Ousmane Fané

Ousmane Fané (born 13 December 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Penang as a midfielder.

Ousmane Fané
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-12-13) 13 December 1993
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Penang
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Bayonne
2010–2011 Paris
2012–2014 Racing Paris 16 (0)
2014–2015 GSI Pontivy 3 (0)
2015 Lyn 5 (0)
2016 Kidderminster Harriers 20 (0)
2016–2019 Oldham Athletic 80 (0)
2019–2020 Shrewsbury Town 0 (0)
2020 UiTM 9 (0)
2021 Persiraja Banda Aceh 0 (0)
2021–2022 UiTM 11 (0)
2022–2023 Morecambe 28 (0)
2023– Penang 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:53, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

Career

Born in Paris, Fané spent his early career in France and Norway with Bayonne, Paris, Racing Paris, GSI Pontivy and FK Lyn.[1][2][3] After playing with English club Kidderminster Harriers, he signed a two-year contract with Oldham Athletic in August 2016.[4] At the end of the 2017–18 season, when Oldham were relegated to League Two, the club exercised an option to extend Fané's contract.[5] In July 2018 he broke his leg and dislocated his ankle.[6][7] He was released by Oldham at the end of the 2018–19 season.[8] On 3 December 2019, Fané signed for League One club Shrewsbury Town on a deal until the end of the season, with an option of a further year.[9][10] He left the club on 2 January 2020 for personal reasons and moved back to his native France in order to be nearer to his family.[11] In February 2020 he signed for Malaysian club UiTM.[12] In March 2021 he signed for Indonesian club Persiraja Banda Aceh.[13] He returned to UiTM in April 2021.[14] On 18 January 2022, Fané returned to England to join Morecambe, linking back up with former manager Stephen Robinson, who had brought him to Oldham.[15][16] He left Morecambe by mutual consent on 2 January 2023.[17] On 4 January 2023, Fané returned to Malaysia and signed for Penang.[18]

Personal life

In July 2020 Fané missed the birth of his first child in Paris due to travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]

Career statistics
As of 8 November 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Paris 2012–13[3] CFA 2 160100000170
GSI Pontivy 2014–15[3] CFA 3000000030
FK Lyn 2015[20] 2. divisjon 5000000050
Kidderminster Harriers 2015–16[3] National League 200000000200
Oldham Athletic 2016–17[21] League One 390102040460
2017–18[22] 410101020450
2018–19[23] 0000000000
Total 800203060910
UiTM FC 2020[3] Malaysia Super League 90——0090
2021[3] Malaysia Super League 110——00110
Total 200000000200
Morecambe 2021–22[24] League One 120000000120
2022–23[25] League One 160103030230
Total 280103030350
Career total 17204060901910

References
  1. "Profile" (in French). footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. "Profile". Harriers Online. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. Ousmane Fané at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. "Ousmane Fane: Oldham Athletic sign Kidderminster Harriers midfielder". BBC Sport. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  5. "Oldham Athletic release seven after relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. "Fane Ruled Out For Four Months". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk.
  7. "Ousmane Fane: Oldham Athletic midfielder faces four-month leg injury absence". BBC Sport. 17 July 2018.
  8. "UPDATE: Retained List". www.oldhamathletic.co.uk.
  9. "Ousmane Fané Joins Town". Shrewsbury Town FC official site. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  10. "Ousmane Fane: Shrewsbury Town sign French midfielder on deal until end of the season". BBC Sport. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. "Louis Thompson, Luke McCormick and Ousmane Fane leave Shrewsbury Town". Shropshire Star. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  12. "Football: UiTM wrap up foreign signings with Ataya | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
  13. "Persiraja Banda Aceh Datangkan Ousmane Fane". 26 March 2021.
  14. Azharie, Farah (27 April 2021). "UiTM hope to save their season by signing Fane | New Straits Times". NST Online.
  15. "Ousmane Fane signs a short-term deal with the Shrimps". www.morecambefc.com. 18 January 2022.
  16. "Morecambe sign midfielder Fane". BBC Sport.
  17. "Fane Departs Via Mutual Consent".
  18. Penang F.C. [@officialpenangfc] (4 January 2023). "Ousmane Fane kini Harimau Kumbang..!" [Ousmane Fane is now a Black Panther..!] (in Malay). Retrieved 5 January 2023 – via Instagram.
  19. Azharie, Farah (21 July 2020). "UITM player misses birth of first child due to Covid-19 | New Straits Times". NST Online.
  20. "Profile" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  21. "Games played by Ousmane Fané in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  22. "Games played by Ousmane Fané in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  23. "Games played by Ousmane Fané in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  24. "Games played by Ousmane Fané in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  25. "Games played by Ousmane Fané in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.