Idrissa Gueye

Idrissa Gueye

Gueye in 2014
Personal information
Full name Idrissa Gana Gueye[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989[1]
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Defensive midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 Everton
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Diambars
2008–2010 Lille B 55 (2)
2010–2015 Lille 134 (5)
2015–2016 Aston Villa 35 (0)
2016– Everton 33 (1)
National team‡
2012 Senegal Olympic 1 (0)
2011– Senegal 43 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:10, 1 July 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:10, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Idrissa Gana Gueye (born 26 September 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Everton and the Senegal national team.

Club career

Early career

Gueye vs Eto'o (Everton).

Born in Dakar, Gueye spent his early career in Senegal for Diambars before joining French club Lille in 2008.[1] He broke through into the first team in the 2010–11 season, in which Lille won Ligue 1, and became a regular starter in the league and the UEFA Champions League over the following four seasons.[2]

Aston Villa

Aston Villa paid Lille £9m for the service of Gueye, fighting off interest from Southampton, and he signed for the club on 10 July 2015. [3][4] [5] He played for Villa 35 times in a season in which they were relegated from the Premier League.[6]

Everton

After Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League, Everton triggered a release clause in his contract,[7] and signed Gueye on a four-year deal on 2 August 2016.[8] He made the highest number of successful tackles and interceptions per game across Europe's top five leagues over the 2016 calendar year.[9][10][11] Gueye scored his first league goal for Everton in a 2–0 victory over Sunderland at Goodison Park on 25 February 2017.[12] He became the first player in Europe's top five leagues to win 100 tackles in the 2016–17 season.[13]

International career

Gueye made his international debut for Senegal in 2011,[1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.[14] He also represented them at the 2012 Olympics,[14] at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations[15] and at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 August 2017
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lille B 2008–09[1] CFA 241000000241
2009–10[1] CFA 241000000241
2010–11[1] CFA 7000000070
Total 552000000552
Lille 2010–11[16] Ligue 1 110100061181
2011–12[16] Ligue 1 250302040350
2012–13[16] Ligue 1 290202050380
2013–14[16] Ligue 1 371301000411
2014–15[16] Ligue 1 3242000100444
Total 1345110502511766
Aston Villa 2015–16[17] Premier League 350310000381
Total 350310000381
Everton 2016–17[18] Premier League 331002000361
2017–18[19] Premier League 0000002[lower-alpha 1]020
Total 331002020381
Career total 25781417027130710
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 10 June 2017[1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 201110
201260
201360
201450
201590
201670
201791
Total431

International goals

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[1]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 June 2017 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Equatorial Guinea 3–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Lille OSC

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Idrissa Gueye". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Profile". Everton F.C. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Breaking news: Villa sign Gueye". Aston Villa F.C. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Idrissa Gueye: Aston Villa sign Lille midfielder for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Aston Villa midfielder Idrissa Gueye admits club's desire to sign him helped him ignore from Southampton and Marseille". Daily Mail. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Idrissa Gueye: Aston Villa cannot keep midfielder after release clause triggered". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Idrissa Gana: Aston Villa cannot keep midfielder after release clause triggered". BBC Sport. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Idrissa Gueye: Everton sign midfielder from Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Chelsea's N'Golo Kante surprisingly only second in tackles made in 2016". Metro. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Why Everton's Idrissa Gueye is the best ball-winning midfielder in Europe". Liverpool Echo. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Everton's Idrissa Gueye is statistically the best holding midfielder in the whole of EUROPE". Mirror. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "nEverton 2-0 Sunderland". BBC. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Idrissa Gueye, Morgan Schneiderlin class as Everton beat Sunderland". ESPN. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. 1 2 Idrissa Gueye – FIFA competition record
  15. ↑ "2015 Africa Cup of Nations: Sadio Mane included in Senegal squad". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Idrissa Gueye at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Idrissa Gueye in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Idrissa Gueye in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Idrissa Gueye in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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