Élise Bussaglia

Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French football player who currently plays for French club Dijon of the Division 1 Feminine. She plays as a midfielder and was a member of the France women's national football 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]

Élise Bussaglia
Bussaglia with Lyon in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985
Place of birth Sedan, France
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dijon FCO
Number 29
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 Olympique Lyon 47 (9)
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg 32 (6)
2017–2018 FC Barcelona 23 (3)
2018– Dijon FCO 24 (6)
National team‡
2003–2019 France 192 (30)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Biography

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

Early career

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

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 Olympique 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

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

Club

Statistics accurate as of 10 June 2015[4]

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CNFE Clairefontaine 2003–04 2010000201
Total 2010000201
Juvisy 2004–05 1420000142
2005–06 2240000224
2006–07 2270030257
Total 581300306113
Montpellier 2007–08 1943000224
2008–09 2204000260
Total 4147000484
Paris SG 2009–10 1824100223
2010–11 221010002310
2011–12 1815120252
Total 5813102207015
Lyon 2012–13 934030163
2013–14 2143041285
2014–15 1724140253
Total 4791111116911
Career total 2244028316126844

International
(Correct as of 9 August 2012)[5]
National teamSeasonAppsGoals
France 2003–0490
2004–05111
2005–06114
2006–07134
2007–0872
2008–0961
2009–10122
2010–11185
2011–12211
Total10820

International goals

Honours

Club
Juvisy
Montpellier
Paris Saint-Germain
Lyon
VfL Wolfsburg
FC Barcelona

International
France

Individual

See also

References
  1. 2015 World Cup
  2. "Benoit Costil et Elise Bussaglia récompensés" (in French). France 3. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. "Elise Bussaglia sacrée meilleure joueuse" (in French). French Football Federation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  4. "La Carriere de Elise Bussaglia". StatsFootoFeminin. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. BUSSAGLIA Élise, French Football Federation, accessed 9 June 2011
  6. "Equipe de France A - Elise Bussaglia". footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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