Emerse Faé
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Nantes, France | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1999 | USSA Vertou | ||
| 1999–2003 | Nantes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Nantes | 106 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | Reading | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Nice (loan) | 32 | (3) |
| 2009–2012 | Nice | 57 | (7) |
| Total | 203 | (17) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| France U17 | |||
| France U21 | |||
| 2005–2012 | Côte d'Ivoire | 46 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:53, 17 July 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:53, 17 July 2012 (UTC) |
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Emerse Faé (born 24 January 1984 in Nantes) is a retired French-born Ivorian professional football midfielder who last played for Ligue 1 side OGC Nice. He was also a member of the Côte d'Ivoire national team.
Faé started his youth career with USSA Vertou before moving to Nantes in 1999.
Faé started his senior career with his home town club, Nantes, in 2003 who were then in Ligue 1. He made his European debut on 26 July 2003 in a 2–3 loss in the third round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In August 2003 he debuted in Ligue 1 in a 0–0 draw against Bordeaux. In the Coupe de la Ligue Final 2004, he started for Nantes, which eventually lost on penalties. He went on to play over 100 league games for them. On 9 May 2007, Nantes was relegated from Ligue 1 and he handed in a transfer request.
During the summer 2007 transfer window, Faé was strongly linked with a move to Premier League club Reading, and eventually completed a £2.5m move on 2 August 2007, signing a three-year contract, with the option of a fourth. He was given the number 20 shirt. He made his Premier League debut for Reading as a makeshift right midfielder in the 3–0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers on 25 August 2007.
Faé contracted malaria while on Africa Cup of Nations duty and fell ill in the buildup to Reading's match away to Middlesbrough on 1 March 2008. He flew back south for medical treatment and had blood tests on 2 March which revealed the disease.
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