Serhou Guirassy
Guirassy playing for Guinea at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Serhou Yadaly Guirassy[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Arles, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 VfB Stuttgart
Number 9
Youth career
2009–2010 Montargis
2010–2011 Amilly
2011–2013 Laval
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Laval B 16 (14)
2013–2015 Laval 33 (6)
2015–2016 Lille 8 (0)
2015–2016 Lille B 4 (4)
2016 → Auxerre (loan) 16 (8)
2016–2019 1. FC Köln 37 (6)
2016–2019 1. FC Köln II 5 (2)
2019 → Amiens (loan) 13 (3)
2019–2020 Amiens 24 (10)
2020–2023 Rennes 65 (19)
2022–2023 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 22 (11)
2023– VfB Stuttgart 14 (17)
International career‡
2012 France U16 4 (1)
2014–2015 France U19 11 (6)
2015–2016 France U20 9 (4)
2022– Guinea 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:06, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Serhou Yadaly Guirassy[note 1] (born 12 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart and the Guinea national team.

Early life

Guirassy was born in Arles, France, to Guinean parents.[4]

Club career

Guirassy started his career playing for Montargis, Amilly and Laval.[5]

Lille

In July 2015, Guirassy joined Lille from Laval, signing a four-year contract. The transfer fee was reported to be around €1 million.[6][7]

1. FC Köln

Guirassy joined 1. FC Köln in July 2016, signing a five-year contract.[8][9] Soon after arriving at Köln, he underwent meniscus surgery. Later in the first half of the 2016–17 season, muscular problems kept him out of action.[10] He made his Bundesliga debut on matchday 26 on 1 April 2017, in a 2–1 defeat against Hamburger SV.[10][11] Days later, he was again kept from playing by muscular issues. Towards the end of the season, Guirassy nursed an inflammation of the pubic bone joint.[10]

In his second season, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 away defeat against Bayer Levekusen on 28 October 2017.[12] Five days later, he scored his first goal in the Europa League in a 5–2 victory over BATE Borisov.[13] Later that month, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Arsenal in the same tournament.[14] Eventually, 1. FC Köln finished last in the league to be relegated, with Guirassy being their top scorer in all competitions.[12]

Amiens

In January 2019, he was loaned to Amiens until the end of the season.[15] Amiens exercised an option and bought the rights for Guirassy for the upcoming season. Transfer fees were reported to be about 5 to 6 million Euros.[16] Amiens later took advantage of the option and turned the deal permanent.[17]

On 15 February 2020, he scored a brace in a 4–4 draw against Paris Saint-Germain, with his second goal equalized the match in the stoppage time.[18] However, Amiens were relegated while being at 19th position, when the league was suspended prematurely following the outbreak of COVID-19 in France.[19]

Rennes

On 27 August 2020, Guirassy joined Ligue 1 side Rennes on a five-year deal.[20] He scored his first two goals for the club in the same match, a 4–2 league win against Nîmes.[21] On 20 October 2020, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 1–1 draw against Krasnodar in the 2020–21 season,[22] which was also his club's first ever goal in the competition.[12] On 20 March 2022, he scored his first career hat-trick in a 6–1 thrashing of FC Metz.[23]

VfB Stuttgart

On 1 September 2022, Guirassy joined Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart on loan for the 2022–23 season.[24] On 31 May 2023, the club announced that they had activated the option to make the move permanent, signing a three-year contract.[25]

In the 2023–24 season, Guirassy scored ten goals in the first five matches, including his first Bundesliga hat-trick which came against Mainz, to equal a previous record set by Robert Lewandowski in 2020–21.[12] He also set the Bundesliga record for most goals by a player in the first seven matches of a season by scoring a hat-trick within 15 minutes in a 3–1 win against Wolfsburg. This set the record at 13 goals, overtaking Robert Lewandowski's record of 11 in both 2019–20 and 2020–21.[26] After scoring his 14th goal of the season in an away match against Union Berlin, he was substituted after 30 minutes of play due to a hamstring injury.[27] He later missed two matches in the league,[28] before he managed to score a penalty to secure a 2–1 victory over Borussia Dortmund, and to reach 15 goals in his first nine matches of the season.[29]

International career

Guirassy was a youth international for France.[30] However, he decided to represent the home country of his parents, the Republic of Guinea, at senior level. He debuted in the Guinea national team at a friendly 0–0 tie against South Africa on 25 March 2022, held in Kortrijk, Belgium.[31]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 December 2023[32]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Laval B 2013–14 CFA 2 10 6 — — — — 10 6
2014–15 CFA 2 6 8 — — — — 6 8
Total 16 14 — — — — 16 14
Laval 2013–14 Ligue 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2014–15 Ligue 2 29 6 2 1 3 0 — — 34 7
Total 33 6 2 1 3 0 — — 38 7
Lille 2015–16 Ligue 1 8 0 0 0 1 1 — — 9 1
Lille B 2015–16 CFA 2 4 4 — — — — 4 4
Auxerre (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 2 16 8 0 0 — — — 16 8
1. FC Köln 2016–17 Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
2017–18 Bundesliga 15 4 2 1 — 5[c] 2 — 22 7
2018–19 2. Bundesliga 16 2 1 0 — — — 17 2
Total 37 6 3 1 — 5 2 — 45 9
1. FC Köln II 2016–17 Regionalliga 4 2 — — — — 4 2
2017–18 Regionalliga 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 5 2 — — — — 5 2
Amiens (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 13 3 0 0 0 0 — — 13 3
Amiens 2019–20 Ligue 1 23 9 1 0 0 0 — — 24 9
2020–21 Ligue 2 1 1 0 0 — — — 1 1
Total 37 13 1 0 0 0 — — 38 13
Rennes 2020–21 Ligue 1 27 10 1 1 — 4[d] 2 — 32 13
2021–22 Ligue 1 37 9 2 0 — 9[e] 3 — 48 12
2022–23 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
Total 65 19 3 1 — 13 5 — 81 25
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2022–23 Bundesliga 22 11 4 2 — — 2[f] 1 28 14
VfB Stuttgart 2023–24 Bundesliga 14 17 2 2 — — — 16 19
Total 36 28 6 4 — — 2 1 44 33
Career total 257 100 15 7 4 1 18 7 2 1 296 116
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ^ Appearances in Bundesliga relegation play-offs

International

As of match played 23 January 2024[33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Guinea 2022 5 0
2023 7 3
2024 2 0
Total 14 3
Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guirassy goal.[33]
List of international goals scored by Serhou Guirassy
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 June 2023 Marrakesh Stadium, Marrakesh, Morocco 6  Egypt 1–0 1–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 17 June 2023 RCDE Stadium, Barcelona, Spain 7  Brazil 1–2 1–4 Friendly
3 17 October 2023 Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal 10  Gabon 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Guirassy's given name is often incorrectly written as Sehrou.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Serhou Guirassy at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Serhou Guirassy". Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Alle schrieben seinen Namen falsch: Verwirrung um FC-Stürmer Guirassy" [Everyone wrote his name wrong: confusion about FC striker Guirassy]. ksta.de (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Guinée : Guirassy répond à l'intérêt du Syli National". afrik-foot.com (in French). 16 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Le Montargois Serhou Guirassy, attaquant de Laval (L2), s'éclate chez les Bleus". La République du Centre (in French). 2 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Ligue 1 : Lille engage un jeune attaquant". Le Parisien (in French). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Sehrou Guirassy quitte Laval et file à Lille". Ouest-France (in French). 5 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Bundesliga Daily: 20 July". Bundesliga. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Kölner Happy End: Guirassy wechselt zum FC" [Köln happy ending: Guirassy moves to FC]. kicker Online (in German). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "Rückschlag: Fehlt Guirassy auch noch Anfang nächster Saison?". kicker Online (in German). 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Hamburgs Herzschlagfinale dank Holtby". kicker Online (in German). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d "Serhou Guirassy: Who is the Stuttgart striker outscoring Harry Kane at the top of the Bundesliga goal charts?". Bundesliga. 22 September 2023.
  13. ^ "1. FC Köln 5–2 BATE Borissow" (in German). dfb.de. 2 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Guirassy schießt Arsenals B-Elf ab" (in German). Der Spiegel. 24 November 2017.
  15. ^ "SERHOU GUIRASSY EST AMIÉNOIS !". Amiens SC. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  16. ^ "Klassenerhalt dank Guirassy-Tor – Transfer nach Amiens perfekt". Geissblog. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Amiens SC : quel avenir pour Serhou Guirassy ?" (in French). le11amienois.fr. 5 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Amiens 4–4 Paris Saint Germain". BBC Sport. 15 February 2020.
  19. ^ "LFP : l'assemblée générale vote à 74,49 % le maintien d'une Ligue 1 à vingt clubs". L'Équipe. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Serhou Guirassy, nouvel atout offensif du Stade Rennais F.C.!" [Serhou Guitarssy, new offensive asset of Stade Rennais F.C.!]. Stade Rennais F.C. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Nimes 2–4 Rennes". www.whoscored.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Rennes 1–1 FK Krasnodar". BBC Sport. 20 October 2020.
  23. ^ "Stade Rennais 6–1 Metz". ESPN. 20 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Serhou Guirassy kommt zum VfB". VfB Stuttgart (in German). 1 September 2022.
  25. ^ "VfB zieht die Kaufoption für Serhou Guirassy". www.vfb.de (in German). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Guirassy-Wahnsinn in Stuttgart!". sport1.de (in German). 7 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Record-breaking Guirassy on target in Stuttgart win at Union Berlin". Reuters. 21 October 2023.
  28. ^ "Serhou Guirassy set for spell on sidelines". VfB Stuttgart. 22 October 2023.
  29. ^ "Guirassy kommt und trifft - BVB verliert in Stuttgart" (in German). Sportschau. 11 November 2023.
  30. ^ "Serhou Guirassy". fff.fr (in French).
  31. ^ "Starting Lineups – S. Africa vs Guinea – 25.03.2022". Sky Sports. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  32. ^ Serhou Guirassy at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  33. ^ a b "Serhou Guirassy". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  34. ^ "Bundesliga Player of the Month". EA Sports. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

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