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Idrissa Gana Gueye
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Senegal · 2020–23

Idrissa Gana Gueye

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Rating
85
Caps
122
Goals
7
Life
1989
Clubs
Lille OSC, Everton, Paris Saint-Germain
#5
Editorial rank of 33 for Senegal
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Neymar's scuffed shot dropped to him inside eight minutes at the Parc des Princes on 28 September 2021, and he thumped it into the top corner to open a 2-0 win over Manchester City. He won the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal in 2022, two Ligue 1 titles and two Coupes de France with Paris Saint-Germain, reached the 2020 Champions League final, and in March 2023 became the first Senegalese to reach a hundred caps. Career record: 122 caps and 7 goals for Senegal; club career at Lille OSC, Everton, Paris Saint-Germain.

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Career record

2007–2008Diambars
2010–2015Lille OSC
2015–2016Aston Villa
2016–2019Everton
2019–2022Paris Saint-Germain
2022–todayEverton
Senegal122 caps, 7 goals

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Around Gueye in the almanac

One rank above: Édouard Mendy at #4.

One rank below: Jules Bocandé at #6.

Senegal's editorial top five: Sadio Mané · Kalidou Koulibaly · El Hadji Diouf · Édouard Mendy · Idrissa Gana Gueye.