Mickaël Poté

Mickaël Franck Poté (born 24 September 1984) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Bandırmaspor.

Mickaël Poté
Poté in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mickaël Franck Poté[1]
Date of birth (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Bandırmaspor
Youth career
2002–2003 Grenoble
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Grenoble 3 (0)
2004–2007 Cannes 52 (9)
2007–2009 Clermont 68 (12)
2009–2011 Nice 21 (2)
2011 Le Mans 19 (3)
2011–2014 Dynamo Dresden 83 (21)
2014–2015 Omonia 29 (17)
2015–2017 Adana Demirspor 68 (47)
2017–2018 APOEL 29 (11)
2018–2019 Adana Demirspor 35 (16)
2019–2020 BB Erzurumspor 27 (7)
2020– Bandırmaspor 0 (0)
National team‡
2008– Benin 56 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:01, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Lyon, Poté began his career in 2003 with Grenoble Foot, where he played only three games in his first season. After the season, he signed a contract with Cannes, where he stayed three years, playing fifty-one games and scoring nine goals. In the summer of 2007, he joined Clermont Foot, where he played thirty-six games in his first season, scoring five goals. In the spring of 2009, there were rumours that he might be transferred to Strasbourg[2] or Havre,[3] but neither transfer occurred. On 26 June 2009, he signed a three-year-contract with Ligue 1 side Nice.[4] On 2 January 2011, he joined Ligue 2 side Le Mans on a six-month loan deal.[5] On August 2011, he left France and signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club Dynamo Dresden.[6] In 2014, Poté moved to Omonia, where he was Cypriot's League top scorer with 17 goals in a season. In the 2015–16 season, he played for Adana Demirspor at Turkish 1st Division and won the top scorer title with his 20 goals.

International career

Poté is a Beninese international. He was eligible to represent the Ivory Coast, due to his father's roots. Instead, he chose to play for Benin, his mother's country.[7] His debut game was on 7 September 2008, against Angola.[8]

Career statistics

International
As of match played on 13 October 2019.[9]
Benin national team
YearAppsGoals
200840
200960
201051
201130
201252
201311
201440
201550
201631
201762
201840
2019103
Total5610

International goals
Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first.[9]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2010Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Burundi1–01–12012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.26 May 2012Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso2–12–2Friendly
3.17 June 2012Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Ethiopia1–01–12013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.8 September 2013Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin Rwanda1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.27 March 2016Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin South Sudan2–04–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.3 September 2017Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea1–02–1Friendly
7.10 October 2017Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence, France Gabon1–01–0
8.25 June 2019Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt Ghana1–02–22019 Africa Cup of Nations
9.2–2
10.13 October 2019Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin Zambia2–22–2Friendly
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References
  1. "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. "Football - Ligue 2 : Imbroglio sur le transfert de Mickaël Poté à Strasbourg ?" (in French). cyberbougnat.net. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. "Mickaël Poté (OGC Nice) sur les tablettes du Mans FC" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. "Nice: Arrivée de Poté" (in French). mercato365.com. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  5. "Yohan Hautcoeur et Mickaël Poté ont signé" (in French). lemansfc.fr. 2 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. "Dynamo verpflichtet Mickael Poté" (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  7. "Portrait : Mickaël Poté, l'Écureuil à la carrière d'un vin! - Bénin Football".
  8. "Benin - Angola 3:2 (1:1)". FIFA.com. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  9. Mickaël Poté at National-Football-Teams.com
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