Simon Falette
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Augustin Falette[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Le Mans, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Batin | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | Tours | ||
| 2012–2012 | Lorient | ||
| 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) |
| 2020–2021 | Hannover 96 | 20 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Hatayspor | 19 | (1) |
| 2024 | Zbrojovka Brno | 3 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Martigues | 33 | (0) |
| 2025– | Al-Batin | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Guinea | 16 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 February 2023 | |||
Simon Augustin Falette (born 19 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Saudi club Al-Batin.[2] Born in France, he plays for the Guinea national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Falette started playing football at Tours before moving to the youth teams of Lorient in 2007.[3] 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.[2]
In August 2017, Falette moved to Bundesliga club Frankfurt on a four-year deal.[4] 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.[5] On 19 May 2018, Falette won the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal with his team, but didn't play in the final.[6]
On 5 October 2020, Falette joined Hannover 96.[7] He joined Hatayspor in 2021.[8]
On 27 February 2024, Falette signed a contract with Czech club Zbrojovka Brno until end of the season.[9]
On 10 September 2025, Falette joined Saudi FDL club Al-Batin.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]Falette was born in Le Mans, France, to a French Guianan father, Albert, who was also a footballer,[11] and a Guinean Loma mother. He was called up to the French Guiana national football team in 2015.[12]
In October 2018, he was approached by the Guinea national team, on the basis that his grandmother was born there.[13] He made his debut for Guinea on 18 November 2018, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast.[14] 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
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 5 October 2020[15]
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lorient II | 2010–11 | CFA | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 41 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||||
| Lorient | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Laval (loan) | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |
| Brest (loan) | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
| Brest | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |||
| Total | 66 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | ||
| Metz | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| Fenerbahçe | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Hannover 96 | 2020–21 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Hatayspor | 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 268 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 11 | ||
International
[edit | edit source]- As of matches played on 14 July 2019[16]
| Guinea national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Simon Falette – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Le Mans
- French Guianan men's footballers
- Guinean men's footballers
- Guinea men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Guinean descent
- French people of French Guianan descent
- Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Bundesliga players
- Süper Lig players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Saudi First Division League players
- FC Lorient players
- Stade Lavallois players
- Stade Brestois 29 players
- FC Metz players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
- Hannover 96 players
- Hatayspor footballers
- FC Martigues players
- Al Batin FC players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Black French sportspeople
- FC Zbrojovka Brno players
- Guinean expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
- Czech National Football League players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Guinean sportsmen