Nicolas Seube on Andréas Hountondji’s remarkable season : " He hit… at the door of very interesting clubs »

Currently on loan to Rodez, Andréas Hountondji has a season 2023-2024 remarkable with 14 goals and 6 assists in 31 matches. Nicolas Seube, the coach of Caen, club which loaned him to Rodez, recently expressed his desire to have the Beninese player back in the team for next season. His contract with SM Caen runs until 30 June 2025, and the club wishes to offer him an extension with a salary increase. In an interview given to Ouest-France before the Caen-Rodez match, Nicolas Seube returned to the beginnings and rise of Andréas Hountondji.

He talks about the beginnings of the Beninese winger

“I had him for one year in U17 and one year in reserve, rewind Nicolas Seube. He’s a boy who needed to work a lot on the technical aspect. He had a big job to do with his back to the goal, with too much technical waste and, in my opinion, a lack of finesse compared to the attacking position. On the other hand, he's a boy who always had a sense of purpose, who scored in all categories. When we went from N3 to N2, he finished top scorer in the championship, even if the season was stopped by Covid. The other data, is that he is very fast and runs a long time. That, he had it in him. Now, this technique needed to be improved. »

The brand new “Andréas hountondji”

“He attracts the balls into the zone of truth, moves well in small areas, is effective, resumes Nicolas Seube. The loans did him a lot of good and helped him progress enormously. Today, he probably knocks on the doors of very interesting clubs because being born in 2002 and score as many goals in this championship, it shows. Repeating this gives guarantees for the future. I'm not surprised by the fact that he scores goals, but by its ability to last over time. With us, he was still young and perhaps not yet ready to be so decisive. »

Andréas Hountondji with SM Caen next season, the coach's priority

" Today, it matures and becomes interesting”, supports Nicolas Seube. “Andréas perhaps needed an extra year to exist and he is proving it. When you are an executive in a club where you are on loan, this means that tomorrow, we can become an important element in a club like ours. I would be happy if he was there next season. I will fight and do my best so that he can stay with us”.

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