Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French former

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who played as a

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. She was a member of the France national 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.

Club career

Born in Sedan, Bussaglia was in

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at Nassau in class with Benjamin Lemaire. She started to play soccer at US Balan with male team. During this period, she was supporting

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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

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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

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. 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

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in her final season.

Paris Saint-Germain

In 2009, Bussaglia signed with

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and, in the process, joined a club which included international teammates Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor,

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, 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

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. 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

after finishing runner-up to champions

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. 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

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, held in Germany. On 13 November 2003, she earned her first cap with the women's national team in a match against

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. As of today, she has 79 caps and has scored 18 goals for the national team. She retired in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bussaglia goal.''

Honours

Juvisy *

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: 2005–06 * Coupe de France Féminine: 2004–05 Montpellier * Coupe de France Féminine: 2008–09 Paris Saint-Germain * Coupe de France Féminine: 2009–10 Lyon *

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 * Coupe de France Féminine: 2013, 2014, 2015 VfL Wolfsburg *

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: 2016-17 *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17 Barcelona * Copa de la Reina de Fútbol:

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* Copa Catalunya: 2017 France * UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship:

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* Cyprus Cup:

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Individual * UNFP Female Player of the Year: 2010–11 *

League Player of the Year: 2010–11

References

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