| Axel Guessand | |
| Full Name: | Axel Thurel Sahuye Guessand |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Schiltigheim, France |
| Height: | 1.92m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Udinese |
| Clubnumber: | 37 |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | AS Strasbourg |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | ASPV Strasbourg |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | Schiltigheim |
| Youthyears4: | 2018–2022 |
| Youthclubs4: | Nancy |
| Youthyears5: | 2022– |
| Youthclubs5: | Udinese |
| Years1: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Nancy II |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Nancy |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Clubs3: | Udinese |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024 |
| Clubs4: | → Volendam (loan) |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19 May 2024 |
Axel Thurel Sahuye Guessand (born 6 November 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club Udinese.
Guessand is a youth academy graduate of Nancy. He made his professional debut for the club on 28 August 2021, in a 4–1 league defeat against Auxerre.[1] At the age of 16 years, 9 months and 22 days, he became the youngest player to ever feature in a professional match for Nancy.[2]
On 1 July 2022, Guessand joined Serie A club Udinese on a three-year deal.[3] He made his first-team debut on 4 June 2023, starting in a 1–0 league loss against Juventus.[4] [5] In January 2024, he joined Eredivisie club Volendam on loan for the remainder of the season.[6]
Guessand is a French youth international.[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nancy | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Udinese | 2022–23 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||