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Mohamed Simakan made the switch from RC Strasbourg Alsace to Leipzig in summer 2021 and made 122 appearances for the club, racking up 20 goal contributions in the process.

The 6’1” defender made his RBL debut on 7th August 2021 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, as RB Leipzig beat SV Sandhausen 4-0.

His first goal as an RB Leipzig player came in a 6-1 victory over Greuther Fürth on 13th March 2022. Simakan made 41 appearances in all competitions in his debut season, which showed that RBL had secured the services of a top-quality player.

He received a call up to the France U21 national team in November 2022 as a result of his impressive performances and started in the 1-1 draw with Norway. He went on to make a total of seven appearances for France at U21 level.

The highlights of Mohamed Simakan’s time at RBL were undoubtedly winning the DFB-Pokal in 2022 and 2023, as well as emerging victorious in the 2023 Supercup. In two of the three finals, Simakan was named in the starting XI (he did not appear in the 2023 DFB-Pokal final).

The defender scored two goals and registered three assists in eighteen UEFA Champions League matches for RB Leipzig. In the 3-2 win over Real Madrid, he was given the “Man of the Match” award.

Mo Simakan cemented himself as a man for Leipzig’s history books with his goal on 16th December 2023 in the 3-1 triumph over TSG Hoffenheim, which was RBL’s 500th in the Bundesliga.