Evann Guessand

Evann Guessand

Guessand with Nice in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand [1]
Date of birth	(2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 24)
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	4	(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	11	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 September 2025

Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand (born 1 July 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Aston Villa. Guessand is a product of the Nice academy and progressed through their youth and B sides to the first team, he was named their Player of the Season in the 2024-25 season before transferring to Aston Villa. He also spent time on loan at Lausanne-Sport and Nantes earlier in his career.

Born in France and a regular French youth international up to under-19 level, 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. ^{[3] [4]}

On 23 August 2020, he made his Ligue 1 debut against Lens as a late substitute in 2-1 home win. ^[5]

Lausanne-Sport

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. ^[6]

Nantes

On 12 July 2022, Guessand joined Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan. ^[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 league win over Toulouse on 28 August. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Aston Villa

On 8 August 2025, Guessand signed for Premier League club Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee; the contract is valid until 2030. ^[10] . 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]

International career

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]

Personal life

Guessand is the older brother of Axel Guessand, who was also a French youth international footballer. ^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 September 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		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	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			182	38	18	2	1	0	16	3	1	0	218	43

1. Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

As of match played 10 June 2025 ^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ivory Coast	2024	6	0
	2025	4	1
Total		10	1

Ivory Coast score listed first, score column indicates score after each Guessand goal. ^[18]

List of international goals scored by Evann Guessand

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 March 2025	Honneur Stadium, Meknes, Morocco	Burundi	1–0	1–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Nice

• Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22 ^[19]

Individual

• Nice Player of the Season: 2024–25 ^[20]

References

1. "Les listes provisoires des équipes qualifiées pour la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations CAF TotalEnergies, Côte d'Ivoire 2023". CAF (in French). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
2. "Evann Guessand squad number revealed". Aston Villa Football Club. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
3. Bacquié, Maxime (5 January 2020). "Coupe de France : OGC Nice / Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
4. "Coupe de France : l'OGC Nice bat l'Etoile FC Fréjus St Raphaël 2 à 0". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). May 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. "OGC Nice - RC Lens match details". tntsports.co.uk. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
6. "Lausanne-Sport - FC Zürich match details". soccerway.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
7. "Evann Guessand prêté au FC Nantes !" [Evann Guessand loaned to Nantes!] (in French). FC Nantes. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
8. "Nantes vs. Toulouse". Soccerway. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
9. "FC Nantes. Evann Guessand : « C'était une ambiance de fous »". Ouest-France (in French). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
10. "Villa announce Evann Guessand signing". Aston Villa Football Club. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
11. Veal, Jonathan (7 August 2025). "Evann Guessand Aston Villa medical update as final transfer fee emerges". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
12. "Brentford v Aston Villa | 2025/2026 | Premier League | Overview". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
13. "Evann GUESSAND -".
14. ""JE SENS UN GROUPE QUI VIT BIEN ENSEMBLE!"". 23 October 2020.
15. "AFCON 2023 - PROVISIONAL SQUADS LIST" (PDF). p. 13.
16. "Kenya v Ivory Coast game report". ESPN. 11 June 2024.
17. Trésarrieu, Flavien (22 June 2022). "Transferts : l'Udinese vise Axel Guessand (Nancy)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2025.
18. Evann Guessand at National-Football-Teams.com
19. "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
20. "Guessand and Youssouf voted Aiglons of the season". OGC Nice. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

External links

• Evann Guessand at Soccerway
• Evann Guessand at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Evann Guessand at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
• Evann Guessand – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)