Josuha Guilavogui
![]() Guilavogui playing for VfL Wolfsburg in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Josuha Jérémy Akoi Fara Guilavogui[1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Ollioules, France | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team 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) |
2014 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2014–2016 | → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) | 57 | (3) |
2016– | VfL Wolfsburg | 91 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | France U18 | 5 | (0) |
2008–2009 | France U19 | 11 | (1) |
2011–2012 | France U21 | 15 | (3) |
2013– | France | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:02, 18 June 2020 (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 and captains VfL Wolfsburg.
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.
Career statistics
- As of match played on 25 January 2020[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Saint-Étienne | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5 | |
2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 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 | Championnat de France Amateur | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||||||
Atlético Madrid | 2013–14 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Saint-Étienne (loan) | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Wolfsburg (loan) | 2014–15 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 10[b] | 1 | 42 | 2 | |
2015–16 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 10[c] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
Total | 57 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 84 | 4 | ||
Wolfsburg | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Bundesliga | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | Bundesliga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
2019–20 | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Total | 86 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 101 | 5 | |||
Career totals | 251 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 315 | 18 |
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ One Appearance in DFL-Supercup, Nine Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Relegation play-offs
Honours
Saint-Étienne
VfL Wolfsburg
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ce soir, à 20.45: Club Brugge – Saint-Etienne Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bordeaux v. Saint Etienne Match Report Archived 22 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Guilavogui firmó su contrato". Marca (in Spanish). 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ "Guilavogui will play on loan at Saint- Etienne until end of season". Atlético Madrid's official profile. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Wolfsburg bring in Guilavogui from Atlético". UEFA.com. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Tinslay, Jared (18 May 2016). "Wolfsburg sign Guilavogui". Marca. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/30/jurgen-klopp-borussia-dortmund-wolfsburg-german-cup-final
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32938029
- ^ Josuha Guilavogui at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
External links
- Josuha Guilavogui club profile
- Josuha Guilavogui – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1990 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- France under-21 international footballers
- France youth international footballers
- France international footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Ligue 1 players
- La Liga players
- Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- French people of Guinean descent
- People from Ollioules
- Association football midfielders
- Black French sportspeople
- Sportspeople from Var (department)