Moussa Wagué
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Full name | Moussa Wagué[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bignona, Senegal[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Anorthosis Famagusta | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Aspire Academy | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Eupen | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Eupen | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 |
Barcelona B | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Barcelona | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | → Nice (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 |
→ PAOK (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Gorica | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– |
Anorthosis Famagusta | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Senegal U20 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Senegal | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:41, 14 November 2021 (UTC) |
Moussa Wagué (born 4 October 1998) is a
Club career
Eupen
Wagué joined
Barcelona
In August 2018, Wagué completed a transfer from Eupen to
Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde named Wagué as one of the five promising young players to whom he hoped to give first team opportunities.[9] Wagué made his senior side debut on 6 March 2019, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of the Catalan Super Cup against Girona.[10] On 13 April 2019, he made his official debut in a La Liga match against Huesca where he played a full 90 minutes; he described it as a "dream come true".[11] Wagué again featured for the first team on 4 May 2019, impressing despite Barcelona's 0–2 defeat to Celta Vigo.[12] He would appear once more in Barcelona's La Liga finale, coming on as a second half substitute in a 2–2 draw with Eibar.
Wagué was officially promoted to the first team ahead of the 2019–20 season, and given the number 16 shirt.[13] He made his first Champions League start for Barcelona on 10 December 2019, as his side defeated Inter Milan 2–1.[14]
Loan to Nice
In 31 January 2020, French club
Loan to PAOK
On 21 September 2020, Barcelona confirmed the loan transfer of Wagué to Greek side PAOK on loan for the rest of the season.[19] On 13 December 2020, he suffered a severe knee injury during PAOK's local derby against Aris Thessaloniki. As a result he was slated to miss nine months of action.[20]
Gorica
On 18 July 2022, he joined
Anorthosis Famagusta
On 28 June 2023, Wagué joined
International career
Wagué was part of the Senegal U20s that came in 4rd place at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[24] He made his senior international debut in a friendly 1–1 tie with Nigeria on 23 March 2017.[25][26]
In June 2018, Wagué was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[27] He became the youngest African goalscorer in World Cup history when he scored in Senegal's match against Japan at the age of just 19 years and 263 days.[28]
Wagué represented Senegal in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, which took place in Egypt. He participated in the first two group stage games and the semifinal match for a Senegal squad that reached the tournament final. [29]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 September 2023[30]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Eupen | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A
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6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
Total | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
Barcelona B
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2018–19 | Segunda División B | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
Barcelona | 2018–19 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Nice (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
PAOK (loan)
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2020–21 | Super League Greece | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
Gorica | 2022–23 | Croatian Football League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
Anorthosis
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2023–24 | Cyta Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 75 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 103 | 3 |
International
- As of 13 November 2019[33]
Senegal | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2017 | 7 | 0 |
2018 | 6 | 1 |
2019 | 6 | 0 |
Total | 19 | 1 |
International goal
- As of match played 24 June 2018. Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Wagué goal.[33]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 24 June 2018 | Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg, Russia | Japan | 2–1 |
2–2 |
2018 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Barcelona
PAOK
- 2020-21
National
Senegal U23
Senegal
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2019[35]
References
- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 04 de mayo de 2019, en Vigo" [Minutes of the Match held on 4 May 2019, in Vigo] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ GALSENFOOT. "MOUSSA WAGUÉ NE VEUT PAS SE PROJETER PLUS LOIN QUE LA CAN U 23Galsenfoot". galsenfoot.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- AS Eupen(in French). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Belgique, Ligue Jupiler AS Eupen-Racing Genk: 0 – 1 – Football". Maxifoot. Advimedia. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "IN MY OWN WORDS: Moussa Wagué". FC Barcelona. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Teenager Moussa Wague Joins Barcelona After Impressive World Cup". Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Barça B 2-0 CD Alcoyano: First win of the year". FC Barcelona. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Barcelona's Chosen 5: How Much Potential Do La Masia's New Generation Have?". Bleacher Report. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Todibo makes Barça debut". FC Barcelona. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Moussa Wague: Barcelona defender's La Liga debut 'a dream come true'". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019.
- ^ "The boys from La Masia impressed more than Barcelona's usual substitutes". Marca. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Moussa Wagué, with the first team". FC Barcelona. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Ansu Fati Makes History: What We Learned From FC Barcelona Versus Inter Milan". Forbes. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Moussa Wague leaves FC Barcelona for Nice loan". 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Dolberg strikes as Nice end Lyon unbeaten run". 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "AS Monaco lose to Nice in Riviera Derby". 9 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: OGC Nice will not use their buy option on Moussa Wagué". Barca Blaugranes. SB Nation. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Agreement with PAOK FC for the loan of Wague". FC Barcelona. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona confirm Moussa Wague out for nine months after knee surgery". Barca Blaugranes. SB Nation. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "HNK Gorica - Iz Barcelone u Goricu: Moussa Wagué, dobro nam došao!".
- ^ "Deni Jurić i Moussa Wague više nisu igrači Gorice" (in Croatian). HNK Gorica. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "ΕΠΙΣΗΜΟ/ Στην Ανόρθωση ο Moussa Wagué!" (in Greek). Kerkida.net. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- FIFA.com (in French). Archived from the originalon 26 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Nigeria v Senegal". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 March 2017.
- ^ La Rédaction (23 March 2007). "Amical : Nigeria et Sénégal se quittent bons amis". Afrik Foot. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Wague And Honda Make History With World Cup Goals". BeIN Sports. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Wague and Senegal advance to knockout stage". FC Barcelona. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "M. Wagué". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Moussa Wagué » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Moussa Wagué at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Moussa Wagué". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Competitions: All Africa Games (Men) – Congo 2015". CAF Online.
- ^ Rose, Gary (19 July 2019). "Senegal 0–1 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2019.