Simon Falette

Simon Augustin Falette (born 19 February 1992) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a centre back for German club Hannover 96.[2]

Simon Falette
Personal information
Full name Simon Augustin Falette[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992
Place of birth Le Mans, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Hannover 96
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Lorient B 41 (1)
2011–2014 Lorient 1 (0)
2012–2013 → Laval (loan) 29 (2)
2013–2014 → Brest (loan) 32 (1)
2014–2016 Brest 66 (2)
2016–2017 Metz 36 (3)
2017–2020 Eintracht Frankfurt 35 (1)
2020 → Fenerbahçe (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Hannover 96 0 (0)
National team‡
2018– Guinea 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:40, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Falette started his career with Lorient, where he was loaned out to Laval and Brest, then he joined the latter on a permanent transfer in 2014. Later on, he played for Metz, then he went to Germany to play for Eintracht Frankfurt in 2017, where he was also loaned out to Fenerbahçe in 2020.

On 5 October 2020, Falette joined Hannover 96.[3]

International career

Falette was born in France to a French Guianan father, Albert, who was also a footballer,[4] and a Guinean mother. He was called up to the French Guiana national football team in 2015.[5] In October 2018, he was approached by the Guinea national team, on the basis that his grandmother was born there.[6] He made his debut for Guinea on 18 November 2018, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 5 October 2020[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lorient II 2010–11 CFA 151———151
2011–12 260———260
Total 411——00411
Lorient 2011–12 Ligue 1 100000—10
Laval (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 2 2921110—313
Brest (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 2 3212000—341
Brest 2014–15 Ligue 2 3214010—371
2015–16 3411000—351
Total 662501000722
Metz 2016–17 Ligue 1 3531030—393
2017–18 100000—10
Total 363103000403
Eintracht Frankfurt 2017–18 Bundesliga 27110——281
2018–19 700070—140
2019–20 100000—10
Total 351107000431
Fenerbahçe 2019–20 Süper Lig 8040——120
Hannover 96 2020–21 2. Bundesliga 0000——00
Career total 248101411200027411

International
As of matches played on 14 July 2019[9]
Guinea national team
YearAppsGoals
201810
201970
Total80

References
  1. "Guinea" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. "S. Falette". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. "Frankfurt confirm departure of Simon Falette". bulinews.com. 5 October 2020.
  4. "FC Lorient. Simon Falette, sur les traces du père". Ouest-France. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. "Privat (Caen) et Baal (Lens) avec la Guyane pour les play-offs de la Gold Cup 2015 - Foot - Gold Cup". L'Équipe.
  6. "Guinea approach France-born Falette" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. "Guinea v Ivory Coast game report". CAF. 18 November 2018.
  8. "S Falette". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  9. Simon Falette at National-Football-Teams.com


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