# Lalawélé Atakora

Lalawélé Atakora (also known as Atakora Lalawélé; born 9 November 1990) is a Togolese footballer who plays for FCO Tourangeau as a winger.

## Career
### Club career

On 20 June 2017, Lalawélé signed with Adana Demirspor.
On 3 July 2018, Gabala FK announced the signing of Lalawélé on a one-year contract, with Gabala confirmed his release at the end of his contract on 4 June 2019. On 20 August 2019 it was confirmed, that Lalawélé had joined Kuwaiti club Kazma SC in the Kuwait Premier League. After a spell in Togolese ASKO Kara, he joined the Swedish fourth-tier club Syrianska in 2021.

### International career

He represented Togo in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea and played all three group stage matches, scoring one goal.
In 2011, he played for Togo in the WAFU Nations Cup, a West African championship. Togo won the final against Nigeria 3-2 and Lalawelé was the match winner with his two goals and an assist.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 19 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Fredrikstad | 2009 | Tippeligaen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Fredrikstad | 2010 | Adeccoligaen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Fredrikstad | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| IFK Värnamo (loan) | 2010 | Div. 1 Södra | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 3 |
| AIK (loan) | 2011 | Allsvenskan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 |
| AIK | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| AIK | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| AIK | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| AIK | Total | Total | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| Balıkesirspor (loan) | 2013–14 | TFF First League | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 39 | 5 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 4 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 28 | 1 |
| Helsingborgs IF | Total | Total | 50 | 3 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 59 | 5 |
| Adana Demirspor | 2017–18 | TFF First League | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 33 | 3 |
| Gabala | 2018–19 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 199 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 20 |

### International

Togo national team :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 47 | 2 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 18 November 2019

### International goals

    Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 8 September 2013 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | DR Congo | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 4 October 2016 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo? | Uganda | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |

## Honours
### Gabala

* Azerbaijan Cup: 2018–19