Jacques Faty
{{short description|Senegalese footballer (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jacques Faty
| image = Jacques FATY.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Faty playing for Sivasspor in 2011
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|2|25}}
| birth_place = Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
| height = 1.83 m{{Soccerway|1455|accessdate=10 March 2020}}
| position = Central defender
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1995–1996 | youthclubs1 = FC Épinay
| youthyears2 = 1996–1999 | youthclubs2 = CS Brétigny
| youthyears3 = 1999–2002 | youthclubs3 = Rennes
| youthyears4 = | youthclubs4 = → INF Clairefontaine{{cite news|url=http://www.fff.fr/presentationfff/actualite/418646.shtml |title=INF, formateur de talents |access-date=21 July 2009 |publisher=FFF |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114014916/http://www.fff.fr/presentationfff/actualite/418646.shtml |archive-date=14 November 2012 }}
| years1 = 2002–2007 | clubs1 = Rennes | caps1 = 123 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2007–2008 | clubs2 = Marseille | caps2 = 9 | goals2 =0
| years3 = 2008–2011 | clubs3 = Sochaux | caps3 = 83 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2011–2013 | clubs4 = Sivasspor | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2013 | clubs5 = → Bastia (loan) | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2013–2015 | clubs6 = Wuhan Zall | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = Sydney FC | caps7 = 28 | goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2016–2017 | clubs8 = Central Coast Mariners | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 289 | totalgoals = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2006 | nationalteam1 = France U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 18 | nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2009–2012 | nationalteam2 = Senegal | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
}}
Jacques Faty (born 25 February 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender.[https://www.sofoot.com/jacques-faty-la-france-n-est-pas-le-centre-du-monde-196444.html JACQUES FATY: «LA FRANCE N'EST PAS LE CENTRE DU MONDE»] sofoot.com Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level.
Club career
=Rennes=
Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, Faty was coached at the well-known Clairefontaine Youth Centre before joining Rennes as a youth in 2001, signing on professional terms in 2002. He became an integral part of the 2003–04 Rennes team which historically achieved qualification to the UEFA Cup.
Faty started to lose his place in the team following the arrival of Ghanaian John Mensah early in 2006. The departure of coach László Bölöni to manage AS Monaco did not help his claim either. Pierre Dréossi came in to fill in the vacant coach's position and used Grégory Bourillon and Mensah as the main central defence partnership for the 2006–07 season.
Faty became more and more unsettled as the season went on, and in October 2006 his patience run out. Faty announced his desire to leave the club when his contract was due to expire in June 2007.{{Cite news|url=http://www.stade-rennais-online.com/+0526-Faty-fait-son-mea-culpa+.html|title=Faty fait son mea culpa|work=Stade Rennais Online|access-date=26 March 2018|language=fr}} A knee injury to Mensah gave him a run in the side, and to his credit, he put in some decent performances, finishing with 24 games in the season. The Rennes management tried to keep him at the club by giving him an extension to his contract, but he declined and opted to join Marseille and enjoy a new experience at "France's top club" as he said when he signed his contract.
=Marseille=
Faty's stay at Marseille was short-lived. After experiencing the highs of UEFA Champions League and Europa League competition, he was unable to break the first team with only nine appearances.{{Worldfootball.net|jacques-faty|accessdate=8 September 2015}}
=Sochaux=
He moved on to fellow Ligue 1 team FC Sochaux where he spent three seasons.
=Sivasspor=
He left Sochaux for Turkish Süper Lig club Sivasspor.
Faty returned to Ligue 1 when he was loaned to Bastia from Sivasspor in January 2013.{{cite news|title=Jacques Faty s'engage avec le Sporting|url=http://www.sc-bastia.net/v4/?p=19342|access-date=31 January 2013|date=31 January 2013|author=SC Bastia|language=fr|author-link=SC Bastia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203232703/http://www.sc-bastia.net/v4/?p=19342|archive-date=3 February 2013|url-status=dead}}
=Wuhan Zall=
Following this, he moved to the Chinese Super League with Wuhan Zall in mid-2013.
=Stints in Australia=
On 11 January 2015, he signed for Australian side Sydney FC for the rest of the season, becoming the second player acquired by the club in the transfer window, being an injury replacement for vice-captain. Sasa Ognenovski.{{cite web|title=Sydney FC Make Second Transfer Window Swoop|url=http://www.sydneyfc.com/article/sydney-fc-make-second-transfer-window-swoop/x4tf1tpzzzkd1uy532b0jm5h6|publisher=Sydney FC|access-date=12 January 2015}} On 11 April 2016, Faty was released from his contract by mutual consent.{{cite web|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/article/transfer-news-sydney-fc-release-french-defender-jacques-faty/luc2carntc4c17eoqtvmst09w|title=Sydney FC release French defender|publisher=Football Federation Australia|date=11 April 2016}}
On the same day of his release, Faty agreed to a one-year deal with the Central Coast Mariners.{{cite web|url=http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/breaking-news-jacques-faty-signs-with-mariners/1hhk9pxbd3v801pem6xy2ajvkm|title=Jacques Faty signs with Mariners|publisher=Central Coast Mariners|date=11 April 2016|access-date=11 April 2016|archive-date=2 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502134628/http://www.ccmariners.com.au/article/breaking-news-jacques-faty-signs-with-mariners/1hhk9pxbd3v801pem6xy2ajvkm|url-status=dead}}
International career
Faty is an accomplished player in the youth level of international football.
In 2001, he captained France's FIFA U-17 World Championship squad to a first-place finish. Faty was a regular starter of the French U-21 international squad. He took part in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in Portugal where the French finished as losing semi-finalists. He is no longer available for selection after exceeding the age limit.
Faty made his international debut for the Senegal national team on 26 August 2009.
Style of play
Faty's primary position is central defence but he has also been fielded in midfield.
Personal life
Faty was born in France to a Senegalese-Vietnamese father and Cape Verdean mother,{{cite news|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Archives/2011-05-09/Jacques-Faty-footballeur-binational.-_NP_-2011-05-09-663754|title=Jacques Faty, footballeur binational|date=9 May 2011|newspaper=La Croix|language=fr}} he is a practising Muslim.{{cite news|title=Faty : "L'islam, une réligion très simple à vivre"|url=http://www.sport.fr/football/ligue-1-faty-l-islam-une-religion-tres-simple-vivre-338734.shtm|access-date=19 May 2015|work=Sport.fr|date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519091756/http://www.sport.fr/football/ligue-1-faty-l-islam-une-religion-tres-simple-vivre-338734.shtm|archive-date=19 May 2015|url-status=dead}} He is the elder brother of fellow footballer Ricardo Faty and is the cousin of former Mariners teammate Mickaël Tavares.[http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200909040890.html allAfrica.com: Sénégal: Jacques Faty et Michael Tavarez]
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="6"|Rennes
|9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2003–04
|Ligue 1 |32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05
|Ligue 1 |35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06
|Ligue 1 |23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07
|Ligue 1 |24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!123 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | |
| Marseille
|Ligue 1 |9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|Three appearances in UEFA Champions League and two appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Sochaux
|Ligue 1 |26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2009–10
|Ligue 1 |33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11
|Ligue 1 |24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 28 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!83 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 3 | |
| rowspan="3"|Sivasspor
|13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13
|Süper Lig |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Bastia (loan)
|Ligue 1 |12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Wuhan Zall
|2013 |12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2014
|Chinese Super League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Sydney FC
|8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16
|A-League |20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 20 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| Central Coast Mariners
|A-League |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!289 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 328 | 5 |
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References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.stade-rennais-online.com/Jacques-Faty.html Jacques Faty's profile, stats & pics]
- {{LFP|faty-jacques}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818173951/http://istder.com/news.php?readmore=447 Sivasspor was Jacques Faty Transfer] {{in lang|tr}}
{{Senegal squad 2012 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faty, Jacques}}
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Category:Footballers from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
Category:Black French sportspeople
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Category:Senegal men's international footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:France men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:China League One players
Category:INF Clairefontaine players
Category:Stade Rennais FC players
Category:Olympique de Marseille players
Category:FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
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Category:Senegalese people of Cape Verdean descent
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