Fali Candé

Fali Candé (born 24 January 1998) is Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club FC Metz and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Fali Candé
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea Bissau
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Metz
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– Metz 50 (1)
International career‡
2021– Guinea-Bissau 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:22, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2021

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]

International career

Candé made his debut for Guinea-Bissau national team on 26 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Eswatini.[4]

References
  1. "Fali Candé". FC Metz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. "Portimonense vs. Benfica - 10 June 2020". Soccerway.
  3. "Fali Candé, nouveau défenseur grenat !" (Press release) (in French). Metz. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. "Eswatini v Guinea Bissau game report". Besoccer. 26 March 2021.


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