International Career
Despite being born in the Ghanaian capital of Accra he plays for neighbouring Togo. He is the second person from Ghana who plays for Togo, the other is Richmond Forson.
He was part of the Togo squad in the 2006 World Cup finals where Togo were knocked out of the competition in the group stages. Akoto was on the bus carrying the Togo team, which was attacked by gunfire on January 8, 2010.
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