![]() Guessand with Nice in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 July 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Ajaccio, France | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa | ||
Number | 29 [2] | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2014 | ASPTT Marseille | ||
2014–2019 | Nice | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Nice B | 25 | (9) |
2020–2025 | Nice | 89 | (19) |
2020–2021 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 34 | (7) |
2022–2023 | → Nantes (loan) | 30 | (3) |
2025– | Aston Villa | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | France U16 | 4 | (3) |
2018 | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
2019 | France U18 | 5 | (2) |
2019 | France U19 | 4 | (0) |
2024– | Ivory Coast | 10 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 |
Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand (born 1 July 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Aston Villa. [3] Born in France and a former French youth international, he represents the Ivory Coast internationally.
Guessand made his professional debut for Nice in a 2–0 Coupe de France win over Fréjus Saint-Raphaël on 5 January 2020. [4] [5]
On 23 August 2020, he made his Ligue 1 debut against Lens as a late substitute in 2-1 home win. [6]
On 3 October 2020, Guessand made his Swiss Super League debut against Zürich and scored his first goal for the club in a 4-0 home victory. [7]
On 12 July 2022, Guessand joined Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan. [8] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 league win over Toulouse on 28 August. [9]
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. [10]
On 8 August 2025, Guessand signed for Premier League club Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee; [3] the contract is valid until 2030. This fee was reported to be worth €35 million (£30.5 million). [11]
Guessand made his Premier League debut as a late substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Brentford on 23 August 2025. [12]
Born in France, Guessand holds French and Ivorian nationalities. [13] He is a youth international for France. [14]
In December 2023, Guessand was pre-called up by the Ivory Coast national football team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [15]
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. [16]
Guessand is the brother of Axel Guessand, who is also a French youth international footballer. [17]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Nice II | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 8 | |||||
2020–21 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 25 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 9 | ||||||
Nice | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||||
2023–24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 38 | 7 | |||||
2024–25 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 [b] | 1 | — | 41 | 13 | ||||
Total | 89 | 19 | 12 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 108 | 21 | ||||
Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 7 | |||
Nantes (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 9 [b] | 2 | 1 [c] | 0 | 45 | 6 | |
Aston Villa | 2025–26 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 180 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 215 | 43 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ivory Coast | 2024 | 6 | 0 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 10 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 March 2025 | Honneur Stadium, Meknes, Morocco | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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