Simon Elisor (born 22 July 1999) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese club club Famalicão.

Career

Ajaccio

Trained as a youth with

Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location I ...

, where he played in

Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

, Elisor joined

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French language, French: ; or ; , locally: ; ) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a communes of France, French commune, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Corse-du-Sud, and head o ...

in the summer of 2019. He made his senior debut for the Corsican club in a 1–0

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

loss to

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

on 29 August 2020. Elisor scored his first professional goal in a 5-1 defeat to

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or by the abbreviation AJA, is a French professional association football, football club based in the Communes of France, commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club plays in L ...

on 3 October 2020. In February 2021 he signed his first professional contract with Ajaccio, and moved on loan to

Sète Sète (; , ), also historically spelled ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises'' (fem ...

until the end of the 2020–21 season.

Villefranche (loan)

During the 2021-22 season, Elisor moved to

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

side Villefranche on loan. Elisor scored 17 goals in 34 matches, including 13 goals in his last 14 matches and a goal in the second leg of the

promotion/relegation playoffs which ended in a 3-1 defeat (6-1 aggregate) to Quevilly-Rouen. He also won player of the month for April which he scored 5 goals.

RFC Seraing

On 11 July 2022, Elisor signed a four-year contract with

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in Belgium. Elisor struggled to make an impact at Seraing as he only netted 1 goal in 13

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matches and also missed a penalty on his home debut (in a 1-0 defeat to

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...

). Elisor scored his only goal for Seraing in a 2-1 loss to

Union Saint-Gilloise Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (), also known as Union Saint-Gilloise, Union SG or simply Union, is a Belgian professional football club from Brussels based in Forest. Founded in 1897 in the neighbouring Saint-Gilles, the club has played its home ...

on 30 October 2022.

Laval (loan)

On 5 January 2023, Elisor joined newly promoted Ligue 2 side Laval on loan. 5 days later, Elisor made his Laval debut in a 1-0 defeat to

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

. Elisor netted his first goal for the club in a 2-1 home defeat to

Paris FC Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...

. A week later, Elisor scored again in a 3-2 defeat to

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; ; ) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the urban area. Geography T ...

. Elisor then added to his tally against

Sochaux Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy ...

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

, a first brace for the club against

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

, Saint-Etienne and Nimes as those goals proved very crucial as Laval secured their Ligue 2 status. Elisor finished his loan spell with 8 goals in 21 appearances for the club.

Metz

On 5 July 2023, Elisor signed with newly promoted

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side

Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...

. Elisor made his debut for the club in a 1-0 win over Clermont on 27 August. Elisor netted his first goal for the club in a 3-1 win against

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

on 12 November 2023. Elisor missed a penalty in a 2-0 defeat to

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

on 3 December 2023.

Troyes (loan)

On 11 January 2024, Elisor joined

Troyes Troyes () is a Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within ...

on loan. Elisor made his debut for Troyes in a 3-1 win against his former club Ajaccio on 13 January. Elisor netted his first goal for the club in a 2-1 win over

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

on 3 February. Despite Elisor scoring 6 goals in 18 games, Troyes initially finished the season with relegation to Championnat National after finishing in 17th place, but after Ajaccio got administratively relegated to Championnat National due to financial issues, Troyes stayed in Ligue 2 for the following season. Elisor attracted transfer interest from English

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side QPR after his brilliant loan spell with Troyes.

Personal life

His father Eric Elisor was also a professional footballer. His sister Salomé Elisor plays in

French Division 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professio ...

and was a French youth international. Elisor is of

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

an descent.

Career statistics

References

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