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Evann Guessand

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{{Short description|French footballer (born 2001)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Evann Guessand

| full_name = Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand{{Cite web |date=2023-12-20 |title=Les listes provisoires des équipes qualifiées pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations CAF TotalEnergies, Côte d'Ivoire 2023 |url=https://www.cafonline.com/fr/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/news/les-listes-provisoires-des-equipes-qualifiees-pour-la-coupe-dafrique-des-nations-caf-totalenergies-cote-divoire-2023/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=CAF |language=fr}}

| image = RC Lens - OGC Nice (10-04-2022) 10 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Guessand with Nice in 2022

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|7|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ajaccio, France

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Nice

| clubnumber = 29

| youthyears1 = 2008–2014

| youthclubs1 = ASPTT Marseille

| youthyears2 = 2014–2019

| youthclubs2 = Nice

| years1 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Nice B

| caps1 = 25

| goals1 = 9

| years2 = 2020–

| clubs2 = Nice

| caps2 = 87

| goals2 = 18

| years3 = 2020–2021

| clubs3 = → Lausanne-Sport (loan)

| caps3 = 34

| goals3 = 7

| years4 = 2022–2023

| clubs4 = → Nantes (loan)

| caps4 = 30

| goals4 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2017

| nationalteam1 = France U16

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| nationalyears2 = 2018

| nationalteam2 = France U17

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019

| nationalteam3 = France U18

| nationalcaps3 = 5

| nationalgoals3 = 2

| nationalyears4 = 2019

| nationalteam4 = France U19

| nationalcaps4 = 4

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2024–

| nationalteam5 = Ivory Coast

| nationalcaps5 = 8

| nationalgoals5 = 1

| club-update = 25 April 2025

| nationalteam-update = 24 March 2025

}}

Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand (born 1 July 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Nice. Born in France and a former French youth international, he represents the Ivory Coast internationally.

Club career

=Nice=

Guessand made his professional debut for Nice in a 2–0 Coupe de France win over Fréjus Saint-Raphaël on 5 January 2020.{{Cite web |last=Bacquié |first=Maxime |date=5 January 2020 |title=Coupe de France : OGC Nice / Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/coupe-de-france-vivez-ogc-nice-frejus-saint-raphael-sur-france-bleu-azur-1578222943 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=23 August 2020 |website=France Bleu |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Coupe de France : l'OGC Nice bat l'Etoile FC Fréjus St Raphaël 2 à 0 |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/nice-ogc-nice-rencontre-etoile-fc-frejus-st-raphael-17-heures-1770103.html |access-date=23 August 2020 |website=France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |date=May 2020 |language=fr-FR}}

=Nantes=

On 12 July 2022, Guessand joined Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan.{{Cite web |date=12 July 2022 |title=Evann Guessand prêté au FC Nantes ! |trans-title=Evann Guessand loaned to Nantes! |url=https://www.fcnantes.com/articles/article2809.php?num=40370 |access-date=12 July 2022 |publisher=FC Nantes |language=fr}} He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 league win over Toulouse on 28 August.{{Cite web |date=28 August 2022 |title=Nantes vs. Toulouse |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/08/28/france/ligue-1/fc-nantes/toulouse-fc/3802173/ |access-date=9 September 2022 |website=Soccerway}} 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.{{Cite web |date=9 September 2022 |title=FC Nantes. Evann Guessand : « C'était une ambiance de fous » |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/fc-nantes/fc-nantes-evann-guessand-c-etait-une-ambiance-de-fous-bfb62d0e-2fc6-11ed-bd84-c332a9af669a |access-date=9 September 2022 |website=Ouest-France |language=fr}}

International career

Born in France, Guessand holds French and Ivorian nationalities.{{cite web | url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/evann-guessand-21987/ | title=Evann GUESSAND - }} He is a youth international for France.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/je-sens-un-groupe-qui-vit-bien-ensemble/ |title="JE SENS UN GROUPE QUI VIT BIEN ENSEMBLE!" |date=23 October 2020}}

In December 2023, Guessand was pre-called up by the Ivory Coast national football team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite web |title=AFCON 2023 - PROVISIONAL SQUADS LIST|url=https://www.cafonline.com/media/szzh20fx/afcon-2023-provisional-squads-list.pdf|page=13}}

Guessand made his debut for the Ivory Coast national team on 11 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Kenya at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe, Malawi. He substituted Emmanuel Latte Lath in the 61st minute of a scoreless draw.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/687266/|title=Kenya v Ivory Coast game report|date=11 June 2024}}

Personal life

Guessand is the brother of Axel Guessand, who is also a professional footballer.{{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 25 April 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"|National cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Nice II

|2018–19

|Championnat National 2

|7

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—71
2019–20

|rowspan="2"|Championnat National 3

|17

8colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—178
2020–21

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
colspan="2"|Total

!25

9colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—259
rowspan="5"|Nice

|2019–20

|rowspan="4"|Ligue 1

|3

010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
2021–22

|20

150colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—251
2023–24

|34

641colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—387
2024–25

|31

11207{{efn|name=UEL}}1colspan="2"|—4012
colspan="2"|Total

!88

1812171colspan="2"|—10720
Lausanne-Sport (loan)

|2020–21

|Swiss Super League

|34

710colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—357
Nantes (loan)

|2022–23

|Ligue 1

|30

3519{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}21{{efn|Appearance in Trophée des Champions}}0456
colspan="3"|Career total

!177

371821631021242

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=International=

{{updated|match played 24 March 2025}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="2"|Ivory Coast

|2024

60
202521
colspan="2"|Total81

:Ivory Coast score listed first, score column indicates score after each Guessand goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Evann Guessand

scope=col|No.

!scope=col|Date

!scope=col|Venue

!scope=col|Opponent

!scope=col|Score

!scope=col|Result

!scope=col|Competition

align=center|121 March 2025Honneur Stadium, Meknes, Morocco{{fb|BDI}}align=center|1–0align=center|1–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Nice

  • Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22{{Cite web |date=7 May 2022 |title=Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61366648 |access-date=11 September 2022 |website=BBC Sport |lang=en}}

References

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External links

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  • {{LFP Ligue 1|evann-guessand}}

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Category:2001 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Ajaccio

Category:French sportspeople of Ivorian descent

Category:Black French sportspeople

Category:French men's footballers

Category:Ivorian men's footballers

Category:France men's youth international footballers

Category:Ivory Coast men's international footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:OGC Nice players

Category:FC Nantes players

Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players

Category:Ligue 1 players

Category:Championnat National 2 players

Category:Championnat National 3 players

Category:Swiss Super League players

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland

Category:French expatriate men's footballers

Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Category:Ivorian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Category:21st-century French sportsmen

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