Bengali-Fodé Koita

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

Bengali-Fodé Koita

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-10-21) 21 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Sivasspor
Number	55
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)
2016–2021	Kasımpaşa	100	(27)
2021–2023	Trabzonspor	18	(0)
2022–2023	→ Kasımpaşa (loan)	14	(3)
2023–	Sivasspor	50	(13)
International career‡
2011	France U21	2	(0)
2019–	Guinea	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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]

Honours

Trabzonspor

• Süper Lig: 2021–22

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 14 July 2019^[5]

Guinea national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2019	4	0
Total	4	0