Simon Deli

Simon Deli
Personal information
Full name Simon Sylvanus Deli[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Defender
Club 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)
National team‡
2015– Ivory Coast 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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

  1. ↑ http://www.fedivoir.com/fifci/?q=content/deli-simon-sylvanus (in French)
  2. ↑ Simon Deli – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech). Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sparta ho přivedla, ale hrát nenechala. Ve Slavii se Deli vyšvihl". iDNES.cz. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Seznam.cz. "Sparta znovu zásobuje Slavii, do Edenu přestupuje Afričan Deli" (in Czech). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Simon Deli Slavia - Fotbal iDNES.cz". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Titul má Slavia, poháry Boleslav, králi střelců jsou Škoda s Lafatou". iDNES.cz. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Slavia opanovala i předávání cen. Škoda je nejlepším hráčem ligy". TÝDEN.cz. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Slavia svou defenzivní oporu udržela, Deli prodloužil smlouvu". iDNES.cz. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Africký pohár: Ngadeu oslnil svět, Deli s Costou skončili ve skupině". ePojisteni.cz liga. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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