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 with Nice in 2022
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Evann Ludovic Vidjannagni Guessand[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23) | ||
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||
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[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 44 | 4 |
| Career total | 143 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 20 | ||
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