Bengali-Fodé Koita

Bengali-Fodé Koita (born 21 October 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Kasımpaşa and the Guinea national team.

Bengali-Fodé Koita
Personal information
Full name Bengali-Fodé Koita
Date of birth (1990-10-21) 21 October 1990
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) 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 96 (26)
National team‡
2011 France U21 2 (0)
2019– Guinea 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:23, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

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.[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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 14 July 2019[5]
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
201940
Total40

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
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