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Simon Deli
Deli with Ivory Coast
Personal information
Full name Simon Désiré Sylvanus Deli[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Asteras Tripolis
Number 15
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)
2015–2019 Slavia Prague 97 (3)
2019–2021 Club Brugge 39 (3)
2021 → Slavia Prague (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2023 Adana Demirspor 19 (0)
2023 → İstanbulspor (loan) 10 (0)
2023–2024 İstanbulspor 38 (0)
2024– Asteras Tripolis 9 (0)
International career‡
2015– Ivory Coast 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:27, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Simon Désiré Sylvanus Deli (born 27 October 1991) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Super League Greece club Asteras Tripolis and the Ivory Coast national team.[2]

Club career

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Sparta Prague and loans

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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 playing on loan for České Budějovice in the second-tier Czech National Football League and in the First League for Příbram.[3]

Slavia Prague

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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] During that season, he did not receive a single yellow card.[8] In June 2017, Deli extended his contract until June 2020.[8]

Club Brugge

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Deli joined Club Brugge KV on 10 July 2019, on a three-year contract until 2022.[9]

On 1 February 2021, Deli returned former club Slavia Prague on a loan deal until the end of the season.[10]

Adana Demirspor

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Deli moved to Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor in August 2021, having agreed a three-year contract.[11]

International career

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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.[12] He was subsequently called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations,[13] where he played all of his nation's matches.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 30 July 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
České Budějovice (loan) 2013–14 Czech National Football League 24 1 0 0 — — 24 1
Příbram (loan) 2014–15 Czech First League 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Slavia Prague 2014–15 Czech First League 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
2015–16 28 1 2 0 — — 30 1
2016–17 25 1 1 0 5 0 — 31 1
2017–18 10 1 1 0 7 0 — 18 1
2018–19 21 0 4 0 11 0 — 36 0
Total 97 3 8 0 23 0 — 128 3
Club Brugge 2019–20[14] Belgian First Division A 26 2 5 0 12 1 — 43 3
2020–21[14] 13 1 0 0 4 0 — 17 1
Total 39 3 5 0 16 1 — 60 4
Slavia Prague (loan) 2020–21 Czech First League 12 0 3 0 1 0 — 16 0
Adana Demirspor 2021–22 Süper Lig 19 0 0 0 — — 19 0
İstanbulspor (loan) 2022–23 Süper Lig 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
İstanbulspor 2023–24 Süper Lig 28 0 0 0 — — 28 0
Career total 236 7 16 0 40 1 0 0 291 8

International

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As of matches played on 27 November 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ivory Coast 2015 4 0
2016 0 0
2017 7 0
2018 1 0
2019 2 0
2020 1 0
2021 2 0
2022 8 0
2023 1 0
Total 26 0

Honours

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Slavia Prague

Club Brugge

References

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  1. ^ Kouadio, Modeste. "Eléphants: Deli Simon, la surprise du chef" [Elephants: Simon Deli, the surprise of the coach]. Levuvuzela (in French). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ^ Simon Deli – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech) Edit this at Wikidata. 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. ^ a b "Slavia svou defenzivní oporu udržela, Deli prodloužil smlouvu". iDNES.cz. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Club Brugge sign Simon Deli". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  10. ^ Malice, Florent (1 February 2021). "Officiel : Bruges prête Simon Deli" [Official: Bruges lends Simon Deli]. Walfoot.be (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. ^ Mabuka, Dennis (29 August 2021). "Simon Deli: Adana Demirspor sign Club Brugge defender". goal.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Africký pohár: Ngadeu oslnil svět, Deli s Costou skončili ve skupině". ePojisteni.cz liga. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  13. ^ Bosher, Luke (23 December 2021). "Ivory Coast AFCON squad includes Zaha, Bailly and Pepe". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Simon Deli » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  15. ^ Simon Deli at National-Football-Teams.com
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