| Moussa Wagué | |
| Fullname: | Moussa Wagué[1] |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Bignona, Senegal[2] |
| Height: | 1.77 m[3] |
| Position: | Right-back |
| Currentclub: | Panserraikos |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Youthyears1: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Aspire Academy |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Eupen |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Eupen |
| Caps1: | 23 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Barcelona B |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Barcelona |
| Caps3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Nice (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Clubs5: | → PAOK (loan) |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | Gorica |
| Caps6: | 13 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Anorthosis Famagusta |
| Caps7: | 23 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Panserraikos |
| Caps8: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Senegal U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Senegal |
| Nationalcaps2: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 2 November 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 23:41, 14 November 2021 (UTC) |
Moussa Wagué (born 4 October 1998) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Greek Super League club Panserraikos and the Senegal national team.
Wagué joined K.A.S. Eupen from the Aspire Academy in November 2016.[4] He made his professional debut in a 0–1 loss to Genk on 21 January 2017.[5] Wagué spent two seasons with Eupen under coach Claude Makélélé, helping the team remain in the Belgian top division.[6]
In August 2018, Wagué completed a transfer from Eupen to FC Barcelona, for a fee of €5 million. He initially joined the reserves ahead of the 2018–19 season.[7] On 13 January 2019, Wagué scored his first goal for Barcelona B in a 2–0 win at the Miniestadi against CD Alcoyano.[8]
Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde named Wagué as one of the five promising young players to whom he hoped to give first team opportunities.[9] Wagué made his senior side debut on 6 March 2019, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of the Catalan Super Cup against Girona.[10] On 13 April 2019, he made his official debut in a La Liga match against Huesca where he played a full 90 minutes; he described it as a "dream come true".[11] Wagué again featured for the first team on 4 May 2019, impressing despite Barcelona's 0–2 defeat to Celta Vigo.[12] He would appear once more in Barcelona's La Liga finale, coming on as a second half substitute in a 2–2 draw with Eibar.
Wagué was officially promoted to the first team ahead of the 2019–20 season, and given the number 16 shirt.[13] He made his first Champions League start for Barcelona on 10 December 2019, as his side defeated Inter Milan 2–1.[14]
In 31 January 2020, French club OGC Nice confirmed a loan transfer for Wagué, keeping him until the end of the 2019–20 season, with an option to buy for €15,000,000.[15] He made his debut for Nice in their 2–1 victory over Lyon on 2 February 2020, coming on as a second half substitute.[16] On 7 March 2020, Wagué provided the winning assist in Nice's 2–1 derby victory against rivals AS Monaco.[17] Upon the cancellation of the Ligue 1 season due to the COVID-19 outbreak in France, he returned to Barcelona after Nice decided not to activate his purchase option.[18]
On 21 September 2020, Barcelona confirmed the loan transfer of Wagué to Greek side PAOK on loan for the rest of the season.[19] On 13 December 2020, he suffered a severe knee injury during PAOK's local derby against Aris Thessaloniki. As a result he was slated to miss nine months of action.[20]
On 18 July 2022, he joined Prva HNL club Gorica[21] On 9 December 2022, he was released from the club after having his contract mutually terminated.[22]
On 28 June 2023, Wagué joined Anorthosis Famagusta of the Cypriot First Division.[23]
Wagué was part of the Senegal U20s that came in 4rd place at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[24] He made his senior international debut in a friendly 1–1 tie with Nigeria on 23 March 2017.[25] [26]
In June 2018, Wagué was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[27] He became the youngest African goalscorer in World Cup history when he scored in Senegal's match against Japan at the age of just 19 years and 263 days.[28]
Wagué represented Senegal in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, which took place in Egypt. He participated in the first two group stage games and the semifinal match for a Senegal squad that reached the tournament final. [29]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Eupen | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |||
| Barcelona B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | |||
| Barcelona | 2018–19 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Nice (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| PAOK (loan) | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Gorica | 2022–23 | Croatian Football League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Anorthosis | 2023–24 | Cyta Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 75 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 103 | 3 | |||
| Senegal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 1 | |
As of match played 24 June 2018. Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after Wagué's goal.
Barcelona
2018–19PAOK
2020-21
Senegal U23
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