Bengali-Fodé Koita

Bengali-Fodé Koita
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-21) 21 October 1990
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Kasımpaşa
Number 9
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– Kasımpaşa 11 (1)
National team‡
2011 France U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2011

Bengali-Fodé Koita (born 21 October 1990 in Paris) is a French professional football player of Guinean origin who plays for Kasımpaşa. Koita made his professional debut on 16 January 2009 for Montpellier in a Ligue 2 game against Amiens SC. He scored his first goal against Olympique Lyon in a 3–2 defeat.

On 21 July 2015, free agent Koita signed a two year contract at English club Blackburn Rovers in 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]

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.

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