Floyd Ama Nino Ayité (born 15 December 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a

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for French club

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and the Togo national team. He mainly plays a winger. He is Jonathan Ayité's younger brother.

Club career

Ayité was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

, and started his career as a footballer for home town

. Making his debut for the club in 2008. Loan spells at

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and Nancy followed. In 2011, Ayité signed for Stade de Reims, where he made 73 league appearances scoring 10 goals. He joined

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French f ...

in 2014 where he scored five goals in 28 league games in his first season at the club. On 1 July 2016, Ayité signed for English

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club Fulham for an undisclosed fee, signing a three- year contract, with a club option of a further twelve months. He scored his first goals for Fulham when he scored twice in a 4–4 draw with

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on 10 December 2016. On 2 September 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Gençlerbirliği. On 4 August 2021, he returned to France and signed a two-year contract with

International career

Despite being born in France, Ayité decide to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Jonathan Ayité and represent

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

, making his debut in 2008. On 14 November 2009, he scored his first goal for Togo, against

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...

. In 2013 he played 3 matches at

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where his team reached the quarterfinals

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayité goal.''

Honours

Fulham * EFL Championship play-offs:

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References

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Floyd Ayité
at francefootball.fr * * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Bordeaux Men's association football wingers Citizens of Togo through descent Togolese men's footballers French men's footballers Togo men's international footballers Ligue 1 players English Football League players Premier League players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players Angers SCO players AS Nancy Lorraine players Stade de Reims players SC Bastia players Fulham F.C. players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Valenciennes FC players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players French sportspeople of Togolese descent Togolese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Togolese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Togo-footy-bio-stub