Floyd Ayité


Floyd Ama Nino Ayité 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.

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. He scored his first goals for Fulham when he scored twice in a 4–4 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 10 December 2016.
On 2 September 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Gençlerbirliği.

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.

Career statistics

Club

International

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 2008Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo1–01–0Friendly
2.14 November 2009Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.13 January 2013Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo2–12–1Friendly
4.10 September 2014Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo1–02–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.4 September 2015El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium Djibouti City, Djibouti2–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.5 June 2016Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia1–22–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.11 November 2016Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia1–02–2Friendly
8.15 November 2016Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco1–01–2Friendly
9.24 March 2018Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France2–12–2Friendly
10.24 March 2018Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France2–22–2Friendly
11.16 October 2018Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Fulham