Emerse Faé
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Emerse Faé is a French
-born Ivorian
professional football midfielder
who plays for Ligue 1
side OGC Nice
, and Côte d'Ivoire national team
.
before moving to Nantes in 1999.
. He made his European debut on 26 July 2003 in a 2-3 loss in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup
. In August 2003 he debuted in Ligue 1 in a 0-0 draw against Bordeaux. In the Coupe de la Ligue Final 2004
, he started for Nantes, which eventually lost on penalties. He went on to play over 100 league games for them. On 9 May 2007, Nantes was relegated from Ligue 1 and he handed in a transfer request.
, Faé was strongly linked with a move to Premier League club Reading
, and eventually completed a £2.5m move on 2 August 2007, signing a three-year contract, with the option of a fourth. He was given the number 20 shirt. He made his Premier League debut for Reading as a makeshift right midfielder in the 3-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers
on 25 August 2007.
Faé contracted malaria
while on Africa Cup of Nations duty and fell ill in the build up to Reading's match away to Middlesbrough
on 1 March 2008. He flew back south for medical treatment and had blood tests on 2 March which revealed the disease.
After failing to break into the Reading first team, Faé refused to play for the reserve team against Tottenham Hotspur
reserves along with Ibrahima Sonko
. Both were fined two weeks wages and suspended for two weeks and therefore missed the last two league games of the season, which ended with Reading being relegated.
Faé then flew back to France with both Steve Coppell
and Faé himself saying that he would never play for Reading again.
During his time with Reading, he started six games only.
side OGC Nice
with a view to permanent transfer. He made his debut for his new club on 9 August in a 0–1 defeat to Le Havre AC
and on 20 September he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Le Mans FC.
On 29 January 2009 it was confirmed that he had completed a permanent move to OGC Nice for an undisclosed fee.
On 18 October 2009, Faé was sent off
for a second yellow card after he directed abusive language towards the referee in a 4-1 loss against Lorient
. He was suspended for three matches by the league. OGC Nice has also promised to discipline him internally.
and U21
teams. He debuted for the French U17 team in a 8-0 win over Liechtenstein on 26 February 2001 and was in the team that won the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
in Trinidad and Tobago
.
However, in 2005, following a FIFA rule change concerning national team eligibility, Faé switched allegiances from France to Côte d'Ivoire
, the country from which his parents had come. He received his first call up to the Côte d'Ivoire national team for a World Cup qualifier against Benin
on 27 March 2005. He made his debut in the 3-0 win.
He scored his first goal for Côte d'Ivoire in a 1-1 draw against Switzerland
on 27 May 2006 when he fired in a 30 yard shot two minutes after coming on.
He went on to play at the 2006 African Cup of Nations
, appearing at every match for a total of 452 minutes. He also played for the country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
. Faé was called up to the Côte d'Ivoire 23-man squad for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, and made his first appearance at the tournament in the Elephants' 3–0 victory over Mali
on 29 January 2008. He was also selected for the 2010 African Cup of Nations
, in which he appeared twice as a substitute.
He was also selected in the preliminary Côte d'Ivoire squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
, but was eventually dropped along with Bakari Koné
and Gilles Yapi Yapo
, who played with him in the 2006 World Cup.
Statistics accurate as of 2 October 2010
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-born Ivorian
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
professional football midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who plays for Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
side OGC Nice
OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...
, and Côte d'Ivoire national team
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
.
Club career
Faé started his youth career with USSA VertouUSSA Vertou
Union Sportive Sainte Anne Vertou is a French association football team founded in 1944. They play at the Stade Vincent et Robert Girard in Vertou, Loire-Atlantique and they currently compete in the Championnat de France amateur 2 Group H.-External links:*...
before moving to Nantes in 1999.
Nantes
Faé started his senior career with his home town club, Nantes, in 2003 who were then in Ligue 1Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
. He made his European debut on 26 July 2003 in a 2-3 loss in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
. In August 2003 he debuted in Ligue 1 in a 0-0 draw against Bordeaux. In the Coupe de la Ligue Final 2004
Coupe de la Ligue Final 2004
The Coupe de la Ligue Final 2004 was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on April 17, 2004, that saw Sochaux defeat Nantes in a penalty shootout.-Match details:-External links:*...
, he started for Nantes, which eventually lost on penalties. He went on to play over 100 league games for them. On 9 May 2007, Nantes was relegated from Ligue 1 and he handed in a transfer request.
Reading
During the summer 2007 transfer windowTransfer window
The transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other countries into their playing staff. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA...
, Faé was strongly linked with a move to Premier League club Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
, and eventually completed a £2.5m move on 2 August 2007, signing a three-year contract, with the option of a fourth. He was given the number 20 shirt. He made his Premier League debut for Reading as a makeshift right midfielder in the 3-0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
on 25 August 2007.
Faé contracted malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
while on Africa Cup of Nations duty and fell ill in the build up to Reading's match away to Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
on 1 March 2008. He flew back south for medical treatment and had blood tests on 2 March which revealed the disease.
After failing to break into the Reading first team, Faé refused to play for the reserve team against Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
reserves along with Ibrahima Sonko
Ibrahima Sonko
Ibrahima Sonko is a Senegalese international professional footballer who currently plays for Ipswich Town.-Reading:...
. Both were fined two weeks wages and suspended for two weeks and therefore missed the last two league games of the season, which ended with Reading being relegated.
Faé then flew back to France with both Steve Coppell
Steve Coppell
Stephen James "Steve" Coppell is an English former footballer and manager, currently without a club.As a player, he was a highly regarded right winger known for his speed and work rate. He won domestic honours with Manchester United and represented England at the World Cup...
and Faé himself saying that he would never play for Reading again.
During his time with Reading, he started six games only.
OGC Nice
In June 2008, he was loaned to Ligue 1Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
side OGC Nice
OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is...
with a view to permanent transfer. He made his debut for his new club on 9 August in a 0–1 defeat to Le Havre AC
Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association is a French association football club based in Le Havre. The club was founded originally as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, thus making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in France...
and on 20 September he scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Le Mans FC.
On 29 January 2009 it was confirmed that he had completed a permanent move to OGC Nice for an undisclosed fee.
On 18 October 2009, Faé was sent off
Ejection (sports)
In sports, an ejection is one of several disqualifying actions assessed to a player or coach by a game official , usually for unsportsmanlike conduct....
for a second yellow card after he directed abusive language towards the referee in a 4-1 loss against Lorient
FC Lorient
Football Club Lorient-Bretagne Sud is a French association football club based in Lorient. The club was founded in 1926 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Lorient plays its home matches at the Stade du Moustoir located within the city. The team is managed by Christian...
. He was suspended for three matches by the league. OGC Nice has also promised to discipline him internally.
International career
As a teenager, Faé played football for the French U17France national youth football team
The France national youth football team are the national under-20, under-19, under-18, under-17 and under-16 football teams of France and are controlled by the Fédération Française de Football. The youth teams of France participate in tournaments sanctioned by both FIFA and UEFA and also...
and U21
France national under-21 football team
The France national under-21 football team , known in France as Les Espoirs , is the national under-21 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
teams. He debuted for the French U17 team in a 8-0 win over Liechtenstein on 26 February 2001 and was in the team that won the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar, Marabella, Couva, and Bacolet in Trinidad and Tobago between 13 September and 30 September 2001. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament...
in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
.
However, in 2005, following a FIFA rule change concerning national team eligibility, Faé switched allegiances from France to Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
, the country from which his parents had come. He received his first call up to the Côte d'Ivoire national team for a World Cup qualifier against Benin
Benin national football team
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils , is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Fédération Béninoise de Football. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Dahomey became Benin. They have never made the World Cup but have...
on 27 March 2005. He made his debut in the 3-0 win.
He scored his first goal for Côte d'Ivoire in a 1-1 draw against Switzerland
Switzerland national football team
The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
on 27 May 2006 when he fired in a 30 yard shot two minutes after coming on.
He went on to play at the 2006 African Cup of Nations
2006 African Cup of Nations
-Group B:---------------------Group C:---------------------Group D:---------------------Knockout stage:-Quarter-finals:-------------Semi-finals:-----Third-place play-off:-Final:-Scorers:...
, appearing at every match for a total of 452 minutes. He also played for the country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
. Faé was called up to the Côte d'Ivoire 23-man squad for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, and made his first appearance at the tournament in the Elephants' 3–0 victory over Mali
Mali national football team
The Mali national football team, nicknamed Les Aigles , is the national team of Mali and is controlled by the Fédération Malienne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.-History:...
on 29 January 2008. He was also selected for the 2010 African Cup of Nations
2010 African Cup of Nations
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial football championship of Africa...
, in which he appeared twice as a substitute.
He was also selected in the preliminary Côte d'Ivoire squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
, but was eventually dropped along with Bakari Koné
Bakari Koné
Bakari Koné is an Ivorian football striker who plays for Qatar League side Lekhwiya.-Early career:Like many other Ivorian stars, he began his career at the famed youth academy at ASEC Mimosas, run by Frenchman Jean-Marc Guillou in his home country. Guillou recalls: "One day, when I was passing...
and Gilles Yapi Yapo
Gilles Yapi Yapo
Gilles Donald Yapi Yapo is an Ivorian footballer who currently plays in midfield for Swiss Super League club FC Basel and the Ivorian national team.-Club career:...
, who played with him in the 2006 World Cup.
Goals for senior national team
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 May 2006 | Basel Basel Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
1–1 | Draw | Friendly |
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| Nantes | 2003-04 | 25 | 1 |
| 2004-05 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2005-06 | 29 | 4 | |
| 2006-07 | 24 | 1 | |
| Total | 106 | 7 | |
| Reading | 2007–08 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
| Nice OGC Nice Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice Côte d'Azur is a French association football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top-tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Stade Municipal du Ray located within the city. In 2013, the club is... |
2008–09 | 32 | 3 |
| 2009–10 2009–10 Ligue 1 The 2009–10 Ligue 1 season was the 72nd since its establishment. Bordeaux were the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 5 June 2009, and play commenced on 8 August and ended on 15 May 2010. There were three promoted teams from Ligue 2, replacing the three teams that were relegated... |
29 | 4 | |
| 2010–11 2010–11 Ligue 1 The 2010–11 Ligue 1 season was the 73rd since its establishment. Entering the season, Marseille were the defending champions. The fixtures were announced on 21 May 2010 and the season began on 7 August and ended on 29 May 2011. The winter break was in effect between 23 December and 15 January 2011... |
7 | 2 | |
| Total | 68 | 9 | |
| Career total | 182 | 16 | |
Statistics accurate as of 2 October 2010
External links
- Emerse Faé profile at readingfc.co.uk
- Emerse Faé career history at National Football Teams
- Emerse Faé profile at worldcup365.com