Josuha Guilavogui

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Josuha Guilavogui
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Guilavogui playing for VfL Wolfsburg in 2015
Personal information
Full name Josuha Jérémy Akoi Fara Guilavogui[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Ollioules, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
VfL Wolfsburg
Number 23
Youth career
1997–2000 La Marine Toulon
2000–2005 Toulon
2005–2009 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Saint-Étienne B 4 (0)
2009–2013 Saint-Étienne 96 (6)
2013–2016 Atlético Madrid 1 (0)
2014Saint-Étienne (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2016VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 57 (3)
2016– VfL Wolfsburg 117 (5)
National team
2008 France U18 5 (0)
2008–2009 France U19 11 (1)
2011–2012 France U21 15 (3)
2013– France 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:40, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 April 2015

Josuha Jérémy Akoi Fara Guilavogui (born 19 September 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. He also represents the France national team.

He was a French youth international and represented his nation at the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where his team reached the semi-finals.

Career[]

Saint-Étienne[]

Guilavogui played for Saint-Étienne from 2005 after joining the Rhône-Alpes-based club from his local club Sporting Toulon. He was promoted to the senior squad following the firing of Laurent Roussey and the hiring of new manager Christophe Galtier, who was looking to reshuffle Saint-Étienne's defense and fill the squad, which was decimated with injuries.[2]

Guilavogui made his professional debut on 3 January 2009 coming on as a late substitute in Saint-Étienne's 1–0 victory over Bordeaux in the Coupe de France.[3]

Atlético Madrid[]

On 2 September 2013, it was reported that Guilavogui had passed medical with La Liga outfit Atlético Madrid and signed a 5-year contract in a deal worth €10 million.[4]

Saint-Étienne (loan)[]

On 31 January 2014 Guilavogui was loaned back to Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne until the end of the season.[5]

VfL Wolfsburg[]

On 8 August 2014 VfL Wolfsburg signed Guilavogui on a two-year loan deal from Atlético Madrid with an option of a permanent transfer included in the deal.[6]

The club exercised their option to buy on 18 May 2016 and signed Guilavogui permanently on a three-year deal for a fee of €3m.[7]

On Saturday 30 May 2015 he came off the bench as Wolfsburg won the German Cup for the first time defeating Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin.[8] [9]

Neck Break[]

On the 31 July 2016 in a friendly match against Sporting Clube de Portugal, Guilavogui suffered a neck injury in which MRI scans confirmed a break in his neck.

International career[]

Born in France, Guilavogui is of Guinean descent. He represents the France national football team.[10]

Personal life[]

Guilavogui is the brother of the footballer Morgan Guilavogui.[11]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 16 May 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saint-Étienne 2009–10 Ligue 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2010–11 22 1 0 0 2 0 24 1
2011–12 32 2 1 1 1 0 34 3
2012–13 38 3 3 2 4 0 45 5
2013–14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 96 6 5 3 7 0 0 0 108 9
Saint-Étienne B 2010–11 Championnat de France Amateur 3 0 3 0
2011–12 1 0 1 0
Total 4 0 4 0
Atlético Madrid 2013–14 La Liga 1 0 4 0 2[a] 0 0 0 7 0
Saint-Étienne (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 4[b] 0 11 0
VfL Wolfsburg (loan) 2014–15 Bundesliga 27 1 5 0 10[b] 1 42 2
2015–16 30 2 2 0 9[a] 0 1[c] 0 42 2
VfL Wolfsburg 2016–17 19 0 0 0 2[d] 0 21 0
2017–18 29 3 4 0 2[d] 0 35 3
2018–19 19 2 1 0 20 2
2019–20 25 0 1 0 6[b] 0 32 0
2020–21 20 0 3 1 3[b] 1 26 2
Total 169 8 16 1 28 2 5 0 218 11
Career total 277 14 25 4 7 0 34 2 5 0 348 20
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Appearance(s) in Bundesliga relegation play-offs

Honours[]

Saint-Étienne

VfL Wolfsburg

References[]

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 06 de octubre de 2013, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 6 October 2013, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ Ce soir, à 20.45: Club Brugge – Saint-Etienne Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "L'Équipe - L'actualité du sport en continu". L'Équipe. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Guilavogui firmó su contrato". Marca (in Spanish). 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Guilavogui will play on loan at Saint- Etienne until end of season". Atlético Madrid's official profile. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Wolfsburg bring in Guilavogui from Atlético". UEFA.com. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  7. ^ Tinslay, Jared (18 May 2016). "Wolfsburg sign Guilavogui". Marca. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund goodbye spoiled by Wolfsburg in final". 30 May 2015 – via www.theguardian.com.
  9. ^ "Borussia Dortmund 1-3 VfL Wolfsburg". 30 May 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Josuha Guilavogui: Le Franco-guinéen n'exclut pas un retour à Saint-Etienne". 10 March 2018.
  11. ^ à 16h58, Par Laurent PrunetaLe 18 septembre 2020; À 17h19, Modifié Le 18 Septembre 2020 (18 September 2020). "Ligue 2 : le petit frère de l'international Josuha Guilavogui joue au Paris FC". leparisien.fr.
  12. ^ Josuha Guilavogui at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

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