Mickaël Poté


Mickaël Franck Poté is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club BB Erzurumspor.

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 or Havre, but neither transfer occurred. On 26 June 2009, he signed a three-year-contract with Ligue 1 side Nice. On 2 January 2011, he joined Ligue 2 side Le Mans on a six-month loan deal. On August 2011, he left France and signed a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga club Dynamo Dresden. 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. His debut game was on 7 September 2008, against Angola.

Career statistics

International

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.5 September 2010Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin1–01–12012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.26 May 2012Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso2–12–2Friendly
3.17 June 2012Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin1–01–12013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.8 September 2013Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.27 March 2016Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin2–04–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.3 September 2017Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea1–02–1Friendly
7.10 October 2017Stade d'Honneur Marcel Roustan, Salon-de-Provence, France1–01–0Friendly
8.25 June 2019Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt1–02–22019 Africa Cup of Nations
9.25 June 2019Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt2–22–22019 Africa Cup of Nations
10.13 October 2019Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin2–22–2Friendly