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Bengali-Fodé Koita
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-21) 21 October 1990 (age 34)
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 34 (10)
International career
2011 France U21 2 (0)
2019– Guinea 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:23, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

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.

Club career

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. 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.

International career

He was called up to the Guinea national team by manager Luis Fernández for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

He made his Guinea national football team debut on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Benin, as a starter.

Honours

Trabzonspor

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 14 July 2019
Guinea national team
Year Apps Goals
2019 4 0
Total 4 0

References

  1. "Striker deal completed". Blackburn Rovers. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. "Koita completes Turkish move". Blackburn Rovers. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. "Guinea star Traoré turns down Syli call-up - 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers - Guinea". Africanfootball. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. "Guinea v Benin game report". National Football Teams. 11 June 2019.
  5. Bengali-Fodé Koita at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

Sivasspor – current squad
Guinea squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Guinea


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