Ricardo William Faty (born 4 August 1986) is a professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in France, he represents the Senegal national team.

Career

Faty was born in

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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

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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

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'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

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at the Karaiskákis Stadium. He was given the job of man-marking the former Brazilian star

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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

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team

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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

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club

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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

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(2010–2011), Faty played in about 35 matches and scored two goals (against

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and Rosenborg BK). In 2012, he joined Ajaccio. On 18 August 2014, Faty signed a four-year contract with

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. In the summer 2018, Faty joined Turkish club

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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

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, 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 *

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: 2006–07; runner-up: 2009–10 * Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 2006 Nantes * Ligue 2: runner-up 2007–08

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