Fali Candé
.jpg) Candé in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea Bissau | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sassuolo | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Estrela da Amadora | ||
| 2011–2012 | Atlético CP | ||
| 2012–2015 | Casa Pia | ||
| 2015–2016 | Niendorfer | ||
| 2016–2017 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Benfica B | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Casa Pia (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Portimonense | 47 | (3) |
| 2022–2025 | Metz | 82 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Metz II | 2 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Venezia (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2025– | Sassuolo | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Guinea-Bissau | 31 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025 | |||
Fali Candé (born 24 January 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Guinea-Bissau national team.
Club career
Candé made his professional debut with Portimonense in a 2–2 Primeira Liga tie with Benfica on 10 June 2020.[2]
On 26 January 2022, Candé signed a contract with Metz in France until June 2026.[3]
On 22 January 2025, Candé moved to Venezia in Italy on loan with an option to buy.[4] On 12 June 2025, Venezia exercised their option to buy and signed a three-year contract with Candé.[5]
International career
Candé made his debut for Guinea-Bissau national team on 26 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Eswatini.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 25 May 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2017–18 | Liga Portugal 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Casa Pia (loan) | 2017–18 | Campeonato de Portugal | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Portimonense | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 50 | 3 | ||||
| Metz | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 81 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 84 | 1 | ||||
| Metz II | 2024–25 | National 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Venezia (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Sassuolo | 2025–26 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 161 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
International
- As of match played 8 September 2025[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Guines-Bissau's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Candé goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2025 | Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |  Djibouti | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ↑ "Fali Candé". FC Metz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ↑ "Portimonense vs. Benfica - 10 June 2020". Soccerway.
- ↑ "Fali Candé, nouveau défenseur grenat !" (Press release) (in French). Metz. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "Fali Candé Joins Venezia FC". Venezia FC. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ↑ "Option Exercised for the Permanent Signing of Fali Candé". Venezia FC. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ↑ "Fali Candé, benvenuto in neroverde!" (in Italian). 10 August 2025.
- ↑ "Eswatini v Guinea Bissau game report". Besoccer. 26 March 2021.
- ↑ Fali Candé at Soccerbase
- ↑ Fali Candé at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Fali Candé at Soccerway
- Fali Candé at BDFutbol
- Fali Candé at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
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- Primeira Liga players
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