Kévin Denkey

Kévin Denkey
	Denkey in training with Béziers in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Ahoueke Steeve Kévin Denkey
Date of birth	30 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth	Lomé, Togo
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cercle Brugge
Number	9
Youth career
2014–2017	Nîmes
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2020	Nîmes II
2017–2021	Nîmes
2019	→ Béziers (loan)
2021–	Cercle Brugge
International career‡
2018	Togo U20
2018–	Togo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Ahoueke Steeve Kévin Denkey (born 30 November 2000) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cercle Brugge and the Togo national team.

Club career

Denkey was born in Togo and moved to France at a young age, and joined the Nîmes youth academy in 2014.^[1] He made his professional debut for Nîmes in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Le Havre on 13 January 2017.^[2]

He joined Béziers on a six-month loan in January 2019.^[3]

Denkey joined Cercle Brugge in 2021.

International career

Denkey represented the Togo U20s at the 2018 Toulon Tournament, and scored two goals in three games.^[4]

Denkey made his debut for the Togo senior national team in a 0–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tie with Benin on 9 September 2018.^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nîmes II	2016–17	CFA2	14	7	—		14	7
	2017–18	CFA2	18	7	—		18	7
	2018–19	CFA	12	8	—		12	8
	2019–20	CFA	4	3	—		4	3
	Total		48	25	—		48	25
Nîmes	2016–17	Ligue 2	1	0	0	0	1	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	17	3	2	0	19	3
	2020–21	Ligue 1	10	1	0	0	10	1
	Total		28	4	2	0	30	4
Béziers (loan)	2018–19	Ligue 2	11	1	–		11	1
Cercle Brugge	2020–21	Belgian Pro League	13	2	3	1	16	3
	2021–22		28	6	1	1	29	7
	2022–23		38	11	2	2	40	13
	2023–24		36	27	1	1	37	28
	Total		115	46	7	5	122	51
Career total			202	76	9	5	211	81

International

Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Denkey goal.^[6]

List of international goals scored by Kévin Denkey
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 October 2018	Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé, Togo	Gambia	1–1	1–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	12 October 2021	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	Congo	2–1	2–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	14 June 2023	Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Lesotho	2–0	2–0	Friendly
4	18 June 2023	Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela, South Africa	Eswatini	1–0	2–0	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5	10 September 2023	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Cape Verde	1–2	3–2	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6	10 September 2023	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Cape Verde	2–2	3–2	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7	16 November 2023	Martyrs of February Stadium, Benghazi, Libya	Sudan	1–1	1–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification