Arthur Rene Abdel Aziz Zagré (born 4 October 2001) is a French 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

left-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for club

Excelsior Excelsior may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * "Excelsior", an 1877 picture book in verse by Bret Harte, published as an advertisement for the Sa ...

Club career

Paris Saint-Germain

An academy graduate of

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

, Zagré signed his first professional contract in September 2018, which tied him to the club until June 2021. In February 2019, he won the Titi d'Or, an annual award which is presented to the most promising talent in the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy. Zagré made his professional debut in a 4–0

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

win over

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

on 25 August 2019.

Monaco

On 29 August 2019, Zagré joined

Monaco Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ...

on a three-year deal. The transfer fee was reportedly of 10 million

euro The euro (currency symbol, symbol: euro sign, €; ISO 4217, currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the ...

Loan to Dijon

On 5 October 2020,

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

announced the signing of Zagré on a season-long loan deal with an option to extend for another season. He made his debut in a 2–0 league loss to

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

on 4 April 2021.

Loan to Utrecht

On 25 June 2021, Dutch club

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

announced the loan signing of Zagré for two seasons with option to buy.

Excelsior

On 31 January 2023, Zagré moved on a new loan to

, also in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

. On 29 June 2023, Excelsior made the transfer permanent and signed a three-year contract with Zagré.

International career

Born in France, Zagré is of Burkinabé descent. He is a youth international for France.

Career statistics

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain *

: 2019–20 *

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

References

External links

* 2001 births French sportspeople of Burkinabe descent Living people Footballers from Neuilly-sur-Seine Black French sportspeople French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Championnat National 2 players Ligue 1 players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Paris Saint-Germain FC players AS Monaco FC players Dijon FCO players FC Utrecht players Jong FC Utrecht players Excelsior Rotterdam players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-defender-2000s-stub