Simon Augustin Falette (born 19 February 1992) is a professional

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who plays as a centre back for Turkish club

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. Born in France, he represents the Guinea national team.

Club career

Falette started playing football at

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before moving to the youth teams of

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in 2007. On 18 February 2012, he made his

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debut for the first team of Lorient in a 0–1 loss against

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. He spent the 2012–13 season on loan at

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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

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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

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club

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on a four-year deal. He made his first appearance for his new club on the first matchday of the 2017–18 season in a 0–0 draw against

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. On 10 February 2018, he scored his first and only goal in the German first league in a 4–2 victory against

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. On 19 May 2018, Falette won the

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with his team, but didn't play in the final. On 5 October 2020, Falette joined

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. He joined

in 2021.

International career

Falette was born in France to a French Guianan father, Albert, who was also a footballer, and a Guinean

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mother. He was called up to the

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in 2015. In October 2018, he was approached by the Guinea national team, on the basis that his grandmother was born there. He made his debut for Guinea on 18 November 2018, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against

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. 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

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in the round of 16.

Career statistics

Club

International

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* * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Le Mans Citizens of Guinea through descent Guinean footballers Guinea international footballers French footballers French sportspeople of Guinean descent French people of French Guianan descent Guinean expatriate footballers Association football defenders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Bundesliga players Süper Lig players 2. Bundesliga 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 French expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Turkey Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Germany Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Black French sportspeople {{France-footy-defender-1990s-stub