Denis-Will Poha

Denis-Will Poha

Poha with Rennes II in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Lannion, France
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sion
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)
2016–2020	Rennes	2	(0)
2017–2018	→ Orléans (loan)	21	(3)
2019	→ Nancy (loan)	14	(1)
2019–2020	→ Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	20	(0)
2020–2022	Vitória de Guimarães	5	(0)
2021	→ Portimonense (loan)	12	(0)
2022	→ Pau (loan)	17	(0)
2022–	Sion	39	(2)
2023	Sion U21	1	(0)
2024	→ Quevilly-Rouen (loan)	15	(0)
International career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024

Denis-Will Poha (born 28 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Swiss club Sion. ^[1]

Club career

Early career

Born in Lannion in 1997, Poha started his football career with local team, Lannion FC, in October 2004. ^[2] He played four seasons for Lannion and moved to Guingamp in July 2008, at the age of 11. After two years, Poha returned to hometown team, Lannion. After a season, he moved to Rennes. ^[3]

Rennes

In 2015, Poha was called up for Stade Rennais first team. On 22 August, in a Ligue 1 match against Lyon, Poha was an unused substitute. ^[4] On 14 December 2016, he made his senior team debut against in Coupe de la Ligue against Monaco at Stade Louis II, playing the game as a starter for full-time. ^[5]

He was loaned to Nancy in January 2019 until the end of the season. ^[6]

Vitória de Guimarães

In August 2019, Poha was loaned to Primeira Liga club Vitória de Guimarães. ^[7]

In August 2020, Vitória de 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] On 14 January 2022, he signed for Ligue 2 club Pau on loan. ^[10]

Sion

On 14 June 2022, Poha signed a three-year contract with Sion in Switzerland. ^[11] On 29 January 2024, Poha moved on loan to Quevilly-Rouen until the end of the season. ^[12]

International career

Poha won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with France U19 national team, ^[10] playing five games in the competition.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

As of 1 July 2019 ^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rennes II	2014–15	CFA 2	13	0	—		—		—		—		13	0
	2015–16	CFA 2	22	1	—		—		—		—		22	1
	2016–17	CFA	25	4	—		—		—		—		25	4
	2018–19	National 3	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	Total		63	5	—		—		—		—		63	5
Rennes	2016–17	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2018–19	Ligue 1	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	—		6	0
	Total		2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	—		7	0
Orléans (loan)	2017–18	Ligue 2	35	4	1	0	1	0	—		—		37	4
Nancy (loan)	2018–19	Ligue 2	14	1	0	0	0	0	—		—		14	1
Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	2019–20	Primeira Liga	20	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	—		31	0
Vitória de Guimarães	2020–21	Primeira Liga	5	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
Portimonense (loan)	2020–21	Primeira Liga	12	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
Pau (loan)	2021–22	Ligue 2	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Career total			151	10	3	0	6	0	10	0	0	0	170	10

Honours

International

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2016 ^[10]

References

1. Denis-Will Poha at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 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. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
3. "Denis-Will Poha - Fiche et statistiques" (in French). Stade Rennais Online. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
4. "Ligue 1 - Saison 2015/2016 - 3ème journée - Olympique Lyonnais / Stade Rennais FC" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
5. "Monaco vs. Rennes - 14 December 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
6. "Poha prêté par Rennes". AS Nancy. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
7. "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. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
8. "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.
9. Sepúlveda, Pedro (1 February 2021). "Denis-Will Poha vai ser emprestado ao Portimonense" [Denis-Will Poha will be loaned to Portimonense]. SIC Notícias (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
10. "Mercato : Denis Will Poha débarque à Pau" [Transfer market: Denis Will Poha arrives in Pau]. Le Figaro (in French). 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
11. "Denis Will Poha s'engage en Valais !" (in French). Sion. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
12. "DENIS-WILL POHA REJOINT QRM !" [DENIS-WILL POHA JOINS QRM!] (in French). Quevilly-Rouen. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
13. "D. Poha". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

External links

• Denis-Will Poha at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Denis-Will Poha at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)