Ricardo Faty
![]() Faty playing for Standard Liège in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo William Faty[1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 August 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2002 | INF Clairefontaine[2] | ||
2002–2005 |
Strasbourg | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 |
Strasbourg | 7 | (0) |
2006–2010 |
Roma | 19 | (0) |
2007 | → Bayer Leverkusen (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Nantes (loan) | 41 | (3) |
2010–2012 | Aris | 47 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Ajaccio | 47 | (4) |
2014–2015 | Standard Liège | 31 | (4) |
2015–2018 | Bursaspor | 54 | (2) |
2018–2020 | Ankaragücü | 48 | (3) |
2020–2022 |
Reggina | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2007 | France U21 | 8 | (1) |
2012 | Senegal | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 December 2016 |
Ricardo William Faty (born 4 August 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Senegal national team.
Career
Faty was born in
During
He made his Champions League debut with Roma against
At the end of
In his first season in
In 2012, he joined Ajaccio.[6]
On 18 August 2014, Faty signed a four-year contract with Standard Liège.[7]
In the summer 2018, Faty joined Turkish club MKE Ankaragücü. On 9 May 2019, he announced on Instagram, that he had terminated his contract with the club, according to him because he was left out of the squad and had not received his salary.[8]
On 16 September 2020, Faty joined
Personal life
He is the younger brother of Jacques Faty, who is also a professional footballer. Though they were born in France, their father is Senegalese-Vietnamese and their mother is from Cape Verde. His father is Muslim and his mother is Catholic, while Faty converted to Islam at age 20, while playing for Roma, and hopes to end his career in a Gulf country to increase his faith.[11]
Honours
Strasbourg[12]
Roma[12]
- Coppa Italia: 2006–07; runner-up: 2009–10
- Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 2006
Nantes[12]
References
- ^ "Ricardo William Faty" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "INF, formateur de talents" (in French). FFF. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ "Roma: Faty a Leverkusen" (in Italian). UEFA. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2007.
- ^ "Faty claims Everton interest". skysports.com. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
- ^ "Faty Rovers Trial". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "Ricardo FATY" (in French). ac-ajaccio.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Ricardo FATY rejoint les Rouches". Standard Liège. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Ankaragücü'nde Ricardo Faty sözleşmesini feshetti". hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Ricardo Faty è un calciatore amaranto". Reggina 1914 (in German). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE CON RICARDO FATY" (in Italian). Reggina. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Faty : "L'islam, une réligion très simple à vivre"". Sport.fr. 8 February 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ a b c Ricardo Faty at Soccerway
External links
- Ricardo Faty at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ricardo Faty at racingstub.com (in French)
- Ricardo Faty at ESPN FC
- Ricardo Faty at fussballdaten.de (in German)