Dessislava Eva Dupuy (Bulgarian: Десислава Ева Дюпюи, born 10 June 1993), known as Dessi Dupuy, is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder or a forward for Swedish club Växjö DFF and the Bulgaria women's national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dessislava Eva Dupuy[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 29)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder,[3][4] forward[2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Växjö DFF | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
E.C. Glass Hilltoppers | |||
Central Virginia United | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Lynchburg Hornets | 96 | (105) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | ETG Ambilly | ||
2018 | AGSM Verona | 10 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Hellas Verona | 22 | (8) |
2019–2020 | Florentia | 9 | (1) |
2021 | KIF Örebro DFF | 14 | (1) |
2022– | Växjö DFF | 15 | (10) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Bulgaria | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 September 2021 |
Dupuy was born in Sofia to a Nigerian father and a Turkish mother. When she was two, having previously been left in an orphanage, she was adopted by an American woman, from whom she has taken her current last name, and then taken to live in the United States. She was raised in Lynchburg, Virginia.[5]
Dupuy has attended the E. C. Glass High School the University of Lynchburg in her hometown.[2]
Dupuy is a product of Central Virginia United SC in the United States. She has played for ETG Ambilly in France; for AGSM Verona, Hellas Verona and Florentia in Italy and for KIF Örebro DFF in Sweden.[1]
Dupuy capped for Bulgaria at senior level during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.[6]
Växjö DFF – current squad | |
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