Denis-Will Poha

Denis-Will Poha (born 28 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Vitória de Guimarães on loan from Stade Rennais.[1]

Denis-Will Poha
Personal information
Full name Denis-Will Poha
Date of birth (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997
Place of birth Lannion, France
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vitória Guimarães (on loan from Rennes)
Number 28
Youth career
2004–2008 Lannion
2008–2010 Guingamp
2010–2011 Lannion
2011– Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Rennes II 63 (5)
2016– Rennes 2 (0)
2017–2018 → Orléans (loan) 21 (3)
2019 → Nancy (loan) 14 (1)
2019– → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 10 (0)
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 23:52, 15 January 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]

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[7]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes 2016–17 000010——10
2018–19 20100020—50
Total 201010200060
Orléans (loan) 2017–18 3541010——374
Nancy (loan) 2018–19 1410000——141
Career total 51520202000575

Honours

International

References
  1. Denis-Will Poha at Soccerway. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  2. "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. May 3, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  3. "Denis-Will Poha - Fiche et statistiques" (in French). Stade Rennais Online. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  4. "Ligue 1 - Saison 2015/2016 - 3ème journée - Olympique Lyonnais / Stade Rennais FC" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  5. "Monaco vs. Rennes - 14 December 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  6. "Poha prêté par Rennes". AS Nancy. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. "D. Poha". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2017.


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