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Idrissa Gueye
Gueye in 2014
Personal information
Full name Idrissa Gana Gueye[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder[1]
Team 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 27 (1)
International career‡
2012 Senegal Olympic 1 (0)
2011– Senegal 41 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:33, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:25, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

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

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

He signed for English club Aston Villa on 10 July 2015.[3][4]

Everton

After Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League, Everton triggered a release clause in his contract,[5] and signed Gueye on a four-year deal on 2 August 2016.[6] Gueye made the highest number of successful tackles and interceptions per game across Europe's top five leagues over the 2016 calendar year.[7][8][9] Gueye scored his first league goal for Everton in a 2-0 victory over Sunderland at Goodison Park on 25 February 2017.[10] Gueye became the first player in Europe's top five leagues to win 100 tackles in the 2016–17 season.[11]

International career

Gueye made his international debut for Senegal in 2011,[1] and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for them.[12] He also represented them at the 2012 Olympics,[12] at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations[13] and at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 April 2017
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lille B 2008–09[1] CFA 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
2009–10[1] CFA 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
2010–11[1] CFA 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 2
Lille 2010–11[14] Ligue 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 18 1
2011–12[14] Ligue 1 25 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 35 0
2012–13[14] Ligue 1 29 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 38 0
2013–14[14] Ligue 1 37 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 41 1
2014–15[14] Ligue 1 32 4 2 0 0 0 10 0 44 4
Total 134 5 11 0 5 0 25 1 176 6
Aston Villa 2015–16[15] Premier League 35 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 38 1
Everton 2016–17[16] Premier League 27 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 1
Career total 251 8 14 1 7 0 25 1 297 10

International

As of match played 23 March 2017[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2011 1 0
2012 6 0
2013 6 0
2014 6 0
2015 9 0
2016 7 0
2017 6 0
Total 41 0

Honours

Lille OSC

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Idrissa Gueye". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Idrissa Gana: Aston Villa cannot keep midfielder after release clause triggered". BBC Sport. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Idrissa Gueye: Everton sign midfielder from Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Chelsea's N'Golo Kante surprisingly only second in tackles made in 2016". Metro. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Why Everton's Idrissa Gueye is the best ball-winning midfielder in Europe". Liverpool Echo. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Everton's Idrissa Gueye is statistically the best holding midfielder in the whole of EUROPE". Mirror. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  10. ^ "nEverton 2-0 Sunderland". BBC. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Idrissa Gueye, Morgan Schneiderlin class as Everton beat Sunderland". ESPN. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ a b Idrissa Gueye – FIFA competition record (archived)
  13. ^ "2015 Africa Cup of Nations: Sadio Mane included in Senegal squad". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  14. ^ a b c d e Idrissa Gueye at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  15. ^ "Games played by Idrissa Gueye in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Games played by Idrissa Gueye in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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