Mickaël Poté
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mickaël Franck Poté[1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
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) |
2020–2021 | Bandırmaspor | 30 | (8) |
2021 | Menemenspor | 9 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Mağusa Türk Gücü | 43 | (34) |
2023–2024 | Karsıyaka Anamur | 12 | (6) |
International career | |||
2008–2022 | Benin | 69 | (10) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mickaël Franck Poté (born 24 September 1984) is a Beninese former professional footballer.
Club career
[edit]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] In 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
[edit]Although Poté was born in France, 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]
He played at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where the team reached the quarter-finals.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Benin | 2008 | 4 | 0 |
2009 | 6 | 0 | |
2010 | 5 | 1 | |
2011 | 3 | 0 | |
2012 | 5 | 2 | |
2013 | 1 | 1 | |
2014 | 4 | 0 | |
2015 | 5 | 0 | |
2016 | 3 | 1 | |
2017 | 6 | 2 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
2019 | 12 | 3 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 8 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 69 | 10 |
- Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Poté goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 September 2010 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Burundi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2 | 26 May 2012 | Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
3 | 17 June 2012 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Ethiopia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4 | 8 September 2013 | Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin | Rwanda | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
5 | 27 March 2016 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | South Sudan | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
6 | 3 September 2017 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
7 | 10 October 2017 | Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence, France | Gabon | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
8 | 25 June 2019 | Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt | Ghana | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
9 | 2–2 | |||||
10 | 13 October 2019 | Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin | Zambia | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
References
[edit]- ^ "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Football - Ligue 2 : Imbroglio sur le transfert de Mickaël Poté à Strasbourg ?" (in French). cyberbougnat.net. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Mickaël Poté (OGC Nice) sur les tablettes du Mans FC" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Nice: Arrivée de Poté" (in French). mercato365.com. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dynamo verpflichtet Mickael Poté" (in German). Dynamo Dresden. 23 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Portrait : Mickaël Poté, l'Écureuil à la carrière d'un vin! – Bénin Football". 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Benin – Angola 3:2 (1:1)". FIFA.com. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019 | CAFOnline.com". Archived from the original on 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b Mickaël Poté at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
[edit]- Mickaël Poté at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Mickaël Poté – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Mickaël Poté at foot-national.com (in French)
- Mickaël Poté at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Mickaël Poté at Soccerway
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lyon
- Beninese men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Beninese descent
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Beninese people of Ivorian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Benin men's international footballers
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- AS Cannes players
- Clermont Foot players
- OGC Nice players
- Le Mans FC players
- Dynamo Dresden players
- AC Omonia players
- Adana Demirspor footballers
- APOEL FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- TFF 1. Lig players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Beninese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportsmen