Élise Bussaglia

Élise Bussaglia
Bussaglia with Lyon in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Sedan, France
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1992–1997 US Balan
1997–2000 US Bazeilles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Olympique Saint-Memmie
2002–2004 CNFE Clairefontaine 20 (1)
2004–2007 Juvisy 58 (13)
2007–2009 Montpellier HSC 41 (4)
2009–2012 Paris Saint-Germain 58 (13)
2012–2015 Lyon 47 (9)
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 32 (6)
2017–2019 FC Barcelona 23 (3)
2018–2020 Dijon FCO 24 (6)
International career‡
2003–2019 France 192 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Female Player of the Year having won the award after a successful 2010–11 season with Paris Saint-Germain.[2]

Club career

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Born in Sedan, Bussaglia was in middle school at Nassau in class with Benjamin Lemaire. She started to play soccer at US Balan with male team. During this period, she was supporting CS Sedan Ardennes.

Early career

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Bussaglia began her career playing for Olympique Saint-Memmie playing at the club during her youth. She spent two years with the senior team before being selected to attend the CNFE Clairefontaine, the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy. After leaving the academy, she joined D1 Féminine club FCF Juvisy playing 14 matches and scoring two goals in her first season. In her second season with the club, she played in all 22 league matches scoring four goals helping Juvisy win the league title. She had another successful season before joining Montpellier. At Montpellier, Bussaglia became an established international player and helped Montpellier to two top table finishes, including helping the team win the 2008–09 Challenge de France and qualify for the newly created UEFA Women's Champions League in her final season.

Paris Saint-Germain

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In 2009, Bussaglia signed with Paris Saint-Germain and, in the process, joined a club which included international teammates Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor, Bérangère Sapowicz, and Laure Boulleau. In her first season with Les Parisiens, despite the club having a respectable season, Bussaglia struggled appearing in 18 matches and scoring only two goals in the league. The midfielder compensated her uneventful performance in the league with a decent showing in the Challenge de France netting the fourth goal in Paris Saint-Germain's 5–0 win over her former club Montpellier in the competition's final match. The victory assured Bussaglia her third career Challenge de France title.

In the 2010–11 season, following the departures of Abily and Bompastor, Bussaglia was handed the reins to the attack and quickly blossomed scoring four goals in Paris Saint-Germain's first five league matches of the season. On 26 February 2011, she scored both club goals in a 2–1 win over Le Mans. Bussaglia ultimately finished the season appearing in all 22 matches and scoring a career-high ten goals. Despite failing to score a goal in the final six matches of the season, Bussaglia was still an important cog of the team as Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 2011–12 edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League after finishing runner-up to champions Lyon. For her performances during the season, Bussaglia was named the UNFP Female Player of the Year. She was also named the Best Player of the 2010–11 Division 1 Féminine season by her peers.[3]

International career

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Bussaglia had previously starred with the women's under-19 team helping France win the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, held in Germany. On 13 November 2003, she earned her first cap with the women's national team in a match against Poland. As of today, she has 79 caps and has scored 18 goals for the national team. She retired in 2019.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 10 June 2015[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CNFE Clairefontaine 2003–04 20 1 0 0 0 0 20 1
Juvisy 2004–05 14 2 0 0 0 0 14 2
2005–06 22 4 0 0 0 0 22 4
2006–07 22 7 0 0 3 0 25 7
Total 58 13 0 0 3 0 61 13
Montpellier 2007–08 19 4 3 0 0 0 22 4
2008–09 22 0 4 0 0 0 26 0
Total 41 4 7 0 0 0 48 4
Paris Saint-Germain 2009–10 18 2 4 1 0 0 22 3
2010–11 22 10 1 0 0 0 23 10
2011–12 18 1 5 1 2 0 25 2
Total 58 13 10 2 2 0 70 15
Lyon 2012–13 9 3 4 0 3 0 16 3
2013–14 21 4 3 0 4 1 28 5
2014–15 17 2 4 1 4 0 25 3
Total 47 9 11 1 11 1 69 11
Career total 224 40 28 3 16 1 268 44

International

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As of 9 August 2012[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2003–04 9 0
2004–05 11 1
2005–06 11 4
2006–07 13 4
2007–08 7 2
2008–09 6 1
2009–10 12 2
2010–11 18 5
2011–12 21 1
Total 108 20
As of 8 April 2016[6]
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bussaglia goal.
List of international goals scored by Élise Bussaglia
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2004 Slagelse Stadion, Slagelse, Denmark  Denmark 1–0 3–2 Friendly
2 7 September 2005 Stade Fernand Sastre, Sens, France  Republic of Ireland 4–0 6–0 Friendly
3 6–0
4 18 January 2006 Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China  China 1–0 1–1 2006 Four Nations Tournament
5 11 March 2006 Estádio Municipal, Lagos, Portugal  China 1–0 1–0 2006 Algarve Cup
6 23 September 2006 Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France  Austria 1–0 2–1 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7 2–1
8 9 March 2007 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal  Germany 1–0 1–0 2007 Algarve Cup
9 30 May 2007 Stade Camille Lebon, Angoulême, France  Slovenia 2–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
10 27 October 2007 Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade, Serbia  Serbia 8–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
11 31 October 2007 Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
12 12 February 2009 Stade Municipal des Allées, Blois, France  Republic of Ireland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
13 12 August 2009 Stade des Grands Prés, Chartres, France  Scotland 1–0 4–0 Friendly
14 23 June 2010 Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 3–0 3–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
15 25 August 2010 Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France  Serbia 3–0 7–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16 15 September 2010 Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio, Italy  Italy 1–1 3–2 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
17 7 March 2011 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  New Zealand 5–2 5–2 2011 Cyprus Cup
18 15 May 2011 Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, France  Scotland 1–1 1–1 Friendly
19 9 July 2011 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany  England 1–1 1–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
20 24 August 2011 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France  Poland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
21 23 November 2013 Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 7–0 10–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
22 28 November 2013 MMArena, Le Mans, France  Bulgaria 1–0 14–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23 10 March 2013 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  Netherlands 1–0 3–0 2014 Cyprus Cup
24 2–0
25 9 April 2014 MMArena, Le Mans, France  Austria 1–0 3–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26 17 August 2014 Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France  Finland 1–1 3–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
27 27 October 2015 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine  Ukraine 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
28 8 April 2016 Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Pitești, Romania  Romania 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours

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Juvisy

Montpellier

Paris Saint-Germain

Lyon

VfL Wolfsburg

Barcelona

France

Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2015 World Cup" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Benoit Costil et Elise Bussaglia récompensés" (in French). France 3. 23 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Elise Bussaglia sacrée meilleure joueuse" (in French). French Football Federation. 5 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  4. ^ "La Carriere de Elise Bussaglia". StatsFootoFeminin. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. ^ BUSSAGLIA Élise Archived 28 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, French Football Federation, accessed 9 June 2011
  6. ^ "Equipe de France A - Elise Bussaglia". footofeminin.fr. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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