Floyd Ayité

Floyd Ama Nino Ayité (born 15 December 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Gençlerbirliği and the Togo national team. He mainly plays a winger. He is Jonathan Ayité's younger brother.[2]

Floyd Ayité
Ayité playing for Fulham in 2018
Personal information
Full name Floyd Ama Nino Ayité[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-15) 15 December 1988
Place of birth Bordeaux, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 Gençlerbirliği
Number 33
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Bordeaux 7 (0)
2008–2009 → Angers (loan) 33 (3)
2009–2010 → Nancy (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2014 Reims 73 (10)
2014–2016 Bastia 53 (14)
2016–2019 Fulham 78 (14)
2019– Gençlerbirliği 34 (3)
National team‡
2007– Togo 39 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2018

Career

Ayité was born in Bordeaux, and started his career as a footballer for home town Bordeaux. Making his debut for the club in 2008. Loan spells at Angers and Nancy followed.

In 2011, Ayité signed for Stade de Reims, where he made 73 league appearances scoring 10 goals. He joined SC Bastia in 2014 where he scored 5 goals in 28 league games in his first season at the club.

On 1 July 2016, Ayité signed for English Championship club Fulham for an undisclosed fee, signing a three- year contract, with a club option of a further twelve months.[3] He scored his first goals for Fulham when he scored twice in a 4–4 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 10 December 2016.[4]

On 2 September 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Gençlerbirliği. [5]

International career

Despite being born in France, Ayité decide to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Jonathan Ayité and represent Togo, making his debut in 2008. On 14 November 2009, he scored his first goal for Togo, against Gabon.

In 2013 he played 3 matches at 2013 Africa Cup of Nations where his team reached the quarterfinals [6][7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 July 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Angers (loan) 2008–09[8] Ligue 2 333000000333
Nancy (loan) 2009–10[8] Ligue 1 6010000070
Bordeaux 2010–11[8] Ligue 1 7010000080
Reims 2011–12[8] Ligue 2 183000000183
2012–13[8] Ligue 1 232001000242
2013–14[8] 325102100356
Total 73101031007711
Bastia 2014–15[8] Ligue 1 306122100339
2015–16[8] 328101000348
Total 62142231006717
Fulham 2016–17[9] Championship 3392000—359
2017–18[10] 294000000294
2018–19[11] Premier League 161102000191
Total 78143020008314
Career total 2594182820027545

    International
    Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.[12]
    #DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.19 November 2008Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Rwanda1–01–0Friendly
    2.14 November 2009Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Gabon1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
    3.13 January 2013Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Niger2–12–1Friendly
    4.10 September 2014Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Ghana1–02–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
    5.4 September 2015El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium Djibouti City, Djibouti Djibouti2–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
    6.5 June 2016Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia Liberia1–22–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
    7.11 November 2016Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia Comoros1–02–2Friendly
    8.15 November 2016Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Morocco1–01–2Friendly
    9.24 March 2018Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France Ivory Coast2–12–2Friendly
    10.2–2
    11.16 October 2018Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia Gambia1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

    Honours

    Fulham

    References
    1. "List of players under written contract registered between 01/07/2016 and 31/07/2016" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 33. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
    2. "Jonathan Ayité en D2 turque - Foot - Transfert". L'Équipe. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
    3. "Floyd Ayite: Fulham bring in Togo forward from Bastia". BBC Sport. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
    4. "Wolves 4–4 Fulham". BBC. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
    5. "Floyd Ayite, Gençlerbirliği'nde" (in Turkish). Ntvspor. September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
    6. https://africanfootball.com/tournament-matches/141/2013-Africa-Cup-Of-Nations /1
    7. https://africanfootball.com/team/62/Togo/141/2013-Africa-Cup-Of-Nations/
    8. Floyd Ayité at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
    9. "Games played by Floyd Ayité in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
    10. "Games played by Floyd Ayité in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
    11. "Games played by Floyd Ayité in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
    12. "Ayité, Floyd". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
    13. Cartwright, Phil (26 May 2018). "Aston Villa 0–1 Fulham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 May 2018.


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