Fabien Farnolle

Fabien Ceddy Farnolle (born 2 February 1985) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club BB Erzurumspor and the Benin national team.

Fabien Farnolle
Farnolle in 2015
Personal information
Full name Fabien Ceddy Farnolle[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985
Place of birth Bordeaux, France
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 BB Erzurumspor
Number 85
Youth career
1995–2002 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Bordeaux 0 (0)
2002–2005 Bordeaux B 15 (0)
2005–2006 Vitória Setúbal 0 (0)
2005–2006 Vitória Setúbal B 4 (0)
2006–2007 Quevilly 8 (0)
2007–2008 US Lormont 0 (0)
2008–2009 Libourne 4 (0)
2009–2010 Bordeaux 0 (0)
2009–2010 Bordeaux B 15 (0)
2010–2014 Clermont Foot 109 (0)
2015 Dinamo București 0 (0)
2015–2017 Le Havre 64 (0)
2017–2020 Yeni Malatyaspor 61 (0)
2020– BB Erzurumspor 0 (0)
National team‡
2003 France U18
2012– Benin 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:27, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Bordeaux, Farnolle joined FC Girondins de Bordeaux at the age of ten. He was promoted to the senior side in 2002 at the age of 17. His stay in the senior side was short-lived as he was relegated to Bordeaux's reserve side, where he remained for his entire first spell at Bordeaux. His three-year spell with the reserve side saw him play very little with fifteen appearances made over the three years playing for Bordeaux's B team. He left Les Girondins in the summer of 2005 for Portugal. Farnolle signed for Primeira Liga side Vitória de Setúbal.[2]

He impressed manager Luís Norton de Matos, who kept him in the first team squad, where he competed to be Setúbal's number one choice goalkeeper alongside Marcelo Moretto and Marco Tábuas.[3] Despite impressing Setúbal's manager, he was beaten to the starting line up by Marcelo Moretto. His relegation to the bench saw him be relegated to Setúbal's B team, who at the time were playing in the Portuguese Second Division.

Following the end of the 2005–06 season, he left the Sadinos and return to France to play for US Quevilly, where he remained for one season. Over the next few seasons, he moved to several different clubs in the quest to play more first-team football, including a return to Bordeaux, where, like his first spell, he ended up relegated to the B team. In the summer of 2010, he left Bordeaux for Ligue 2 side Clermont Foot, where he established himself as Clermont's first choice goalkeeper.[4]

In February 2015, Farnolle signed a contract for three seasons with Romanian club Dinamo București. He played only one game, in the League Cup, then he became a bench-warmer and two months later decided to put an end to the deal.

Farnolle signed for Turkish club Yeni Malatyaspor in June 2017.[5]

International career

Farnolle represented the French French under-18 side at youth level.

In 2012, Farnolle received an invitation by the Benin Football Federation to play for the Beninese national side, as he had Beninese parentage who settled in France prior to his birth. After accepting the invitation, he was selected by then manager Manuel Amoros for Benin's first international game of the year.

Farnolle's debut came against Ethiopia in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on 29 February.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played 17 July 2019[7]
Benin national team
YearAppsGoals
201250
201310
201420
201530
201640
201740
201840
201930
Total260

References
  1. "Fabi̇en Ceddy Farnolle". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "Fabien Farnolle: "Podem contar comigo"" [Fabien Farnolle: "They can count on me"]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  3. "Farnolle quer ficar no Bonfim" [Farnolle says he wants to stay at the Bonfim]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 July 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. "FABIEN FARNOLLE". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. Fabien Farnolle Yeni Malatya'da‚ spor.mynet.com, 14 June 2017
  6. "CAF Nations Cup Qualifying 2013". FootballDatabase. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  7. Fabien Farnolle at National-Football-Teams.com
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