Ricardo William Faty (born 4 August 1986) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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. Born in France, he represents the
Senegal national team.
Career
Faty was born in
Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
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, France. His
football career began with
Strasbourg in the 2004–05 season of the
Championnat de France Amateurs, in which he played 27 matches and scored one goal. The following year he earned fourteen more caps in the CFA, along with twelve matches for RC Strasbourg's professional squad, five being in cup competition. His
Ligue 1 debut was on 29 October 2005.
During
2005–06 UEFA Cup
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,
A.S. Roma
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faced Strasbourg in the group stage, and
Luciano Spalletti noted the young Frenchman, so the following year, due to Strasbourg's relegation to
Ligue 2 and
Olivier Dacourt
Olivier Yohan Dacourt (born 25 September 1974) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is also a former French international and is best known for his spells at English side Leeds United and Italian clubs Roma a ...
's departure from Roma to Inter Milan, Faty was signed to ''giallorossi'' for a fee of 350,000 Euros for a five-year contract.
He made his Champions League debut with Roma against
Olympiacos
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at the
Karaiskákis Stadium. He was given the job of man-marking the former Brazilian star
Rivaldo
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. Roma eventually won the match 1–0. He employed this role so well and efficiently that Luciano Spalletti praised him and many tabloids and newspapers named him the "new" Patrick Vieira.
At the end of
his first season in Serie A he said that, though he was satisfied of his experience at A.S. Roma, he would like to transfer on loan to have more chances to play and thus, on 6 July, he moved to
German
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team
Bayer Leverkusen
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for a two-year loan. In January 2008, he was loaned to FC Nantes, where he stayed until the end of the 2008–09 Ligue 1 season. On 31 July 2010, it was revealed that Faty would be joining English
Premier League
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club
Blackburn Rovers
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on trial for an undisclosed length of time. The trial came to nothing as Faty then signed for Greek club
Aris Salonica.
In his first season in
Thessaloniki
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(2010–2011), Faty played in about 35 matches and scored two goals (against
Kerkyra
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and
Rosenborg BK).
In 2012, he joined
Ajaccio.
On 18 August 2014, Faty signed a four-year contract with
Standard Liège
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They are one of the most ...
.
In the summer 2018, Faty joined Turkish club
MKE Ankaragücü
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. On 9 May 2019, he announced on
Instagram, that he had terminated his contract with the club, according to him because he was left out of the squad and had not received his salary.
On 16 September 2020, Faty joined
Reggina
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They are n ...
, signing a three-year contract. He missed most of the 2020–21 season with injuries and made no appearances in the 2021–22 season for the club. On 6 August 2022, his contract with Reggina was terminated by mutual consent.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of
Jacques Faty
Jacques Faty (born 25 February 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level.
Club career
Rennes
Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, Faty ...
, who is also a professional footballer. Though they were born in France, their father is
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
ese and their mother is from
Cape Verde. His father is Muslim and his mother is Catholic, while Faty converted to Islam at age 20, while playing for Roma, and hopes to end his career in a
Gulf country to increase his faith.
Honours
Strasbourg
*
Coupe de la Ligue:
2004–05
Roma
*
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
:
2006–07; runner-up:
2009–10
*
Supercoppa Italiana runner-up:
2006
Nantes
*
Ligue 2: runner-up
2007–08
References
External links
*
Ricardo Fatyat racingstub.com
*
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1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges
Association football midfielders
French footballers
France under-21 international footballers
Citizens of Senegal through descent
Senegalese footballers
Senegal international footballers
INF Clairefontaine players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
A.S. Roma players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
FC Nantes players
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
AC Ajaccio players
Standard Liège players
Bursaspor footballers
MKE Ankaragücü footballers
Reggina 1914 players
Ligue 1 players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Bundesliga players
Ligue 2 players
Super League Greece players
Belgian First Division A players
Süper Lig players
Senegalese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
Senegalese people of Cape Verdean descent
Sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent">Sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
Converts to Islam
French Muslims
Senegalese Muslims
Footballers from Val-de-Marne