Viviane Asseyi

French footballer (born 1993)

Viviane Asseyi
Asseyi playing for Montpellier in 2013
Personal information
Full name Viviane Marie-Louise Blanche Asseyi[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 26
Youth career
2000–2008 US Queuvillaise
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Rouen 25 (23)
2010–2016 Montpellier 124 (43)
2016–2018 Marseille 42 (13)
2018–2020 Bordeaux 38 (24)
2020–2022 Bayern Munich 36 (13)
2022– West Ham United 32 (8)
International career‡
2008–2009 France U16 10 (5)
2009 France U17 5 (1)
2010–2012 France U19 17 (4)
2014–2017 France U23 10 (1)
2013– France 66 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:50, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023

Viviane Marie-Louise Blanche Asseyi (born 20 November 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for 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]

National player

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 17 December 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Rouen 2008–09 D2 Féminine 16 10 0 0 — — 16 10
2009–10 D2 Féminine 9 13 0 0 — — 9 13
Total 25 23 0 0 — — 25 23
Montpellier 2010–11 D1 Féminine 11 3 3 0 — 2 0 16 3
2011–12 D1 Féminine 20 9 4 0 — — 24 9
2012–13 D1 Féminine 18 7 3 0 — — 21 7
2013–14 D1 Féminine 18 8 6 5 — — 24 13
2014–15 D1 Féminine 20 9 4 3 — — 24 12
2015–16 D1 Féminine 19 3 6 2 — — 25 5
2016–17 D1 Féminine 18 4 6 2 — — 24 6
Total 124 43 32 12 — 2 0 158 55
Marseille 2016–17 D1 Féminine 21 9 1 0 — — 22 9
2017–18 D1 Féminine 21 4 2 0 — — 23 4
Total 42 13 3 0 — — 45 13
Bordeaux 2018–19 D1 Féminine 22 12 1 0 — — 23 12
2019–20 D1 Féminine 16 12 3 1 — — 19 13
Total 38 24 4 1 — — 42 25
Bayern Munich 2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 — 1 0 1 0
2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 15 9 3 1 — 4 0 22 10
2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 20 5 3 1 — 6 1 29 7
Total 35 14 6 2 — 11 1 52 17
West Ham United 2022–23 Women's Super League 22 6 2 0 5 1 — 29 7
2023–24 Women's Super League 10 2 0 0 2 0 — 12 2
32 8 2 0 7 1 — 41 9
Career total 296 125 47 15 7 1 13 1 363 142

International

As of match played 5 December 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2013 1 0
2014 6 0
2015 4 0
2016 2 0
2017 5 4
2018 7 0
2019 14 2
2020 7 3
2021 7 3
2022 5 2
2023 8 0
Total 66 14
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asseyi goal.
List of international goals scored by Viviane Asseyi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 15 September 2017 Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France  Chile 1–0 1–0 Friendly [16]
2 21 October 2017 Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France  England 1–0 1–0 Friendly [17]
3 24 October 2017 Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France  Ghana 4–0 8–0 Friendly [18]
4 7–0
5 4 March 2019 Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours, France  Uruguay 1–0 6–0 Friendly [19]
6 9 November 2019 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France  Serbia 6–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying [20]
7 5 March 2020 Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France  Canada 1–0 1–0 2020 Tournoi de France [21]
8 22 September 2020 Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia  North Macedonia 6–0 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying [22]
9 23 October 2020 Stade de la Source, Orléans, France  North Macedonia 6–0 11–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying [23]
10 9 April 2021 Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France  England 2–0 3–1 Friendly [24]
11 17 September 2021 Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras, Greece  Greece 9–0 10–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [25]
12 26 November 2021 Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, France  Kazakhstan 1–0 6–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification [26]
13 7 October 2022 Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden, Germany  Germany 1–2 1–2 Friendly [27]
14 11 November 2022 Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano, La Nucia, Spain  Norway 2–1 2–1 Friendly [28]

Honours

Bayern Munich

Montpellier

Individual

  • Goal of the Month (Germany): March 2022

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. ^ www.fifa.com https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/de/tournaments/womens/womensworldcup/australia-new-zealand2023/scores-fixtures?intcmp=(p_fifaplus)_(d_)_(c_webheader-fwwc2023)_(sc_scoresandfixtures)_(ssc_)_(da_07072023)_(l_de)&country=DE&wtw-filter=ALL&stage=none&team=Frankreich. Retrieved 30 November 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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.
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  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.
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  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.

External links

  • Viviane Asseyi at the French Football Federation (in French)
  • Viviane Asseyi at the French Football Federation (archived 2020-12-09) (in French)
  • FFF profile (in French)
  • Profile at Montpellier HSC (in French)
  • Player French football stats at footofeminin.fr (in French)
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