Floyd Ama Nino Ayité (born 15 December 1988) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in France, he represented the Togo national team. He is Jonathan Ayité's younger brother.

Club career

Ayité was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

, 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

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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

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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

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International career

Ayité decided to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Jonathan Ayité and represent

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

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

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. In 2013 he played 3 matches at the

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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 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayite, Floyd 1988 births Living people Footballers from Bordeaux French men's footballers Togolese men's footballers Men's association football wingers 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 Ligue 1 players English Football League players Premier League players Togo men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players French sportspeople of Togolese descent French expatriate men's footballers Togolese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Togolese expatriate sportspeople in England Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century French sportsmen