Bengali-Fodé Koita
Footballer
Intro | Footballer | |
Places | France | |
is | Athlete Football player Association football player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 21 October 1990, Paris | |
Age | 34 years |
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.
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.