| Floyd Ayité | |
| Upright: | 0.9 |
| Fullname: | Floyd Ama Nino Ayité[1] |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Bordeaux, France |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder, winger |
| Years1: | 2008–2011 |
| Caps1: | 7 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs2: | → Angers (loan) |
| Caps2: | 33 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs3: | → Nancy (loan) |
| Caps3: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs4: | Reims |
| Caps4: | 73 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Years5: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs5: | Bastia |
| Caps5: | 53 |
| Goals5: | 14 |
| Years6: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs6: | Fulham |
| Caps6: | 78 |
| Goals6: | 14 |
| Years7: | 2019–2021 |
| Caps7: | 49 |
| Goals7: | 6 |
| Years8: | 2021–2023 |
| Caps8: | 42 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2007– |
| Nationalteam1: | Togo |
| Nationalcaps1: | 46 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 11 |
| Club-Update: | 28 June 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 19:51, 15 December 2021 (UTC) |
Floyd Ama Nino Ayité (born 15 December 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Togo national team. He mainly plays a winger. He is Jonathan Ayité's younger brother.[2]
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.[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]
On 4 August 2021, he returned to France and signed a two-year contract with Valenciennes.[6]
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 2013 Africa Cup of Nations where his team reached the quarterfinals [7] [8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Angers (loan) | 2008–09 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
| Nancy (loan) | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bordeaux | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Reims | 2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | |||
| Total | 73 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 11 | |||
| Bastia | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | |
| 2015–16 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | |||
| Total | 62 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 17 | |||
| Fulham | 2016–17 | Championship | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 9 | ||
| 2017–18 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 78 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 14 | |||
| Career total | 259 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 45 | |||
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayité goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 November 2008 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | ||
| 2 | 14 November 2009 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||
| 3 | 13 January 2013 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 4 | 10 September 2014 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ||
| 5 | 4 September 2015 | El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium Djibouti City, Djibouti | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ||
| 6 | 5 June 2016 | Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | ||
| 7 | 11 November 2016 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly | ||
| 8 | 15 November 2016 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly | ||
| 9 | 24 March 2018 | Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly | ||
| 10 | 2–2 | ||||||
| 11 | 16 October 2018 | Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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