Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French

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who plays as a

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for French club

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of the Division 1 Feminine. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the

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(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

CS Sedan Ardennes Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, commonly referred to as CS Sedan or simply Sedan (), is a French association football club based in Sedan. The club was formed in 1919 and plays its home matches at the Stade Louis Dugauguez located within the cit ...

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 Pole France feminin de Football (English: French Women's Football Pole), formally the Centre national de formation et d'entraînement de Clairefontaine (English: National Education and Training Center Clairefontaine) is a French training cent ...

, the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy. After leaving the academy, she joined D1 Féminine club

FCF Juvisy Paris FC is a French women's football club based in Viry-Châtillon, a suburb of Paris. The club is the female section of Ligue 2 men's club Paris FC. The club was founded in 1971 and currently play in the Division 1 Féminine, the first divis ...

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,

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, and

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. 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

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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

Olympique Lyon Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, ...

. 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

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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 *

Division 1 Féminine The Division 1 Féminine, shortened as D1 Féminine or D1F, and currently known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in France. Run by the French Football Federation, the league is contested by twel ...

: 2005–06 *

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: 2004–05 Montpellier *

: 2008–09 Paris Saint-Germain *

: 2009–10 Lyon *

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: 2013, 2014, 2015 VfL Wolfsburg *

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

: 2016-17 *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17 Barcelona *

Copa de la Reina de Fútbol The Copa de la Reina (Queen's Cup) is an annual cup competition for Spanish women's association football teams organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. Its full name is ''Campeonato de España - Copa de Su Majestad la Reina'' (''Cham ...

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: 2017 France *

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship or simply UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, is a competition in women's football for European national teams of players under 19 years of age. National under-19 teams whose countries belong to the ...

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Cyprus Cup The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. It has been held annually in Cyprus since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts have yet to take part in t ...

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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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