Place of birth Ivory Coast Name Simon Deli Playing position Role Football player | Number 19 Height 1.92 m Years Team Date joined 2013 | |
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Date of birth (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 24) 2013–2014 SK Dynamo Ceske Budejovice Current teams Ivory Coast national football team (Defender), SK Slavia Prague (#19 / Midfielder) | ||
Own Goal Simon Deli Chelsea Vs Slavia Prague 2-0
Simon Sylvanus Deli (born 27 October 1991) is a professional Ivorian football player who currently plays for Slavia Prague and the Ivory Coast national football team.
Club career
Deli had signed for the Czech First League side Sparta Prague in 2012, but made no league appearances for the club. He gained competetive experience in the Czech league by being loaned out to other Czech First League clubs, České Budějovice and Příbram. He moved from Sparta Prague to their bitter rivals Slavia Prague, who were then struggling to avoid relegation, in January 2015. He quickly established himself in Slavia, playing in 66 out of their 74 league matches in his first three seasons. He won the 2016–17 Czech First League title with Slavia Prague and was the runner-up for the Best Defender of the Year award. In June 2017, he extended his contract until June 2020.
International career
He made his debut in the Ivory Coast national team in 2015 and went on to represent his country on the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
