Simon Deli
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Sylvanus Deli[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Slavia Prague | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Africa Sports d'Abidjan | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Africa Sports d'Abidjan | ? | (?) |
2012–2015 | Sparta Prague | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → České Budějovice (loan) | 24 | (1) |
2014 | → Příbram (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2015– | Slavia Prague | 72 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Ivory Coast | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2017 |
Simon Sylvanus Deli (born 27 October 1991) is a professional Ivorian football player who currently plays for Slavia Prague and the Ivory Coast national football team.[2]
Club career
Deli signed for the Czech First League side Sparta Prague in 2012, but made no league appearances for the club. He gained competitive experience in the Czech league by being loaned out to other Czech First League clubs, České Budějovice and Příbram.[3]
Deli moved from Sparta Prague to their rivals Slavia Prague, who were then struggling to avoid relegation, in January 2015.[4] He quickly established himself in Slavia, playing in 66 out of their 74 league matches in his first three seasons.[5] He won the 2016–17 Czech First League title with Slavia Prague and was the runner-up for the Best Defender of the Year award.[6][7] In June 2017, he extended his contract until June 2020.[8]
International career
Deli made his debut in the Ivory Coast national team in 2015 and went on to represent his country on the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
References
- ^ http://www.fedivoir.com/fifci/?q=content/deli-simon-sylvanus Template:Fr icon
- ^ Simon Deli – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech) . Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "Sparta ho přivedla, ale hrát nenechala. Ve Slavii se Deli vyšvihl". iDNES.cz. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Seznam.cz. "Sparta znovu zásobuje Slavii, do Edenu přestupuje Afričan Deli" (in Czech). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Simon Deli Slavia - Fotbal iDNES.cz". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Titul má Slavia, poháry Boleslav, králi střelců jsou Škoda s Lafatou". iDNES.cz. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Slavia opanovala i předávání cen. Škoda je nejlepším hráčem ligy". TÝDEN.cz. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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(help) - ^ "Slavia svou defenzivní oporu udržela, Deli prodloužil smlouvu". iDNES.cz. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Africký pohár: Ngadeu oslnil svět, Deli s Costou skončili ve skupině". ePojisteni.cz liga. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
External links
- Simon Deli at National-Football-Teams.com
- Simon Deli Website at simondeli.com
- Simon Deli at Soccerway
- Ivorian footballers
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Ivory Coast international footballers
- Czech First League players
- SK Dynamo České Budějovice players
- 1. FK Příbram players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Ivorian expatriates in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- Ivorian expatriate footballers
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Association football defenders