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Viviane Asseyi

Viviane Marie-Louise Blanche Asseyi (born 20 November 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women Super League club West Ham United and the France national team.

Club career

Asseyi began her career with amateur club US Quevilly at age 6. Due to Quevilly not having a women's section, at age 16 she played on a mixed team composed mostly of male players.[2] She later joined the women's section of football club FC Rouen, where the youngster scored 23 goals in 28 total appearances. She joined Montpellier midway through the 2009–10 season in January 2010 and played there until moving to Olympique de Marseille ahead of the 2016–17 season.[3]

In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, she transferred to Bayern Munich in Germany. Upon her arrival at the club, she was welcomed by fellow French citizen Benjamin Pavard, who played for the men's side. She had been in conversations with Bayern about a transfer for a year prior to the move.[4]

In her Bundesliga debut on the first matchday against SC Sand, Asseyi scored, giving Bayern Munich the lead just two minutes in. In November she injured her ankle during a national team training course and had surgery a few days later.[5]  At the beginning of March 2021, she returned to the pitch, immediately scored another goal in Freiburg and won the Bundesliga championship with Bayern Munich at the end of the season. A year later, one of her goals - scored with a bicycle kick against 1. FC Köln - was voted goal of the month for March 2022 by the spectators of the Sportschau by a large margin.[6]

On 2 August 2022, Asseyi joined Super League club West Ham United.[7] In the 2023–24 home game against Manchester United, she scored the equalizer making it 1-1 in the 85th minute.[8]

International career

Youth

Viviane Asseyi played a total of 32 games for the French youth selection teams in the U-16, U-17, and U-19 age groups. In the second qualifying round for the 2012 U-19 European Championship, she scored the goal of the day against the Netherlands.[9]

Senior

In June 2013, the coach of the senior national team, Bruno Bini, invited her for the first time to a course in preparation for the European Championship and then subsequently called Asseyi into the squad in place of Laëtitia Tonazzi who was retiring.[10] On June 29, 2013, she made her debut for France at age 19 in a friendly against Norway. Bini's successor Philippe Bergeroo occasionally and mainly used her as a substitute. The new national coach Corinne Diacre even put Asseyi in the starting line-up in autumn 2017, with the striker scoring her first goal. Viviane Asseyi was also named in France's 23-player squad for the 2019 World Cup on home soil.[11]

She was nominated for the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, played in two of her team's five games. Her team was eliminated in the quarter-finals after penalties against Australia.[12]

Personal life

Asseyi was born in France, and is of Gabonese descent.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024[14]
  1. ^ Includes Women's FA Cup, Coupe de France Féminine, DFB-Pokal Frauen
  2. ^ Includes FA Women's League Cup

International

As of match played 5 December 2023[15]
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asseyi goal.

Honours

Bayern Munich

Montpellier

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "L'occasion de m'aguerrir". French Football Federation (in French). 26 June 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Viviane Asseyi au Montpellier-Hérault SC". 12 Rouennais (in French). 19 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  4. ^ Taylor, Louise (1 May 2021). "Bayern's Viviane Asseyi: 'Women's football is stronger across Europe'". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "FC Bayern München: Asseyi erfolgreich operiert - Newsansicht - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  6. ^ sportschau.de. "Tor des Monats: Asseyis Fallrückzieher gewinnt im März". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  7. ^ "West Ham United Women sign France international Viviane Asseyi". 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Late West Ham goal dents Man Utd European hopes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  9. ^ UEFA.com. "France-Netherlands | Women's Under-19 2012". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Vers Rennes avec entrain". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  11. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™: France". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Australia v France - 12 August 2023". www.fifa.com.
  13. ^ "Football féminin: le PSG s'adjuge le Classico". 25 September 2016.
  14. ^ "France - V. Asseyi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  15. ^ "Equipe de France A - Viviane Asseyi" (in French). statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Chili 1-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Angleterre 1-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Ghana 8-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Uruguay 6-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Serbie 6-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  21. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Canada 1-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - Macédoine du Nord-France 0-7". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Macédoine du Nord 11-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  24. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Angleterre 3-1". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  25. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - Grèce-France 0-10". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  26. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - France-Kazakhstan 6-0". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  27. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - Allemagne-France 2-1". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  28. ^ "Footofeminin.fr - Equipe de France A - Norvège-France 1-2". www.statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  29. ^ "Viviane Asseyi and Mackenzie Arnold win Women's Goal and Save of the Season respectively". West Ham United F.C. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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