Mohamed Simakan
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.jpg) Simakan with RB Leipzig in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamed Sanousy Simakan | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Vivaux Marronniers | ||
| 2009–2010 | FC Bruz | ||
| 2010–2011 | FC Rouguière | ||
| 2011–2014 | Marseille | ||
| 2015 | JO Saint-Gabriel | ||
| 2015–2017 | SC Air Bel | ||
| 2017–2019 | Strasbourg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Strasbourg B | 24 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Strasbourg | 38 | (1) |
| 2021– | RB Leipzig | 85 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | France U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | France U21 | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Mohamed Sanousy Simakan (born 3 May 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.
Early life
Born in Marseille to Guinean parents, Simakan acquired French nationality on 7 November 2005, through the collective effect of his mother's naturalization.[2][3]
Club career
Strasbourg
On 16 May 2018, Simakan signed his first professional contract with Strasbourg.[4] He made his professional debut in a 3–1 UEFA Europa League win over Maccabi Haifa on 25 July 2019.[5]
RB Leipzig
On 22 March 2021, Simakan agreed to join German club RB Leipzig on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, to be effective in the summer of 2021.[6] On 6 September 2022, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk.[7] On 19 September 2023, he scored the first ever goal of the 2023–24 Champions League season in the 3rd minute of a 3–1 away win over Young Boys.[8]
International career
Thanks to his great performance with Strasbourg in Ligue 1, Simakan was called up by Bernard Diomède to play for France U20 national team. He played his first game as a starter against Slovenia in which he scored a header contributing to his team's 2–2 draw.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 August 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Strasbourg B | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||||
| Strasbourg | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| RB Leipzig | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 85 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 146 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 189 | 9 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Four Appearances in UEFA Champions League, and three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b Appearance in DFL-Supercup
Honours
RB Leipzig
References
- ^ "Mohamed Simakan". RB Leipzig. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "JORF n° 0260 du 8 novembre 2005 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 17558. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ "Strasbourg : un jeune défenseur guinéen signe son premier contrat pro". May 26, 2018.
- ^ "Premier contrat pro pour Mohamed Simakan". www.rcstrasbourgalsace.fr. 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Strasbourg vs. Maccabi Haifa - 25 July 2019 - Soccerway". www.soccerway.com.
- ^ "RB Leipzig sign Mohamed Simakan from Strasbourg". Bundesliga. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Visitors Shakhtar stun Leipzig 4-1 with Shved double on debut". ESPN. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Champions League group stage first scorers: Mohamed Simakan quickest off the mark in 2023/24". UEFA. 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Mohamed Simakan, buteur avec les U20: "beaucoup d'émotions"". September 9, 2019.
- ^ "M. Simakan". Soccerway.
- ^ Peeters, Thomas (23 May 2022). "A thriller in Berlin: how relentless RB Leipzig won their first major title". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Christopher Nkunku-inspired RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to win DFB Cup". Bundesliga. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
External links
- Profile at the RB Leipzig website
- Mohamed Simakan at Soccerway
- Mohamed Simakan – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Racing Stub profile
- FFF Profile
- Mohamed Simakan – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Guinean descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Footballers from Marseille
- Guinean men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football fullbacks
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- RB Leipzig players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Bundesliga players
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany