Denis-Will Poha
Denis-Will Poha (born 28 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Portimonense on loan from Vitória Guimarães.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Lannion, France | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Portimonense (on loan from Vitória Guimarães) | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Lannion | ||
| 2008–2010 | Guingamp | ||
| 2010–2011 | Lannion | ||
| 2011–2014 | Rennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Rennes II | 63 | (5) |
| 2016– | Rennes | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Orléans (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| 2019 | → Nancy (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2020– | Vitória Guimarães | 0 | (0) |
| 2021– | → Portimonense (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| 2012–2013 | France U16 | 12 | (1) |
| 2013 | France U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | France U18 | 2 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 19 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | France U20 | 9 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:33, 10 August 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Early career
Born in Lannion in 1997, Poha started his football career with local team, Lannion FC youth team in October 2004.[2] Poha played four season for Lannion and moved to EA Guingamp youth team in July 2008, at the age of 11. After two years Poha returned to hometown team, Lannion FC. After a season, he moved to Stade Rennais.[3]
Rennes
In 2015, Poha was called up for Stade Rennais first team. On 22 August, in a Ligue 1 match against Olympique Lyonnais, Poha was an unused substitute.[4] On 14 December 2016, he made his senior team debut against in Coupe de la Ligue against AS Monaco at Stade Louis II, playing the game as a starter for full-time.[5]
He was loaned to AS Nancy in January 2019 until the end of the season.[6]
On August 2019, Poha was loaned to Primeira Liga club Vitória Guimarães.[7]
Vitória Guimarães
On August 2020 Vitória Guimarães exercised the purchase option on Poha, and he signed a three-year contract with the club.[8]
On 1 February 2021, Poha moved to Primeira Liga club Portimonense, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[9]
International career
Poha won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France national under-19 football team, playing five games in the competition.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 July 2019[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rennes | 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Orléans (loan) | 2017–18 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 4 | ||
| Nancy (loan) | 2018–19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 51 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5 | |
Honours
International
References
- Denis-Will Poha at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- "Denis-Will Poha, le gamin du Lannion FC devenu pro au Stade Rennais" [Denis-Will Poha, the Lannion FC kid turned pro at Stade Rennais] (in French). OuestFrance. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- "Denis-Will Poha - Fiche et statistiques" (in French). Stade Rennais Online. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- "Ligue 1 - Saison 2015/2016 - 3ème journée - Olympique Lyonnais / Stade Rennais FC" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- "Monaco vs. Rennes - 14 December 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- "Poha prêté par Rennes". AS Nancy. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- "Transferts : Denis-Will Poha (Rennes) en prêt à Guimaraes" [Transfers: Denis-Will Poha (Rennes) on loan at Guimaraes]. L'Équipe (in French). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- "Transferts : Rennes vend Denis-Will Poha au Vitoria Guimaraes" [Transfers: Rennes sells Denis-Will Poha to Vitoria Guimaraes]. L'Équipe (in French). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- Sepúlveda, Pedro (1 February 2021). "Denis-Will Poha vai ser emprestado ao Portimonense" [Denis-Will Poha will be loaned to Portimonense]. SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- "D. Poha". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
External links
- Denis-Will Poha at the French Football Federation (in French). Archived at webarchive.org.