Mohamed Simakan
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Simakan with RB Leipzig in 2022
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mohamed Simakan | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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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 | 56 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | France U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | France U21 | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023 (UTC) |
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Mohamed Simakan (born 3 May 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.
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Club career
Strasbourg
On 16 May 2018, Simakan signed his first professional contract with Strasbourg.[2] He made his professional debut in a 3–1 UEFA Europa League win over Maccabi Haifa on 25 July 2019.[3]
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.[4] On 6 September 2022, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk.[5] 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.[6]
International career
Born in France, Simakan is of Guinean descent.[7]
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.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 September 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 56 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 118 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 7 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four Appearances in UEFA Champions League, and three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
Honours
RB Leipzig
References
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External links
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- Profile at the RB Leipzig website
- Mohamed Simakan at Soccerway
- Mohamed Simakan – French league stats at LFP – also available in FrenchLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- France men's youth international footballers
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- French sportspeople of Guinean descent
- Olympique de Marseille players
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