Mohamed Simakan
.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 | 81 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | France U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | France U21 | 7 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 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[edit]
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[edit]
Strasbourg[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- As of match played 20 April 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 | Championnat National 3 | 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 | Ligue 1 | 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 | Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| Total | 81 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 142 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 8 | ||
- ^ 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[edit]
RB Leipzig
References[edit]
- ^ "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[edit]
- 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
- Footballers from Marseille
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Guinean men's footballers
- People with acquired French citizenship
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Guinean descent
- Olympique de Marseille players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- RB Leipzig players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Bundesliga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Black French sportspeople