Bengali-Fodé Koita (born 21 October 1990) is a Guinean professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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and the Guinea national team.

Club career

Koita was born in

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, France. He made his professional debut for Montpellier on 16 January 2009, in a

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game against

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. He scored his first goal against

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in a 3–2 defeat. On 21 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract at English club

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of the

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. 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

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for the

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. He made his

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debut on 11 June 2019 in a friendly against Benin, as a starter.

Honours

Trabzonspor *

: 2021–22

Career statistics

International

References

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* * 1990 births Footballers from Paris French sportspeople of Guinean descent Black French sportspeople Living people Guinean men's footballers 21st-century Guinean sportsmen Guinea men's international footballers French men's footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Montpellier HSC players RC Lens players Le Havre AC players Stade Malherbe Caen players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Trabzonspor footballers Sivasspor footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players English Football League players Süper Lig players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players French expatriate men's footballers Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in England Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub