David Faupala

David Faupala (born 11 February 1997) is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Maltese side Valletta.

David Faupala
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-11) 11 February 1997
Place of birth Bully-les-Mines, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Valletta
Number 97
Youth career
2003–2007 RC Sains En Gohelle
2007–2008 Lens
2008–2010 US Vermelles
2010–2015 Lens
2015–2016 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Lens II 3 (0)
2016–2017 Manchester City 0 (0)
2016 → Breda (loan) 3 (1)
2017 → Chesterfield (loan) 14 (1)
2018 Zorya Luhansk 13 (0)
2018–2019 Apollon Limassol 10 (1)
2019–2020 Jerv 2 (0)
2020– Valletta 1 (0)
National team‡
2012–2013 France U16 12 (4)
2013 France U17 3 (0)
2014 France U18 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:45, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2018

Club career

Early career

Born in Bully-les-Mines, Faupala joined Lens' youth setup in 2010, aged 13. After impressing within the youth sides with Lens, Faupala agreed to join Premier League side Manchester City on a three-year deal until 2018.[1]

Manchester City

The 18-year-old immediately linked up with Manchester City Development Squad following his move and managed to score in his first friendly appearance for the club while on pre-season tour in Spain.

After experiencing a rich vein of form for the reserve side, netting four times in twelve appearances, Faupala was called up to the senior side ahead of Manchester City's FA Cup fifth round tie away to Premier League champions Chelsea.[2] On 21 February 2016, Faupala made his senior debut in the 5–1 defeat, playing the full 90 minutes and scoring the equalising goal for City in the 37th minute.[3]

Loan to NAC Breda

On 10 August 2016, Faupala was loaned to NAC Breda for the 2016–17 season.[4] He made his debut on 19 August, as a 75th minute substitution for Thomas Agyepong in a 2–1 loss to Maastricht.[5] His next appearance would come a month later on 20 September, when he would start in a KNVB Cup match, a 2–0 loss against VVV-Venlo.[6] His scored his first goal for the club on 25 November during a 1–3 loss to SC Cambuur.[7] The loan was ended on 2 January 2017, with Faupala having played 4 games.[8]

Loan to Chesterfield

On 31 January 2017, Faupala was loaned to EFL League One side Chesterfield until 30 April 2017.[9] He made his debut on 4 February, playing 90 minutes against Oldham Athletic.[10] He scored his first goal for Chesterfield in his second match, a 3–1 loss to Northampton on 11 February.[11] On 25 March, Faupala was shown a straight red in stoppage time for kicking out at an opponent, in a 3–1 loss to Rochdale.[12]

Zorya Luhansk

Faupala announced on 6 November 2017 via an Instagram post that he had left Manchester City.[13] On 6 February 2018 he signed 2+1 year contract with Ukrainian Premier League club Zorya Luhansk.[14] He made his debut on 18 February 2018, playing 90 minutes in Zorya's 2–0 victory against Karpaty Lviv.[15]

On 10 September 2019, Faupala joined Norwegian First Division side Jerv.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played on 22 April 2019.[17]
Club Season League Cup[note 1] League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2015–16[18] Premier League 0011000011
NAC Breda (loan) 2016–17 Eerste Divisie 3110—0041
Chesterfield (loan) 2016–17 League One 141000000141
Zorya Luhansk 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 13000—00130
Apollon Limassol 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 10131—31163
FK Jerv 2019 Norwegian First Division 2000—0020
Career total 423520031506
  1. Includes FA Cup, KNVB Cup

References
  1. "Official: Manchester City sign France Under-18s forward David Faupala". Goal. 10 July 2015.
  2. "Manuel Pellegrini hopes Man City youngsters will test Chelsea in FA Cup". Sky Sports. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. "Chelsea 5–1 Manchester City". BBC Sport. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  4. "Man City striker David Faupala loaned to NAC Breda". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. "LOAN WATCH: UNAL NETS HAT-TRICK OF GOLAZOS". mancity.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  6. "VVV wipt kansloos en zwak NAC uit de beker: 0–2" [VVV flips outgunned and weak NAC from the cup: 0–2] (in Dutch). BN DeStem. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  7. "CAMBUUR VS. NAC BREDA 3 – 1". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. "Faupala returns to City" (in Dutch). NAC Breda Official Site. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. "Two Further Signings". Chesterfield Official Site. 31 January 2017.
  10. "REPORT: Spireites Frustrated by Oldham Athletic". chesterfield-fc.co.uk. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  11. "Northampton 3 Chesterfield 1: 18th League defeat for Spireites". The Star. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  12. "Chesterfield 1 – 3 Rochdale". Rochdale Online. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  13. "Frenchman David Faupala leaves Manchester City". L'Équipe (in French). 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  14. Давид Фаупала – игрок "Зари" (in Russian). 6 February 2018.
  15. Карпати 0 : 2 Зоря (in Ukrainian). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  16. "DAVID FAUPALA BLIR JERVSPILLER!" (in Norwegian). FK Jerv. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  17. "David Faupala profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  18. "Games played by David Faupala in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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