingen van Gent én twee van Genk". vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  7. ^ Courtney Hill (15 June 2022). "Women's Euros – Kassandra Missipo on empowering others: "What will your act of change be in 2022?"". Olympics.com. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Kassandra Missipo wechselt zu Rotblau" (in German). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Kassandra Missipo è una nuova calciatrice del Sassuolo Femminile" (in Italian). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Kassandra Missipo ancora in Neroverde!". Sassuolo Calcio (in Italian). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  11. ^ Daniele Najjar (30 July 2024). "Sassuolo femminile, doppio colpo: Missipo e Sabatino restano un altro anno". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Belgium)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  13. ^ Aernout Van Lindt (8 July 2016). "Kassandra Missipo maakte haar debuut bij de Red Flames". vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  14. ^ "23 Belgian Red Flames in EK-selectie". belgianfootball.be (in Dutch). 25 June 2017.
  15. ^ Aernout Van Lindt (7 July 2017). "Troubles in paradise bij de Flames? Kalmte bewaren". vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Euro 2017: Kassandra Missipo écartée des Red Flames (Euro 2017: Kassandra Missipo left out by Red Flames)". Le Soir (in French). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  17. ^ "30 onder de 30: Kassandra Missipo: 'Hoe meer bagger ik over me heen krijg, hoe groter mijn drang om me te bewijzen'". 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Women's Euros – Kassandra Missipo on empowering others: "What will your act of change be in 2022?"". olympics.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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