Moussa Wagué

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Moussa Wagué
Moussa Wagué (cropped) .jpg
Wagué during the 2018 World Cup
Personnel
birthday October 4, 1998
place of birth Bignona ,  Senegal
size 177 cm
position Left full-back
Juniors
Years station
2014-2016 Aspire Academy
2016-2017 KAS Eupen
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2017-2018 KAS Eupen 31 (1)
2018-2019 FC Barcelona B 20 (2)
2019– FC Barcelona 4 (0)
2020 →  OGC Nice  (loan) 5 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2015 Senegal U20 7 (0)
2017– Senegal 14 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 17, 2020

2 As of September 18, 2019

Moussa Wagué (born October 4, 1998 in Bignona ) is a Senegalese football player . The full-back is currently on loan from FC Barcelona to OGC Nice . He also plays for the Senegalese national team .

Career

society

In her youth, Moussa Wagué was trained at the Qatari Aspire Academy , a sports academy for the greatest sports talents. In 2016 he moved to the youth team of the Belgian first division club KAS Eupen . During the 2016/17 season he made the leap into the squad of the first team, for which he made his debut in the 0-1 defeat by KRC Genk on January 21, 2017.

For the 2018/19 season Wagué moved to the second team of FC Barcelona , which played in the third-class Segunda División B , for 5 million euros . His release clause, mandatory in Spain, has been set at 100 million euros. After 17 appearances (two goals) in Segunda División B, Wagué made his debut on April 13, 2019 in a 0-0 draw against SD Huesca under Ernesto Valverde in the Primera División .

For the season 2019/20 Wague was taken firmly into the first team squad. After a league assignment, he moved to the French first division club OGC Nice on loan at the end of January 2020 until the end of the season . There was then a purchase option of 10 million euros, which could have increased by 500,000 euros through bonus payments. In this case, FC Barcelona had a buyback option of 15 million euros until June 30, 2021. Until the end of the season in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Wagué was used 5 times (2 times from the start) in Ligue 1.

For the season 2020/21 returned to FC Barcelona Wague back.

National team

Wagué went through Senegal's U20 national team, with whom he finished fourth at the 2015 U-20 World Cup . He made his debut for the senior national team on March 23, 2017 in a friendly game in Nigeria , which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Wagué was included in Senegal 's squad for the 2018 World Cup . In the second group game, the 2-2 win against Japan, he scored his first international goal for a 2-1 lead. At the age of 19 years and 236 days, the talented full-back also became the youngest African scorer in a World Cup .

Web links

Commons : Moussa Wagué  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Moussa Wague quitte l'Aspire Academy vers la KAS Eupen ( fr ) In: AS Eupen . October 20, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ BELGIQUE, Ligue Jupiler AS Eupen-Racing Genk: 0-1 - football . In: Maxifoot . Advimedia. January 21, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Wague firma contrato con el directivo Silvio Elias , fcbarcelona.es, August 8, 2018, accessed on August 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ Moussa Wagué, with the first team , fcbarcelona.com, August 2, 2019, accessed on August 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ Agreement with OGC Nice for the loan transfer of Wague , fcbarcelona.com, January 31, 2020, accessed February 1, 2020.
  6. ↑ First pre-season training session for six players , fcbarcelona.com, August 13, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ First Aspire Academy, now Barca: This is Moussa Wague | Goal.com . ( goal.com [accessed August 15, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Wagué, Moussa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senegalese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Bignona , Senegal