Fali Candé

Fali Candé
	Candé in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	24 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea Bissau
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Venezia
Number	2
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
2017–2018	Benfica B
2017–2018	→ Casa Pia (loan)
2018–2022	Portimonense
2022–	Metz
2024–	Metz II
2025–	→ Venezia (loan)
International career‡
2021–	Guinea-Bissau
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2021

Fali Candé (born 24 January 1998) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie A club Venezia on loan from the French side Metz, and the Guinea-Bissau national team.

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]

On 22 January 2025, Candé moved to Venezia in Italy on loan with an option to buy.^[4]

Candé made his debut for Guinea-Bissau national team on 26 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Eswatini.^[5]

^ "Fali Candé". FC Metz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ "Portimonense vs. Benfica - 10 June 2020". Soccerway.
^ "Fali Candé, nouveau défenseur grenat !" (Press release) (in French). Metz. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ "Fali Candé Joins Venezia FC". Venezia FC. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ "Eswatini v Guinea Bissau game report". Besoccer. 26 March 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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