Evann Guessand
 Guessand with Nice in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | (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 8 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.
Club career
Nice (2020–2025)
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 (2020–2021, loan)
On 3 October 2020, he made his Swiss Super League debut against Zürich and scored his first goal for the club in a 4-0 home victory.[7]
Nantes (2022–2023, loan)
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 (2025–present)
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]
International career
Born in France, Guessand holds French and Ivorian nationalities.[12] He is a youth international for France.[13]
In December 2023, Guessand was pre-called up by the Ivory Coast national football team for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]
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.[15]
Personal life
Guessand is the brother of Axel Guessand, who is also a French youth international footballer.[16]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | 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 |
| Career total | 178 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 213 | 43 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
International
- As of match played 10 June 2025[17]
| 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.[17]
| 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[18]
Individual
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Evann Guessand squad number revealed". Aston Villa Football Club. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Villa announce Evann Guessand signing". Aston Villa Football Club. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Bacquié, Maxime (5 January 2020). "Coupe de France : OGC Nice / Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "OGC Nice - RC Lens match details". tntsports.co.uk. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Lausanne-Sport - FC Zürich match details". soccerway.com. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Evann Guessand prêté au FC Nantes !" [Evann Guessand loaned to Nantes!] (in French). FC Nantes. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Nantes vs. Toulouse". Soccerway. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "FC Nantes. Evann Guessand : « C'était une ambiance de fous »". Ouest-France (in French). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Veal, Jonathan (7 August 2025). "Evann Guessand Aston Villa medical update as final transfer fee emerges". Birmingham Live. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Evann GUESSAND -".
- ^ ""JE SENS UN GROUPE QUI VIT BIEN ENSEMBLE!"". 23 October 2020.
- ^ "AFCON 2023 - PROVISIONAL SQUADS LIST" (PDF). p. 13.
- ^ "Kenya v Ivory Coast game report". ESPN. 11 June 2024.
- ^ Trésarrieu, Flavien (22 June 2022). "Transferts : l'Udinese vise Axel Guessand (Nancy)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ a b Evann Guessand at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "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)