Molla Wagué
{{Short description|Footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Molla Wagué
| image = 20150331 Mali vs Ghana 216.jpg
| caption = Wagué with Mali in 2015
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|2|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vernon, France
| height = 1.91 m
| position = Centre back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1998–2004
| youthclubs1 = Les Andelys
| youthyears2 = 2004–2005
| youthclubs2 = Romilly Pont Saint-Pierre
| youthyears3 = 2005–2006
| youthclubs3 = Rouen
| youthyears4 = 2006–2011
| youthclubs4 = Caen
| years1 = 2010–2014
| clubs1 = Caen B
| caps1 = 51
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2011–2014
| clubs2 = Caen
| caps2 = 49
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2014–2017
| clubs3 = Granada
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014–2017
| clubs4 = → Udinese (loan)
| caps4 = 37
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2017
| clubs5 = → Leicester City (loan)
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2017–2019
| clubs6 = Udinese
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2017–2018
| clubs7 = → Watford (loan)
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2019
| clubs8 = → Nottingham Forest (loan)
| caps8 = 11
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2019–2022
| clubs9 = Nantes
| caps9 = 9
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2020–2021
| clubs10 = → Amiens (loan)
| caps10 = 24
| goals10 = 1
| clubs11 = Seraing
| years11 = 2022
| caps11 = 4
| goals11 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2009
| nationalteam1 = France U19
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2019
| nationalteam2 = Mali
| nationalcaps2 = 39
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| club-update = 05:56, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 10:36, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|MLI}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Medal|3rd|2013 South Africa|}}
}}
Molla Wagué (born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back. Born in France, he represented the country at U19 youth level before switching to the Mali senior national team.
Club career
Wagué started his professional career with French club SM Caen. He made his professional debut on 6 November 2011 in a 3–0 league victory against Dijon.{{cite news |title=Caen v. Dijon Match Report |url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuille_match/74491 |work=Ligue de Football Professionnel |date=6 November 2011 |access-date=2 September 2017 |language = fr}} Two weeks later, in his first professional start, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw with Ajaccio.{{cite news |title=Molla Wagué, l'épanouissement sans complexe |url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/foot_caen_detail_-Molla-Wague-l-epanouissement-sans-complexe_43055-2013886_actu.Htm |work=Ouest-France |date=22 November 2011 |access-date=28 November 2011 |language = fr}}{{cite news |title=Ajaccio v. Caen Match Report |url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuille_match/74499 |work=Ligue de Football Professionnel |date=19 November 2011 |access-date=2 September 2017 |language = fr}}
On 10 July 2014, he joined Serie A club Udinese on loan after signing a contract with Granada.{{cite news |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/udinese/?action=read&idnet=dHV0dG91ZGluZXNlLml0LTI0OTc2 |title=Wague è un giocatore dell'Udinese |trans-title=Wague is an Udinese player |work=Tutto Mercato Web |date=10 July 2014 |access-date=2 September 2017 |language=it}}
On 31 January 2017, Wagué joined Leicester City on loan from Udinese until the end of the season. The transfer was consented to by parent club Granada and included an option for Leicester to sign him permanently.{{cite news|title=Leicester sign defender Molla Wague on loan from Udinese|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/leicester-sign-defender-molla-wague-on-loan-from-udinese-35413798.html|access-date=31 January 2017|work=Irish Independent|date=31 January 2017}} He made his debut in an FA Cup defeat away at Millwall playing around 70 minutes before being replaced due to an injury which would result in him missing the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Molla Wague: Leicester City defender to miss rest of season|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39295405|access-date=17 March 2017|work=BBC Sport|date=16 March 2017}} Wagué then joined Udinese permanently before being loaned out to Watford on 31 August 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.watfordfc.com/teams/first-team/official-wague-joins-loan|title=Official {{!}} Wague Joins On Loan|website=WatfordFC|language=en|access-date=9 April 2018}}
On 1 February 2019, Wagué joined EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest on loan for the remainder of the season.{{cite web |title=Welcome Wague |url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2019/february/welcome-wague/ |website=Nottingham Forest |access-date=17 June 2019 |date=1 February 2019}}
On 12 January 2022, Wagué signed for Belgian club Seraing until the end of the 2021–22 season.{{Cite web|date=12 January 2022|title=Mercato : Molla Wagué vient renforcer notre défense !|trans-title=Transfer market: Molla Wagué comes reinforce our defense!|url=https://www.rfc-seraing.be/mercato-molla-wague-vient-renforcer-notre-defense/|access-date=13 January 2022|publisher=R.F.C. Seraing|language=fr}} The contract was terminated on 7 February 2022 by mutual consent for personal reasons.{{cite press release|publisher=Seraing|url=https://www.rfc-seraing.be/molla-wague-contrat-resilie/|title=MOLLA WAGUÉ : CONTRAT RÉSILIÉ|date=7 February 2022|access-date=9 February 2022|language=fr}}
International career
A former France youth international at the under-19 level, Wagué switched his allegiance to Mali and was a member of the Mali national team at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|12 January 2022}}{{soccerway|molla-wague/163502|access-date=1 February 2017}}
| 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"|League cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Caen B
|CFA |25 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12
|CFA |20 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2012–13
|CFA |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14
|CFA |5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!51 | 2 | colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||51 | 2 | |||||||
| rowspan="4"|Caen
|5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2012–13
|20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| 2013–14
|Ligue 2 |24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!49 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 5 | |
| Granada
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="6"|Udinese
|2014–15 (loan) |10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 (loan)
|Serie A |21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 (loan)
|Serie A |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18
|Serie A |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|Serie A |2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|—||0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |||
| Leicester City (loan)
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Watford (loan)
|Premier League |6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 1 | ||
| Nottingham Forest (loan)
|11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 3 | ||
| Nantes
|Ligue 1 |9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| Amiens (loan)
|Ligue 2 |24 |1 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |26 |1 | ||||||||||
| Seraing
|0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |0 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!190 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 14 |
=International=
{{Updated|match played on 17 November 2019}}{{NFT|50643|access-date=9 December 2016}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="7"|Mali
|2013 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 39 | 4 |
:Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wagué goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Molla Wagué | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | rowspan="2"|25 March 2015 | rowspan="2"|Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France | rowspan="2"|{{fb|GAB}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–4 | rowspan="2"|Friendly |
| align="center"|2 | align="center"|2–1 | |||||
| align="center"|3 | 9 October 2015 | Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France | {{fb|BFA}} | align="center"|4–1 | align="center"|4–1 | Friendly |
| align="center"|4 | 28 March 2016 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | {{fb|EQG}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
Mali
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2013{{cite web| url = https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4642/2013-africa-cup-of-nations/2013/01/09/3660526/paris-saint-germain-midfielder-momo-sissoko-makes-mali-afcon| title = Paris Saint Germain midfielder Momo Sissoko makes Mali Afcon squad {{!}} Goal.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1485398-african-cup-of-nations-full-fixtures-schedule-standings-and-results.amp.html|title = African Cup of Nations 2013: Full Fixtures, Schedule, Standings and Results}}
References
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External links
- {{lfpfr2|wague-molla|name=Molla Wague}}
- {{leqstat|36009}}
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