Simon Falette
{{short description|Footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Simon Falette
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Simon Augustin Falette{{cite web |url=https://images.cafonline.com/image/upload/caf-prd/kpakgtavgq0lbzxizu89.pdf |title=Guinea |publisher=Confederation of African Football |format=PDF |page=10 |date=15 June 2019 |accessdate=1 August 2019}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|02|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Le Mans, France
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Centre back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2007| youthclubs1 = Tours
| youthyears2 = 2012–2012| youthclubs2 = Lorient
| years1 = 2010–2012 | caps1 = 41 | goals1 = 1 | clubs1 = Lorient B
| years2 = 2011–2014 | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Lorient
| years3 = 2012–2013 | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 2 | clubs3 = → Laval (loan)
| years4 = 2013–2014 | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 1 | clubs4 = → Brest (loan)
| years5 = 2014–2016 | caps5 = 66 | goals5 = 2 | clubs5 = Brest
| years6 = 2016–2017 | caps6 = 36 | goals6 = 3 | clubs6 = Metz
| years7 = 2017–2020 | caps7 = 35 | goals7 = 1 | clubs7 = Eintracht Frankfurt
| years8 = 2020 | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = → Fenerbahçe (loan)
| years9 = 2020–2021 | caps9 = 20 | goals9 = 0 | clubs9 = Hannover 96
| years10 = 2021–2023 | caps10 = 19 | goals10 = 1 | clubs10 = Hatayspor
| years11 = 2024 | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 0 | clubs11 = Zbrojovka Brno
| nationalyears1 = 2018–
| nationalteam1 = Guinea
| nationalcaps1 = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 17 June 2024
| nationalteam-update = 5 February 2023
}}
Simon Augustin Falette (born 19 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back.{{Soccerway|simon-falette/163279}} Born in France, he plays for the Guinea national team.
Club career
Falette started playing football at Tours before moving to the youth teams of Lorient in 2007.{{Cite web |title=FC Lorient. Simon Falette, sur les traces du père |url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/fc-lorient-simon-falette-sur-les-traces-du-pere-269523 |website=ouest-france.fr |access-date=2023-02-05 |date=2013-09-27| language=fr}} On 18 February 2012, he made his Ligue 1 debut for the first team of Lorient in a 0–1 loss against Lille. He spent the 2012–13 season on loan at Ligue 2 side Laval. In the following season, he was again loaned out to Ligue 2, this time to Brest. Brest made the transfer permanent in the summer of 2014. Falette moved to first division team Metz prior to the 2016–17 season, where he was a regular starter and made 35 appearances in league matches, scoring three goals.
In August 2017, Falette moved to Bundesliga club Frankfurt on a four-year deal.{{Cite web| url=https://profis.eintracht.de/news/eintracht-frankfurt-verpflichtet-simon-falette-61379 |title=Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Simon Falette| website=eintracht.de| date=2017-08-16| access-date=2022-10-19 |language=de}} He made his first appearance for his new club on the first matchday of the 2017–18 season in a 0–0 draw against Freiburg. On 10 February 2018, he scored his first and only goal in the German first league in a 4–2 victory against 1. FC Köln.{{Cite web| url=https://www.kicker.de/frankfurt-gegen-koeln-2018-bundesliga-3827782/analyse |title=4:2 - Frankfurt sorgt für Kölner Tristesse im Karneval| website=Kicker| date=2018-02-10| access-date=2023-02-05 |language=de}} On 19 May 2018, Falette won the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal with his team, but didn't play in the final.{{cite news |title=Eintracht Frankfurt stun Bayern Munich to win DFB Cup final for fifth time |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/bayern-munich-frankfurt-dfb-cup-final-live-line-ups-stats-james-rodriguez-506506.jsp |access-date=21 June 2018 |publisher=Bundesliga |date=19 May 2018}}
On 5 October 2020, Falette joined Hannover 96.{{cite web |url=https://bulinews.com/news/6294/frankfurt-confirm-departure-simon-falette |title=Frankfurt confirm departure of Simon Falette |website=bulinews.com |date=5 October 2020 }} He joined Hatayspor in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/wechsel-in-die-sueperlig-falette-verlaesst-hannover-868679/artikel |title=Wechsel in die SüperLig: Falette verlässt Hannover |website=Kicker |publisher=kicker |date=17 August 2021 |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=de}}
On 27 February 2024, Falette signed a contract with Czech club Zbrojovka Brno until end of the season.{{cite web |last=Lísal|first=Martin|url=https://fczbrno.cz/clanek.asp?id=Do-Brna-prichazi-Simon-Falette-9638|title=Do Brna přichází Simon Falette!|website=FC Zbrojovka Brno|date=27 February 2024|language=cs|access-date=27 February 2024}}
International career
Falette was born in Le Mans, France, to a French Guianan father, Albert, who was also a footballer,{{cite web |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/fc-lorient-simon-falette-sur-les-traces-du-pere-269523 |title=FC Lorient. Simon Falette, sur les traces du père |publisher=Ouest-France |date=20 February 2012 |accessdate=14 August 2020}} and a Guinean Loma mother. He was called up to the French Guiana national football team in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Privat-et-baal-avec-la-guyane-pour-les-play-offs/543726|title=Privat (Caen) et Baal (Lens) avec la Guyane pour les play-offs de la Gold Cup 2015 - Foot - Gold Cup|website=L'Équipe}}
In October 2018, he was approached by the Guinea national team, on the basis that his grandmother was born there.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45989931|title=Guinea approach France-born Falette|via=www.bbc.co.uk}} He made his debut for Guinea on 18 November 2018, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast.{{cite web|publisher=CAF|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/32ndeditionoftotalafricacupofnations/MatchDetails?MatchId=J7dbquTKDvI9P%2fEvaxTc8RmGWvj3mfG%2fGY4tXwyrFHubau7Bys1mnBJE9cN7M3he|title=Guinea v Ivory Coast game report|date=18 November 2018}} In the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, he appeared as a starter in all four matches his team played in the tournament before dropping our after losing to Algeria in the round of 16.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 5 October 2020|{{cite web |title=S Falette |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/simon-falette/163279/ |work=Soccerway |publisher = Perform Group |accessdate = 23 January 2018}}}}
| 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"|Domestic Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Lorient II
|rowspan="2"|CFA |15 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12
|26 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!41 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
| Lorient
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| Laval (loan)
|29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 3 | ||
| Brest (loan)
|Ligue 2 |32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Brest
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16
|34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!66 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | |
| rowspan="3"|Metz
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1 |35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| rowspan="4" |Eintracht Frankfurt
| rowspan="3" |Bundesliga |27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19
|7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
| Fenerbahçe
|8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 12 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3" |Hannover 96
| rowspan="2" |2. Bundesliga |18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– | 2 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3" |Hatayspor
| rowspan="2" |Süper Lig |11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23
|8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | colspan="2" |– | 9 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!268 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 11 |
=International=
{{Updated|matches played on 14 July 2019}}{{NFT|72644}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan="3"|Guinea national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| Total||8||0 |
References
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External links
- {{LFP Ligue 1|simon-falette}}
- {{NFT player|72644}}
{{FC Martigues squad}}
{{Guinea squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{2015–16 Ligue 2 UNFP Team of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falette, Simon}}
Category:Footballers from Le Mans
Category:French Guianan men's footballers
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Category:Championnat National 2 players
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
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Category:Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:Black French sportspeople
Category:FC Zbrojovka Brno players
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