Evann Guessand
Guessand with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand
Date of birth (2001-07-01) 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 37 (3)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023
‡ 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

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

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

As of match played 20 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice II 2018–19 Championnat National 2 71———71
2019–20 Championnat National 3 178———178
2020–21 10———10
Total 259———259
Nice 2019–20 Ligue 1 0010——10
2021–22 20150——251
2023–24 17200——172
Total 37360——433
Lausanne-Sport (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 34710——357
Nantes (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 1 303518[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]0444
Career total 12614121801014715

Honours

Nice

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Bacquié, Maxime (5 January 2020). "Coupe de France : OGC Nice / Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Evann Guessand prêté au FC Nantes !" [Evann Guessand loaned to Nantes!] (in French). FC Nantes. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Nantes vs. Toulouse". Soccerway. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "FC Nantes. Evann Guessand : « C'était une ambiance de fous »". Ouest-France (in French). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  7. ↑ https://www.unfp.org/joueur/evann-guessand-21987/
  8. ↑ ""JE SENS UN GROUPE QUI VIT BIEN ENSEMBLE!"". 23 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "AFCON 2023 - PROVISIONAL SQUADS LIST" (PDF). p. 13.
  10. ↑ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.


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