Jordan Faucher

Jordan Faucher
Faucher in 2018
Personal information
Full name Sadek Jordan Chebel Faucher
Date of birth (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Créteil, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2010 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Tours 3 (1)
2011–2012 Tournai 21 (10)
2012–2014 Antwerp 39 (10)
2014–2017 Maccabi Herzliya 103 (67)
2017–2018 Hapoel Ra'anana 22 (4)
2018 Bnei Sakhnin 14 (7)
2018–2019 Red Star 22 (5)
2019–2020 Xanthi 26 (7)
2020–2022 Waasland-Beveren 20 (3)
2022 → Virton (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 Hapoel Acre 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023

Sadek Jordan Chebel Faucher (born 6 November 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward.[1]

Club career

Metz

On 1 May 2010, Faucher won the 2009–10 Coupe Gambardella with the Metz under-19 team, scoring a goal in the final against Sochaux.[2][3] He also scored goals in the two previous rounds against Sedan and Lyon.

Tours

On 9 June 2010, Faucher left FC Metz to sign a contract with Tours.[4]

On 17 December 2010, Faucher made his professional debut for Tours in a Ligue 2 match against Nîmes Olympique coming on a substitute in the 73rd minute.[5] Four days later, he scored his first goal for the club in a game against Angers.[6]

Maccabi Herzliya

From 2014 until 2017 Faucher played for Maccabi Herzliya.[7]

Red Star

In August 2018, Faucher joined Red Star, newly promoted to Ligue 2, on a two-year contract.[8][9]

Xanthi

On 11 July 2019, Xanthi officially announced the acquisition of the French striker on a free transfer.[10] On 29 September 2019, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 home win against Volos.[11] On 5 October 2019, he scored in the dying minutes of an away match against Panathinaikos, to give his team a 1–0 win, which was the fifth in the first six matches.[12]

On 5 January 2020, Faucher scored a brace within two minutes, to give his team a 2–1 home win against AEL.[13] On 14 January 2020, his goal against Aris was not enough for his team to qualify for the quarter finals of the Greek Cup, as Xanthi lost 3–1 on aggregate.[14] On 26 January 2020, he scored a brace, one of those in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to give Xanthi a point in a 2–2 home draw against OFI.[15]

Virton

On 31 January 2022, Faucher was loaned to Virton.[16]

International career

Despite being born in France, Algerian newspaper El Watan indicated that Faucher wanted to play for Algeria in international competition, following in the footsteps of his uncle Fathi Chebal.[17]

Personal life

Faucher is the nephew of former Algerian international Fathi Chebal who played at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[17]

Honours

Club

Metz

Individual

  • Liga Leumit top goalscorer: 2015–16 (21 goals), 2016–17 (24 goals)

References

  1. ^ Jordan Faucher at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ FFF : football, tirage au sort, résultats, calendrier, Gambardella, nationale Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ U-19 : ils l'ont fait! Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ foot-national.com (9 June 2010). "Tours : Le jeune messin Jordan Faucher signe". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Domino's Ligue 2 - Season 2010/2011 - Week 18 - Tours FC / Nîmes Olympique". www.ligue1.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. ^ Ligue1.com – French Football League – Ligue 2 – Season 2010/2011 – Week 19 – Angers SCO / Tours FC
  7. ^ Faure, Mathieu (4 July 2017). "Jordan Faucher : "Ici, on m'appelle Jordy "". So Foot (in French). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Ligue 2 : un nouvel attaquant au Red Star". Le Parisien (in French). 2 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  9. ^ "רשמית: ג'ורדן פושה חתם ברד סטאר פאריס". 2 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Ανακοίνωσε Φοσέρ η Ξάνθη" (in Greek). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Ξάνθη - Βόλος 3-1: "Πετάνε" οι ακρίτες". www.sport24.gr. 29 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός - Ξάνθη 0-1: Νίκη στο VAR για τους Ακρίτες". www.sport24.gr. 5 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Ξάνθη - ΑΕΛ 2-1: Φοσ(έ) ανατροπής". www.sport24.gr. 5 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Άρης - Ξάνθη 2-1: Με ανατροπή στους "8"". www.sport24.gr. 14 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Ξάνθη - ΟΦΗ 2-2: O Φοσέ λύτρωσε τους Ακρίτες και "απάντησε" στον Φιγκεϊρέδο". www.sport24.gr. 25 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Faucher à Virton" (Press release) (in French). Virton. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Inscription - Connexion". www.elwatan.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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