![]() Guessand with Nice in 2022 | |||
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 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2014 | ASPTT Marseille | ||
2014–2019 | Nice | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Nice B | 25 | (9) |
2020– | Nice | 54 | (7) |
2020–2021 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 34 | (7) |
2022–2023 | → Nantes (loan) | 30 | (3) |
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 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 |
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.
Guessand made his professional debut for Nice in a 2–0 Coupe de France win over Fréjus Saint-Raphaël on 5 January 2020. [2] [3]
On 12 July 2022, Guessand joined Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan. [4] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 league win over Toulouse on 28 August. [5] 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. [6]
Born in France, Guessand holds French and Ivorian nationalities. [7] He is a youth international for France. [8]
In December 2023, Guessand was pre-called up by the Ivory Coast national football team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [9]
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 61th minute of a scoreless draw. [10]
Club | Season | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
2023–24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 7 | ||||
Total | 54 | 7 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 64 | 8 | ||||
Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||
Nantes (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 44 | 4 |
Career total | 143 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 20 |
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