Simon Falette

Simon Falette

Personal information
Full name	Simon Augustin Falette [1]
Date of birth	(1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Le Mans, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Zbrojovka Brno
Number	92
Youth career
0000–2007	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	0	(0)
International career‡
2018–	Guinea	16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023

Simon Augustin Falette (born 19 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Czech club Zbrojovka Brno. ^[2] 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. ^[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]

International career

Falette was born in Le Mans, France, to a French Guianan father, Albert, who was also a footballer, ^[10] and a Guinean Loma mother. He was called up to the French Guiana national football team in 2015. ^[11]

In October 2018, he was approached by the Guinea national team, on the basis that his grandmother was born there. ^[12] He made his debut for Guinea on 18 November 2018, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast. ^[13] 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

As of match played 5 October 2020 ^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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

As of matches played on 14 July 2019 ^[15]

Guinea national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	1	0
2019	7	0
Total	8	0

References

1. "Guinea" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
2. Simon Falette at Soccerway
3. "FC Lorient. Simon Falette, sur les traces du père". ouest-france.fr (in French). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
4. "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Simon Falette". eintracht.de (in German). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
5. "4:2 - Frankfurt sorgt für Kölner Tristesse im Karneval". kicker.de (in German). 10 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
6. "Eintracht Frankfurt stun Bayern Munich to win DFB Cup final for fifth time". Bundesliga. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
7. "Frankfurt confirm departure of Simon Falette". bulinews.com. 5 October 2020.
8. "Wechsel in die SüperLig: Falette verlässt Hannover". kicker.de (in German). kicker. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
9. Lísal, Martin (27 February 2024). "Do Brna přichází Simon Falette!". fczbrno.cz (in Czech). FC Zbrojovka Brno . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
10. "FC Lorient. Simon Falette, sur les traces du père". Ouest-France. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
11. "Privat (Caen) et Baal (Lens) avec la Guyane pour les play-offs de la Gold Cup 2015 - Foot - Gold Cup". L'Équipe.
12. "Guinea approach France-born Falette" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
13. "Guinea v Ivory Coast game report". CAF. 18 November 2018.
14. "S Falette". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
15. Simon Falette at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Simon Falette – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
• Simon Falette at National-Football-Teams.com