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Yoane Wissa (born 3 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Premier League club Brentford. Born in France, he represents DR Congo at international level.

Yoane Wissa

Wissa warming up with Lorient in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Yoane Wissa[1]
Date of birth	(1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Épinay-sous-Sénart, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Club information
Current team	Brentford
Number	11
Youth career
2004–2010	Épinay-sous-Sénart
2010–2011	Linas-Montlhéry
2011–2013	Épinay-sous-Sénart
2013–2015	Châteauroux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Châteauroux II	20	(9)
2015–2016	Châteauroux	23	(7)
2016–2018	Angers	2	(0)
2016–2017	Angers II	5	(4)
2017	→ Stade Laval (loan)	15	(2)
2017	→ Stade Laval II (loan)	1	(0)
2017–2018	→ Ajaccio (loan)	20	(9)
2018–2021	Lorient	117	(35)
2021–	Brentford	45	(10)
National team‡
2020–	DR Congo	8	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:32, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:19, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

A product of the Châteauroux academy, Wissa began his senior career with the club in 2015 and following a spell with Angers, he was transferred to Lorient in 2018. He was a part of the Lorient team, which finished the 2019–20 season as Ligue 2 champions, and following a season in Ligue 1, he joined Brentford in 2021.

Club career

Early years

Wissa began his youth career as a goalkeeper at the age of seven.[3] He played for his local youth club Épinay-sous-Sénart, before moving to midfield and then the forward line.[4] As his youth career progressed, he also became adept as a winger and number 10.[5] Wissa began his senior career as a forward with Châteauroux and progressed through the reserve team to break into the first team during the 2015–16 Championnat National season,[3][6] which he finished with 24 appearances and seven goals.[7] A transfer to Ligue 1 club Angers followed in 2016, but Wissa managed just two substitute appearances during the first half of the 2016–17 season and he played much of 2017 away on loan at Ligue 2 clubs Stade Laval and Ajaccio.[7][5] Wissa departed the Stade Raymond Kopa in January 2018.[5]

Lorient

In January 2018, Wissa transferred to Ligue 2 club Lorient and immediately established himself at the promotion-chasing club.[5] Promotion to Ligue 1 was attained at the end of the 2019–20 season, when Wissa's 15 goals in 28 appearances helped the club to the Ligue 2 championship.[5] He made 38 appearances and scored 10 goals during the 2020–21 season,[7] in which Lorient narrowly avoided finishing in the relegation playoff places.[5] Wissa departed the club in August 2021 and finished his 3+1⁄2-year stay at the Stade du Moustoir with 128 appearances and 37 goals.[7][5]

Brentford

On 10 August 2021, Wissa moved to England to join newly-promoted Premier League club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £8.5 million.[8] The transfer had been in the works for two years and he had turned down the opportunity to move to the Community Stadium during the previous transfer window.[9] Despite being unable to link up with the club during pre-season due to having undergone eye surgery,[10] Wissa scored five goals in his first six appearances for the club.[11] His brace in a 7–0 EFL Cup third round win over Oldham Athletic on 21 September 2021 was recognised with a place in the EFL Cup Team of the Round and his second goal,[12] a bicycle kick, was voted Goal of the Round and Goal of the Tournament.[13][14] Wissa's goalscoring run was ended by an ankle knock suffered in mid-October 2021.[15] He returned to match play two months later and was deployed in a mixture of starting and substitute roles through to the end of the season,[10] which included a run of six starts during the final 9 matches of the season.[7] Wissa ended the 2021–22 season with 34 appearances and 10 goals.[11]

International career

Wissa won his maiden call into the DR Congo squad for a pair of friendly matches in October 2020.[16] He scored his first two international goals on his second and third caps, in friendly and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches versus Morocco respectively.[17]

Style of play

Wissa has been described as a player who "fits many different positions", including winger, number 10 and forward.[5] He has "pace and power", is "a threat in behind", "has good ability to take on players and create overloads" and "good pressing abilities".[5]

Personal life

Born in France of Congolese descent,[18] Wissa can speak the Lingala language.[19] Prior to making the decision to concentrate on football at age 15, he also played rugby union.[9] He was the subject of an alleged acid attack in July 2021 and made a full recovery from emergency eye surgery.[8][10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Châteauroux II	2013–14[7]	CFA 2 Group G	1	0	―		―		1	0
	2014–15[7]	CFA 2 Group B	14	9	―		―		14	9
	2015–16[7]	CFA 2 Group B	5	0	―		―		5	0
	Total		20	9	―		―		20	9
Châteauroux	2015–16[7]	National	23	7	0	0	1	0	24	7
Angers	2016–17[7]	Ligue 1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Angers II	2016–17[7]	CFA 2 Group A	5	4	―		―		5	4
Stade Laval (loan)	2016–17[7]	Ligue 2	15	2	0	0	0	0	15	2
Stade Laval II (loan)	2016–17[7]	CFA 2 Group A	1	0	―		―		1	0
Ajaccio (loan)	2017–18[7]	Ligue 2	20	8	2	2	1	0	23	10
Lorient	2017–18[7]	Ligue 2	15	4	1	0	―		16	4
	2018–19[7]	Ligue 2	36	6	1	0	3	0	40	6
	2019–20[7]	Ligue 2	28	15	4	1	0	0	32	16
	2020–21[7]	Ligue 1	38	10	2	1	0	0	40	11
	Total		117	35	8	2	3	0	128	37
Brentford	2021–22[11]	Premier League	30	7	1	0	3	3	34	10
	2022–23[20]	Premier League	15	3	0	0	1	0	16	3
	Total		45	10	1	0	4	3	50	13
Career total			248	75	11	4	9	3	368	82

International

As of match played 27 September 2022[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
DR Congo	2020	2	1
	2022	6	1
Total		8	2

As of match played 27 September 2022

Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wissa goal[17]

List of international goals scored by Yoane Wissa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13 October 2020	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco	Morocco	1–1	1–1	Friendly	[17]
2	25 March 2022	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo	Morocco	1–0	1–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[17]

Honours

Lorient

• Ligue 2: 2019–20[5]

References

External links

• Yoane Wissa at Soccerway
• Yoane Wissa at Soccerbase
• Yoane Wissa at brentfordfc.com

На других языках

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[de] Yoane Wissa

Yoane Wissa (* 3. September 1996 in Epinay-sur-Seine) ist ein kongolesisch-französischer Fußballspieler, der aktuell beim FC Brentford in der Premier League unter Vertrag steht.

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- [en] Yoane Wissa

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[es] Yoane Wissa

Yoane Wissa (Épinay-sous-Sénart, Francia, 3 de septiembre de 1996) es un futbolista congolés. Juega de delantero y su equipo es el Brentford F. C. de la Premier League. Es internacional absoluto por la selección de la República Democrática del Congo desde 2020.[1]

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[fr] Yoane Wissa

Yoane Wissa, né le 3 septembre 1996 à Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (Val-de-Marne), est un footballeur international congolais qui évolue au poste d'ailier gauche ou d'avant-centre au Brentford FC.

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[it] Yoane Wissa

Yoane Wissa (Épinay-sous-Sénart, 3 settembre 1996) è un calciatore congolese (Repubblica Democratica del Congo), attaccante del Brentford.

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[ru] Висса, Йоан

Йоан Висса (фр. Yoane Wissa; 3 сентября 1996, Епине-су-Сенар[en], Франция) — французский футболист конголезского происхождения, нападающий клуба «Брентфорд» и сборной ДР Конго.

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