Emerse Faé

Emerse Faé (born 24 January 1984 in Nantes, France) is a French-born Ivorian professional football midfielder who plays for Ligue 1 side OGC Nice, and Côte d'Ivoire.

Club career

Nantes

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Faé started his career with his home town club, Nantes, in 2003 who were then in Ligue 1. He went on to play over 100 league games for them.

Reading

During the summer 2007 transfer window, Faé was strongly linked with a move to Premier League club Reading, and eventually completed a £2.5m move on 2 August 2007,^[1] signing a three-year contract, with the option of a fourth. He was given the number 20 shirt.^[2] He made his Premier League debut for Reading against Bolton Wanderers on 25 August 2007.

Faé was diagnosed as having contracted malaria following blood tests on 1 March 2008. He fell ill in the build up to Reading's match away to Middlesbrough the previous day, and flew back south for medical treatment which revealed the disease.^[3]

After failing to break into the Reading first team, Fae refused to play for the reserve team against Spurs reserves along with Fellow reading player Ibrahima Sonko. Both were fined two weeks wages and suspended for two weeks and therefore were not able to see out the rest of the season, missing the crucial crunch matches for Reading's ultimately doomed attempt at Premier League survival.

Fae's career at Reading seemed to be over as the Ivorian international had flown back to France with both Steve Coppell and Fae himself saying that he will never play for Reading again. ^[4] On June 2008, he was loaned to Ligue 1 side OGC Nice.^[5] On 17 December 2008 signed a 4 year contract with OGC Nice.

International career

As a teenager, Faé played football for the French U17 and U21 teams, winning the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Trinidad and Tobago in 2001. However, in 2005, following a FIFA rule change concerning national team eligibility, Faé switched allegiances from France to Côte d'Ivoire, the country from which his parents had come.^[6] Following this, he was called up to the Côte d'Ivoire national team, and played for the country during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Faé was called up to the Côte d'Ivoire 23-man squad for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations,^[7] and made his first appearance at the tournament in the Elephants' 3-0 victory over Mali on 29 January 2008.^[8]

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
	May 27, 2006	Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	1-1	Draw	Friendly

References

External links

• Emerse Faé profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Emerse Faé career stats at Soccerbase
• Emerse Faé FIFA competition record
• Emerse Faé career history at National Football Teams
• Emerse Faé profile at worldcup365.com

v • d • e Côte d'Ivoire squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations Runners-up 1 Tizié • 2 Akalé • 3 Boka • 4 K. Touré • 5 Zokora • 6 Kouassi • 7 Faé • 8 Kalou • 9 A. Koné • 10 Yapi Yapo • 11 Drogba • 12 Méïté • 13 Zoro • 14 B. Koné • 15 Dindane • 16 Gnanhouan • 17 Domoraud • 18 Keïta • 19 Y. Touré • 20 Demel • 21 Eboué • 22 Romaric • 23 Barry • Coach: Michel

v • d • e Côte d'Ivoire squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Tizié • 2 Akalé • 3 Boka • 4 K. Touré • 5 Zokora • 6 Kouassi • 7 Faé • 8 Kalou • 9 A. Koné • 10 Yapi Yapo • 11 Drogba • 12 Méïté • 13 Zoro • 14 B. Koné • 15 Dindane • 16 Gnanhouan • 17 Domoraud • 18 Keïta • 19 Y. Touré • 20 Demel • 21 Eboué • 22 Romaric • 23 Barry • Coach: Michel

v • d • e Côte d'Ivoire squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations Fourth Place 1 Barry • 2 Djakpa • 3 Boka • 4 K. Touré • 5 Zokora • 6 Gohouri • 7 Faé • 8 S.Kalou • 9 A. Koné • 10 Gervinho • 11 Drogba • 12 Méïté • 13 Romaric • 14 B. Koné • 15 Dindane • 16 Loboué • 17 Tiéné • 18 Keïta • 19 Y. Touré • 20 Sanogo • 21 Eboué • 22 Zoro • 23 T. Koné • Coach: Gili