Mickaël Franck Poté (born 24 September 1984) is a Beninese former professional
footballer
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.
Club career
Born in
Lyon
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, Poté began his career in 2003 with
Grenoble Foot
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, where he played only three games in his first season. After the season, he signed a contract with
Cannes
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, where he stayed three years, playing fifty-one games and scoring nine goals. In the summer of 2007, he joined
Clermont Foot
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, 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
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or
Havre, but neither transfer occurred. On 26 June 2009, he signed a three-year contract with
Ligue 1
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side
Nice
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side
Le Mans
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on a six-month loan deal. In August 2011, he left France and signed a three-year contract with
2. Bundesliga club
Dynamo Dresden
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. 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
Although Poté was born in France, he was eligible to represent the
Ivory Coast
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, due to his father's roots. Instead, he chose to play for
Benin
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, his mother's country. His debut game was on 7 September 2008, against
Angola
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.
He played at
2019 Africa Cup of Nations
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where the team reached the quarter-finals.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Poté goal.''
References
External links
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Mickaël Potéat foot-national.com
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pote, Mickael
1984 births
Living people
Footballers from Lyon
Beninese men's footballers
21st-century Beninese sportsmen
French men's footballers
French sportspeople of Beninese descent
French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
Beninese people of Ivorian descent
Men's association football forwards
Benin men's international footballers
2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
Grenoble Foot 38 players
AS Cannes players
Clermont Foot players
OGC Nice players
Le Mans FC players
Dynamo Dresden players
AC Omonia players
Adana Demirspor footballers
APOEL FC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
2. Bundesliga players
TFF 1. Lig players
Cypriot First Division players
Beninese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Black French sportspeople
21st-century French sportsmen