Evann Guessand

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Evann Guessand
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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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Nice B 25 (9)
2020–2025 Nice 89 (19)
2020–2021Lausanne-Sport (loan) 34 (7)
2022–2023Nantes (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.

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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. [4] [5]

On 23 August 2020, he made his Ligue 1 debut against Lens as a late substitute in 2-1 home win. [6]

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. [7]

Nantes

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]

Aston Villa

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]

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice II 2018–19 Championnat National 2 7171
2019–20 Championnat National 3 178178
2020–21 1010
Total259259
Nice 2019–20 Ligue 1 301040
2021–22 20150251
2023–24 34641387
2024–25 3212207 [b] 14113
Total89191217110821
Lausanne-Sport (loan) 2020–21 Swiss Super League 34710357
Nantes (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 1303519 [b] 21 [c] 0456
Aston Villa 2025–26 Premier League 200000000020
Career total18038182001631021543

International

As of match played 10 June 2025 [18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ivory Coast 202460
202541
Total101
Ivory Coast score listed first, score column indicates score after each Guessand goal. [18]
List of international goals scored by Evann Guessand
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 March 2025 Honneur Stadium, Meknes, MoroccoFlag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1–01–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Nice

Individual

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. 1 2 "Villa announce Evann Guessand signing". Aston Villa Football Club. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  4. Bacquié, Maxime (5 January 2020). "Coupe de France : OGC Nice / Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "OGC Nice - RC Lens match details". tntsports.co.uk. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  7. "Lausanne-Sport - FC Zürich match details". soccerway.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. "Evann Guessand prêté au FC Nantes !" [Evann Guessand loaned to Nantes!] (in French). FC Nantes. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  9. "Nantes vs. Toulouse". Soccerway. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  10. "FC Nantes. Evann Guessand : « C'était une ambiance de fous »". Ouest-France (in French). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  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. 1 2 Evann Guessand at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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.