Fode_Koita
Bengali-Fodé Koita
Guinean footballer
Bengali-Fodé Koita (born 21 October 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Sivasspor and the Guinea national team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1990-10-21) 21 October 1990 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sivasspor | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2009 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Montpellier | 16 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Lens (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | → Le Havre (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Caen | 57 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | (0) |
| 2016–2021 | Kasımpaşa | 100 | (27) |
| 2021–2023 | Trabzonspor | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| 2023– | Sivasspor | 16 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019– | Guinea | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:23, 14 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Koita was born in Paris, France. He made his professional debut for Montpellier on 16 January 2009, in a Ligue 2 game against Amiens SC. He scored his first goal against Lyon in a 3–2 defeat.
On 21 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract at English club Blackburn Rovers of the Football League Championship.[1] However, Koita struggled to make an impact at the club and failed to score a single goal in his fourteen appearances. On 27 January 2016, he signed for Turkish club Kasımpaşa S.K. for a fee of €320,000.[2]
He was called up to the Guinea national team by manager Luis Fernández for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]
He made his Guinea national football team debut on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Benin, as a starter.[4]
Trabzonspor
International
- As of matches played on 14 July 2019[5]
- "Striker deal completed". Blackburn Rovers. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- "Koita completes Turkish move". Blackburn Rovers. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- "Guinea star Traoré turns down Syli call-up - 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers - Guinea". Africanfootball. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- "Guinea v Benin game report". National Football Teams. 11 June 2019.
- Bengali-Fodé Koita at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bengali-Fodé Koita at Soccerway
- Bengali-Fodé Koita at L'Équipe Football (in French)
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