Mohamed Simakan
 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] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Nassr | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Vivaux Marronniers | ||
| 2009–2010 | FC Bruz | ||
| 2010–2011 | FC Rouguière | ||
| 2011–2014 | Marseille | ||
| 2014–2015 | 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) |
| 2021–2024 | RB Leipzig | 85 | (4) |
| 2024– | Al-Nassr | 54 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2021 | France U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | France U21 | 7 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Mohamed Sanousy Simakan (born 3 May 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr.
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] He made his debut for the club in the First round of the DFB Pokal against SV Sandhausen, which ended in a 4–0 win. He made his Champions League debut on 21 September 2021, in a 2–1 defeat to Club Brugge.[7] Simakan immediately became an important player for the club, taking part in 28 Bundesliga matches,[8] He missed two matches during the season due to the COVID-19 virus.[9] He was also instrumental in the DFB Pokal, where he took part in all the matches on route to Leipzig winning the title.[10]
In his second season with the club, Simaken continued to be an important part of the team, as he played 24 matches in the league, scoring once.[11] On 6 September 2022, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4–1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk.[12] Simaken participated in 5 matches in the DFB Pokal,[13] where RB Leipzig won the competition for the second straight season, however he was an unused substitute in the final.[14]
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.[15]
Al-Nassr
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On 2 September 2024, Simakan joined Saudi Pro League runners-up Al-Nassr for €45 million.[16]
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.[17]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 21 May 2026[18]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | 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 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||||
| Strasbourg | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 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[c] | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 85 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 7 | ||
| Al-Nassr | 2024–25 | Saudi Pro League | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11[f] | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6[g] | 1 | 2[h] | 0 | 38 | 5 | ||
| Total | 54 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 200 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 266 | 15 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal, King's Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four Appearances in UEFA Champions League, and three appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- 1 2 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
- ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite
- ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League Two
- ↑ Appearances in Saudi Super Cup
Honours
[edit]RB Leipzig
Al-Nassr
- Saudi Pro League: 2025–26
- AFC Champions League Two runner-up: 2025–26[22]
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 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Strasbourg : un jeune défenseur guinéen signe son premier contrat pro". 26 May 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.
- ↑ "Club Brugge 2 - Leipzig 1". UEFA. UEFA. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "Mohamed Simakan". Dfb. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ Gjerulff, Rune (26 November 2021). "Report: Three Leipzig players test positive for COVID-19". bulinews.com/. Bulinews. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "DFB-Pokal, 2021/2022, Finale". Dfb. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "Mohammed Simakan". DFB Datacenter. DFB. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "Visitors Shakhtar stun Leipzig 4-1 with Shved double on debut". ESPN. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ↑ "Mohammed Simakan Dfb Pokal 22-23". Datacenter dfb. DFB. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "2022-23 German DFB Pokal, Final". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ↑ "Champions League group stage first scorers: Mohamed Simakan quickest off the mark in 2023/24". UEFA. 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "Official Mohamed Simakan signs for Al—Nassr". getfootballnewsfrance.com. 2 September 2024.
- ↑ "Mohamed Simakan, buteur avec les U20: "beaucoup d'émotions"". 9 September 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.
- ↑ "No joy for CR7: Al-Nassr fall short, end as continental runners-up". OneFootball. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
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
- Mohamed Simakan at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Mohamed Simakan – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Guinean descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Footballers from Marseille
- Guinean men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football full-backs
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- RB Leipzig players
- Al-Nassr FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Bundesliga players
- Saudi Pro League players
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- French expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Guinean sportsmen