Axel Guessand
{{short description|French footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Axel Guessand
| full_name = Axel Thurel Sahuye Guessand
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|11|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Schiltigheim, France
| height = 1.92m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Kristiansund
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 2010–2015
| youthclubs1 = AS Strasbourg
| youthyears2 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs2 = ASPV Strasbourg
| youthyears3 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs3 = Schiltigheim
| youthyears4 = 2018–2022
| youthclubs4 = Nancy
| youthyears5 = 2022–
| youthclubs5 = Udinese
| years1 = 2021–2022
| clubs1 = Nancy II
| caps1 = 9
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2021–2022
| clubs2 = Nancy
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2022–2025
| clubs3 = Udinese
| caps3 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2024
| clubs4 = → Volendam (loan)
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2025–
| clubs5 = Kristiansund
| goals5 = 3
| caps5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2021
| nationalteam1 = France U18
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 2 May 2025
| ntupdate =
}}
Axel Thurel Sahuye Guessand (born 6 November 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eliteserien club Kristiansund BK.{{Soccerway|769845}}
Club career
Guessand is a youth academy graduate of Nancy. He made his professional debut for the club on 28 August 2021, in a 4–1 league defeat against Auxerre.{{cite web|title=Nancy vs. Auxerre - 28 August 2021|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/08/28/france/ligue-2/association-sportive-nancy-lorraine/association-de-la-jeunesse-auxerroise/3525263/|access-date=31 August 2021}} At the age of 16 years, 9 months and 22 days, he became the youngest player to ever feature in a professional match for Nancy.{{cite web|title=L'homme clé : un cadeau empoisonné pour le tout jeune Axel Guessand (AS Nancy Lorraine)|url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/sport/2021/08/28/l-homme-cle-un-cadeau-empoisonne-pour-le-tout-jeune-axel-guessand-(as-nancy-lorraine)|date=28 August 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}
On 1 July 2022, Guessand joined Serie A club Udinese on a three-year deal.{{cite web|title=Guessand è un nuovo giocatore dell'Udinese|url=https://www.udinese.it/news/squadra/guessand-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-dell-udinese|date=1 July 2022|access-date=1 July 2022}} He made his first-team debut on 4 June 2023, starting in a 1–0 league loss against Juventus.{{Cite web |last=Albanese |first=Giovanni |date=4 June 2023 |title=La Juve vince ma chiude settima, è in Conference. In attesa dell'Uefa |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Juventus/04-06-2023/udinese-juve-0-1-gol-chiesa-4601901201498.shtml |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it-IT}}{{Cite web |date=4 June 2023 |title=Udinese-Juventus, Cocetta, Abankwah, Guessand: "Un'emozione incredibile" |url=https://www.udinese.it/news/squadra/udinese-juventus-cocetta-abankwah-guessand-unemozione-incredibile |access-date=5 June 2023 |website=Udinese |language=it-IT}} In January 2024, he joined Eredivisie club Volendam on loan for the remainder of the season. {{cite web|url=https://fcvolendam.nl/nieuws/fc-volendam-udinese-zetten-samenwerking-kracht-bij-met-huurtransfer-axel-guessand/|trans-title=FC Volendam & Udinese strengthen their partnership with loan transfer Axel Guessand|title=FC Volendam & Udinese zetten samenwerking kracht bij met huurtransfer Axel Guessand|language=Dutch|website=fcvolendam.nl|date=19 January 2024|accessdate=19 January 2024}}
On 4 March 2025, Guessand signed with Kristiansund in Norway until the end of 2027.{{cite web|publisher=Kristiansund BK|url=https://www.kristiansundbk.no/nyheter/guessand-klar-for-kbk|title=Guessand klar for KBK|trans-title=Guessand ready for KBK|date=4 March 2025|access-date=7 March 2025|language=no}}
International career
Guessand is a French youth international.{{cite web|title=Equipe de France U16/La liste des 16 internationaux 2004 pour le prochain rassemblement|url=https://www.panamefoot.fr/equipe-de-france-u16-la-liste-des-16-internationaux-2004-pour-le-prochain-rassemblement/|date=10 March 2020|access-date=31 August 2021}}
Personal life
Born in France, Guessand is of Ivorian descent.https://225foot.com/kristiansund-ballklubb-renforce-son-effectif-avec-axel-guessand/ He is the younger brother of the footballer Evann Guessand.{{cite web | last=Trésarrieu | first=Flavien | title=Transferts : l'Udinese vise Axel Guessand (Nancy) | website=L'Équipe | date=2022-06-22 | url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transferts-l-udinese-vise-axel-guessand-nancy/1339799 | language=fr | access-date=2025-03-27}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 21 May 2025}}
| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club | rowspan="2"|Season | colspan="3"|League | colspan="2"|Cup | colspan="2"|Continental | colspan="2"|Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Nancy | 2021–22 | rowspan="1"|Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 2 | 0 |
| rowspan="3"|Udinese
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|Serie A |1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 1 | |||
| Volendam
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="1"|Kristiansund
|2025 |5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 1 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{FFF player|10009-guessand-axel-thurel}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|axel-guessand}}
{{Kristiansund BK squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guessand, Axel}}
Category:Sportspeople from Schiltigheim
Category:Footballers from Bas-Rhin
Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:AS Nancy Lorraine players
Category:Udinese Calcio players
Category:Kristiansund BK players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Norway