Floyd Ayité


Floyd Ama Nino Ayité is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he represented the Togo national team. He is Jonathan Ayité's younger brother.

Club 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 five 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.
On 4 August 2021, he returned to France and signed a two-year contract with Valenciennes.

International career

Ayité decided 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 the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations where his team reached the quarterfinals.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 November 2008Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo1–01–0Friendly
214 November 2009Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
313 January 2013Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo2–12–1Friendly
410 September 2014Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo1–02–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
54 September 2015El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium Djibouti City, Djibouti2–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
65 June 2016Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia1–22–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
711 November 2016Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia1–02–2Friendly
815 November 2016Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco1–01–2Friendly
924 March 2018Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France2–12–2Friendly
1024 March 2018Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France2–22–2Friendly
1116 October 2018Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Fulham