AS Saint-Etienne : Sainté alumnus returns to France | ASSE News

Two and a half years after leaving Saint-Etienne, Florentin Pogba, 29-year-old defender, returns to France and will defend the colors of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard for the next three seasons.

FC Sochaux announces the signing of Florentin Pogba

FC Sochaux-Montbeliard said in an official statement on its website that former ASSE central back Florentin Pogba “will sign up next week after having completed the usual medical examination”. He will sign a contract that will link him to the Ligue 2 club until June 30, 2023.

The older brother of Paul Pogba wore the colors ofASSE, between September 2012 and January 2018. He had been transferred from Saint-Etienne to Gençlerbirliği Spor Kulübü, in Turkey, during the winter transfer window 2018. After a year in the Turkish Süper Lig, the Guinean had joined Atlanta United FC, in Major League Soccer (MLS), on February 5, 2019. Free, he made his return to France. In fact, Florentin Pogba (1.89 m for 93 kg) arrives at Sochaux with his experience, because he has played 99 games with ASSE, including 66 in Ligue 1. With the American club, he won the Campeones Cup and the 2019 U.S. Cup.

By ALEXIS

Posted on May 18, 2020 at 1:04 pm |
                     updated on May 18, 2020 at 13:04