Élise Bussaglia

Élise Bussaglia
	Bussaglia with Lyon in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	24 September 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Sedan, France
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dijon FCO
Number	29
Youth career
1992–1997	US Balan
1997–2000	US Bazeilles
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2002	Olympique Saint-Memmie
2002–2004	CNFE Clairefontaine
2004–2007	Juvisy
2007–2009	Montpellier HSC
2009–2012	Paris Saint-Germain
2012–2015	Lyon
2015–2017	VfL Wolfsburg
2017–2018	FC Barcelona
2018–	Dijon FCO
International career‡
2003–2019	France
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Dijon of the Division 1 Feminine. 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.^[2]

Club career[edit]

Born in Sedan, Bussaglia was in middle school 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.

Early career[edit]

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 FCF Juvisy 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 Montpellier. 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 UEFA Women's Champions League in her final season.

Paris Saint-Germain[edit]

In 2009, Bussaglia signed with Paris Saint-Germain and, in the process, joined a club which included international teammates Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor, Bérangère Sapowicz, 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 Le Mans. 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 UEFA Women's Champions League after finishing runner-up to champions Lyon. 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.^[3]

International career[edit]

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

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 10 June 2015^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CNFE Clairefontaine	2003–04	20	1	0	0	0	0	20	1
Juvisy	2004–05	14	2	0	0	0	0	14	2
	2005–06	22	4	0	0	0	0	22	4
	2006–07	22	7	0	0	3	0	25	7
	Total	58	13	0	0	3	0	61	13
Montpellier	2007–08	19	4	3	0	0	0	22	4
	2008–09	22	0	4	0	0	0	26	0
	Total	41	4	7	0	0	0	48	4
Paris Saint-Germain	2009–10	18	2	4	1	0	0	22	3
	2010–11	22	10	1	0	0	0	23	10
	2011–12	18	1	5	1	2	0	25	2
	Total	58	13	10	2	2	0	70	15
Lyon	2012–13	9	3	4	0	3	0	16	3
	2013–14	21	4	3	0	4	1	28	5
	2014–15	17	2	4	1	4	0	25	3
	Total	47	9	11	1	11	1	69	11
Career total		224	40	28	3	16	1	268	44

International[edit]

As of 9 August 2012^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2003–04	9	0
	2004–05	11	1
	2005–06	11	4
	2006–07	13	4
	2007–08	7	2
	2008–09	6	1
	2009–10	12	2
	2010–11	18	5
	2011–12	21	1
Total		108	20

As of 8 April 2016^[6]

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

List of international goals scored by Élise Bussaglia
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 September 2004	Slagelse Stadion, Slagelse, Denmark	Denmark	1–0	3–2	Friendly
2	7 September 2005	Stade Fernand Sastre, Sens, France	Republic of Ireland	4–0	6–0	Friendly
3	7 September 2005	Stade Fernand Sastre, Sens, France	Republic of Ireland	6–0	6–0	Friendly
4	18 January 2006	Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China	China	1–0	1–1	2006 Four Nations Tournament
5	11 March 2006	Estádio Municipal, Lagos, Portugal	China	1–0	1–0	2006 Algarve Cup
6	23 September 2006	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France	Austria	1–0	2–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7	23 September 2006	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France	Austria	2–1	2–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8	9 March 2007	Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal	Germany	1–0	1–0	2007 Algarve Cup
9	30 May 2007	Stade Camille Lebon, Angoulême, France	Slovenia	2–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
10	27 October 2007	Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade, Serbia	Serbia	8–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
11	31 October 2007	Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia	Slovenia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
12	12 February 2009	Stade Municipal des Allées, Blois, France	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
13	12 August 2009	Stade des Grands Prés, Chartres, France	Scotland	1–0	4–0	Friendly
14	23 June 2010	Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	3–0	3–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
15	25 August 2010	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France	Serbia	3–0	7–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
16	15 September 2010	Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio, Italy	Italy	1–1	3–2	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
17	7 March 2011	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	New Zealand	5–2	5–2	2011 Cyprus Cup
18	15 May 2011	Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, France	Scotland	1–1	1–1	Friendly
19	9 July 2011	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	England	1–1	1–1	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
20	24 August 2011	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France	Poland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
21	23 November 2013	Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	7–0	10–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
22	28 November 2013	MMArena, Le Mans, France	Bulgaria	1–0	14–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
23	10 March 2013	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Netherlands	1–0	3–0	2014 Cyprus Cup
24	10 March 2013	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Netherlands	2–0	3–0	2014 Cyprus Cup
25	9 April 2014	MMArena, Le Mans, France	Austria	1–0	3–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
26	17 August 2014	Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France	Finland	1–1	3–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
27	27 October 2015	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	Ukraine	2–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
28	8 April 2016	Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Pitești, Romania	Romania	1–0	1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying