Evann Guessand
_10_(cropped).jpg) Guessand with Nice in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand | ||
| Date of birth | 1 July 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Ajaccio, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2014 | ASPTT Marseille | ||
| 2014–2019 | Nice | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Nice B | 25 | (9) |
| 2020– | Nice | 49 | (5) |
| 2020–2021 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 34 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | → Nantes (loan) | 30 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | France U16 | 4 | (3) |
| 2018 | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | France U18 | 5 | (2) |
| 2019 | France U19 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:20, 18 May 2022 (UTC) | |||
Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand[1] (born 1 July 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as centre-forward for Nice.
Club career[edit]
Guessand made his professional debut for Nice in a 2–0 Coupe de France win over Fréjus Saint-Raphaël on 5 January 2020.[2][3]
On 12 July 2022, Guessand joined Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan.[4] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 league win over Toulouse on 28 August.[5] On 8 September, on his UEFA Europa League debut, Guessand scored the winning goal for Nantes in the final minutes of a 2–1 home victory over Olympiacos.[6]
International career[edit]
Born in France, Guessand holds French and Ivorian nationalities.[7] He is a youth international for France.[8]
In December 2023, Guessand was pre-called up by the Ivory Coast national football team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of match played 19 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nice II | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | 17 | 8 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 25 | 9 | — | — | — | 25 | 9 | |||||
| Nice | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 59 | 6 | ||||
| Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||
| Nantes (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 44 | 4 |
| Career total | 138 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 18 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
Honours[edit]
Nice
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Les listes provisoires des équipes qualifiées pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations CAF TotalEnergies, Côte d'Ivoire 2023". CAF (in French). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Bacquié, Maxime (5 January 2020). "Coupe de France : OGC Nice / Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Coupe de France : l'OGC Nice bat l'Etoile FC Fréjus St Raphaël 2 à 0". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Evann Guessand prêté au FC Nantes !" [Evann Guessand loaned to Nantes!] (in French). FC Nantes. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Nantes vs. Toulouse". Soccerway. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "FC Nantes. Evann Guessand : « C'était une ambiance de fous »". Ouest-France (in French). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ https://www.unfp.org/joueur/evann-guessand-21987/
- ^ ""JE SENS UN GROUPE QUI VIT BIEN ENSEMBLE!"". 23 October 2020.
- ^ "AFCON 2023 - PROVISIONAL SQUADS LIST" (PDF). p. 13.
- ^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
External links[edit]
- Evann Guessand at Soccerway
- Evann Guessand at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Evann Guessand at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Evann Guessand – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ajaccio
- French men's footballers
- Ivorian men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- OGC Nice players
- FC Nantes players
- FC Lausanne-Sport players
- Ligue 1 players
- Swiss Super League players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- French football forward, 2000s birth stubs