Yoane Wissa

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Yoane Wissa
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Wissa warming up with Lorient in 2019
Personal information
Full name Yoane Wissa[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Épinay-sous-Sénart, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2010 Épinay-sous-Sénart
2010–2011 Linas-Montlhéry
2011–2013 Épinay-sous-Sénart
2013–2015 Châteauroux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Châteauroux II 20 (9)
2015–2016 Châteauroux 23 (7)
2016–2018 Angers 2 (0)
2016–2017 Angers II 5 (4)
2017 → Stade Laval (loan) 15 (2)
2017 → Stade Laval II (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018 → Ajaccio (loan) 20 (9)
2018–2021 Lorient 117 (35)
2021– Brentford 1 (0)
National team‡
2020– DR Congo 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:23, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:04, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Yoane Wissa (born 3 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brentford.

A product of the Châteauroux academy, Wissa began his senior career with the club in 2015 and following a spell with Angers, he transferred to Lorient in 2018. He was a part of the Lorient team which finished the 2019–20 season as Ligue 2 champions and following a season in Ligue 1, he transferred to Brentford in 2021. Born in France, Wissa represents the DR Congo national team at international level.

Club career[]

Early years[]

Wissa began his career as a goalkeeper for his local youth club Épinay-sous-Sénart, before moving to midfield and then the forward line.[3] As his career progressed, he also became adept as a winger and number 10.[4] Wissa began his senior career with Châteauroux and progressed through the reserve team to break into the first team during the 2015–16 Championnat National season,[5] which he finished with 24 appearances and seven goals.[6] A transfer to Ligue 1 club Angers followed in 2016, but Wissa managed just two substitute appearances during the first half of the 2016–17 season and he played much of 2017 away on loan at Ligue 2 clubs Stade Laval and Ajaccio.[6][4] Wissa departed the Stade Raymond Kopa in January 2018.[4]

Lorient[]

In January 2018, Wissa transferred to Ligue 2 club Lorient and immediately established himself at the promotion-chasing club.[4] Promotion to Ligue 1 was attained at the end of the 2019–20 season, when Wissa's 15 goals in 28 appearances helped the club to the Ligue 2 championship.[4] He made 38 appearances and scored 10 goals during the 2020–21 season,[6] in which Lorient narrowly avoided finishing in the relegation playoff places.[4] Wissa departed the club in August 2021 and finished his 3+1⁄2-year stay at the Stade du Moustoir with 128 appearances and 37 goals.[6][4]

Brentford[]

On 10 August 2021, Wissa moved to England to join newly-promoted Premier League club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee,[4] reported to be £8.5 million.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in an EFL Cup tie against Forest Green Rovers on 24 August 2021.[8]

International career[]

Wissa was called into the DR Congo squad for a pair of friendly matches in October 2020.[9] He started in both matches and scored his first international goal with the equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Morocco on 13 October.[10]

Style of play[]

Wissa has been described as a player who "fits many different positions", including winger, number 10 and forward.[4] He has "pace and power", is "a threat in behind", "has good ability to take on players and create overloads" and "good pressing abilities".[4]

Personal life[]

Born in France of Congolese descent,[11] Wissa can speak the Lingala language.[12] He was the subject of an alleged acid attack in July 2021.[7]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 24 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Châteauroux II [6] CFA 2 Group G 1 0 ― ― 1 0
[6] CFA 2 Group B 14 9 ― ― 14 9
2015–16[6] 5 0 ― ― 5 0
Total 20 9 ― ― 20 9
Châteauroux 2015–16[6] National 23 7 0 0 1 0 24 7
Angers 2016–17[6] Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Angers II 2016–17[6] CFA 2 Group A 5 4 ― ― 5 4
Stade Laval (loan) 2016–17[6] Ligue 2 15 2 0 0 0 0 15 2
Stade Laval II (loan) 2016–17[6] CFA 2 Group A 1 0 ― ― 1 0
Ajaccio (loan) 2017–18[6] Ligue 2 20 8 2 2 1 0 23 10
Lorient [6] Ligue 2 15 4 1 0 ― 16 4
[6] 36 6 1 0 3 0 40 6
2019–20[6] 28 15 4 1 0 0 32 16
2020–21[6] Ligue 1 38 10 2 1 0 0 40 11
Total 117 35 8 2 3 0 128 37
Brentford 2021–22[13] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
Career total 204 65 10 4 6 1 220 70

International[]

As of match played 11 June 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
DR Congo 2020 2 1
Total 2 1
Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wissa goal.
List of international goals scored by Yoane Wissa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 13 October 2020 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco  Morocco 1–1 1–1 Friendly [10]

Honours[]

Lorient

References[]

  1. ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Yoane Wissa – Midfielder – First Team". Official website of Brentford Football Club. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ Traoré, Samy. "Yoane Wissa (Châteauroux): " Je me fixe un objectif de 10 buts "". Les Esthètes du Foot. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "Yoane Wissa Signs for Brentford". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Info FF – Transferts – Mercato : Yoane Wissa (Châteauroux) vers Angers". France Football. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Yoane Wissa at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Brentford transfer news: Yoane Wissa joins from Lorient in £8.5m deal". SkySports. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Brentford 3-1 Forest Green Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  9. ^ "RD Congo : Six nouveaux chez les Léopards, mais pas Disasi" [DR Congo: Six new among the Leopards, but not Disasi] (in French). 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Yoane Wissa". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Les échos de Muko : Masuaku prend le meilleur sur Kebano, Wamangituka et Bela montent en puissance". 19 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Interwiew selfie. Yoane Wissa : « Mon rêve était d'être astronaute »". Le Telegramme (in French). 3 February 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Games played by Yoane Wissa in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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