Élise Bussaglia’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Association football player
A.K.A. Elise Bussaglia
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From France 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 24 September 1985, Sedan, France
Age: 34 years
Star sign Libra
Stats
Height: 163 cm

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.

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.

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

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
Total 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 SG 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

(Correct as of 9 August 2012)
National team Season 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

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2004 Slagelse Stadion, Slagelse, Denmark  Denmark 0–1 2–3 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 PR 0–1 1–1 2006 Four Nations Tournament
5 11 March 2006 Estádio Municipal, Lagos, Portugal  China PR 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 0–1 0–1 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 0–8 0–8 UEFA Women’s Euro 2009 qualifying
11 31 October 2007 Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia  Slovenia 0–1 0–2 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 0–3 0–3 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 2–3 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 0–7 0–10 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 0–1 0–3 2014 Cyprus Cup
24 0–2

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 0–2 0–3 UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 qualifying
28 8 April 2016 Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Pitești, Romania  Romania 0–1 0–1 UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours

Club

Juvisy
  • Division 1 Féminine: Winner 2005–06
  • Coupe de France Féminine: Winner 2004–05
Montpellier
  • Coupe de France Féminine: Winner 2008–09
Paris Saint-Germain
  • Coupe de France Féminine: Winner 2009–10
Lyon
  • Division 1 Féminine: Winner 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Coupe de France Féminine: Winner 2013, 2014, 2015
VfL Wolfsburg
  • Bundesliga: Winner 2016-17
  • DFB-Pokal: Winner 2015–16, 2016–17
FC Barcelona
  • Copa de la Reina de Fútbol: Winner 2018
  • Copa Catalunya: Winner 2017

International

France
  • UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship: 2003
  • Cyprus Cup: Winner 2012, 2014
  • SheBelieves Cup: Winner 2017

Individual

  • UNFP Female Player of the Year: 2010–11
  • Division 1 Féminine League Player of the Year: 2010–11
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