Former French international Nyedzi Kpokpoya dies at 47

The trained midfielder was born in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor), where she touched her first balls, in front of her professional basketball player father. Trained at Insep, she then had an eleven-year career (1994-2005) in the First Division. La Bretonne sailed between the north of France (Valenciennes, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Saint-Amand), the south (Aix-en-Provence) and a return to the region where she was born (Avenir Rennes, 1999 -2002), before playing a season in Italy, in Viterbo (2002-2003). “Kpo”, as she was nicknamed, dazzled the basketball world with the French team against Japan. It was during a friendly match in May 1995 (22 points).