Irié Bi Séhi Elysée (born 13 September 1989), commonly known as Elysée, is an Ivorian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Meistriliiga Meistriliiga (), officially known as A. Le Coq Premium Liiga for sponsorship reasons, and commonly known as the Premium Liiga, is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded i ...

club

JK Narva Trans Jalgpalliklubi Narva Trans, commonly known as Narva Trans or simply Trans, is an Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Narva that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league system, Eston ...

Career

Club

Mordovia Saransk

Elysée made his debut for

Mordovia Saransk FC Mordovia Saransk () was a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merge of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia. History The club was founded in 1961. In ...

on 30 March 2010, as a substitute against

Irtysh The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world. The river's source lies in the Altai Mountains, Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern p ...

JK Narva Trans

Elysée's debut for

came on 8 May 2012, in the 2–1

Estonian Cup The Estonian Cup () is the national knockout competition in Estonian football. In 2012, the competition was unofficially rebranded as Evald Tipner's Cup. The winner will compete in UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round. Finals ...

win against

Paide Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Etymology Paide's German name (originally or in Low German) means 'white stone'. This name was derived from the limestone used for the constru ...

. He made his league debut later on 2 June 2012 against

JK Tammeka Tartu Tartu Jalgpallikool Tammeka, commonly known as Tartu Tammeka or simply Tammeka, is an Estonia, Estonian professional Association football, football club based in Tartu that competes in Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football league sy ...

, where he also scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win.

International career

Elysée played for the

Ivory Coast national football team The Ivory Coast national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire'', recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed ''the Elephants'', the team is managed by t ...

at the

2009 African Championship of Nations The 2009 African Nations Championship, also known as CHAN 2009 for short, was the inaugural edition of the biennial association football tournament organized by CAF featuring national teams consisting of players playing in their respective loca ...

Career statistics

Club

References

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at stats.sportbox.ru Ivorian men's footballers Ivorian expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Abidjan Ivory Coast men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia 1989 births Living people ES Bingerville players FC Mordovia Saransk players Meistriliiga players JK Narva Trans players Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia Men's association football midfielders 2009 African Nations Championship players Ivory Coast men's A' international footballers Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Estonia 21st-century Ivorian sportsmen {{Côted'Ivoire-footy-bio-stub