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Yoane Wissa
Yoane Wissa (born 3 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Newcastle United. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.
A product of the Châteauroux academy, Wissa began his senior career with the club in 2015. Following a spell with Angers, he moved to Lorient in 2018. He was a part of their team that finished the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season as champions. After one season in Ligue 1, he joined Brentford in 2021. After four seasons at Brentford, Wissa joined Newcastle United in 2025.
Wissa began his youth career as a goalkeeper at the age of seven. He played for his local youth club Épinay-sous-Sénart, before moving to midfield and then the forward line. As his youth career progressed, he also became adept as a winger and number 10. Wissa began his senior career as a forward with Châteauroux and progressed through the reserve team to break into the first team during the 2015–16 Championnat National season, which he finished with 24 appearances and seven goals.
A transfer to Ligue 1 club Angers followed in 2016, but Wissa managed just two substitute appearances during the first half of the 2016–17 season and he played much of 2017 away on loan at Ligue 2 clubs Laval and Ajaccio. Wissa departed the Stade Raymond Kopa in January 2018.
In January 2018, Wissa transferred to Ligue 2 club Lorient and immediately established himself at the promotion-chasing club. Promotion to Ligue 1 was attained at the end of the 2019–20 season, when Wissa's 15 goals in 28 appearances helped the club to the Ligue 2 championship.
He made 38 appearances and scored 10 goals during the 2020–21 season, in which Lorient narrowly avoided finishing in the relegation playoff places. Wissa departed the club in August 2021 and finished his 3+1⁄2-year stay at the Stade du Moustoir with 128 appearances and 37 goals.
On 10 August 2021, Wissa moved to England to join newly-promoted Premier League club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £8.5 million. The transfer had been in the works for two years and he had turned down the opportunity to move to the Community Stadium during the previous transfer window. Despite being unable to link up with the club during pre-season after undergoing eye surgery, Wissa scored five goals in his first six appearances for the club.
His brace in a 7–0 EFL Cup third round win over Oldham Athletic on 21 September 2021 was recognised with a place in the EFL Cup Team of the Round and his second goal, a bicycle kick, was voted Goal of the Round and Goal of the Tournament. Wissa's goalscoring run was ended by an ankle knock suffered in mid-October 2021. He returned to match play two months later and was deployed in a mixture of starting and substitute roles through to the end of the season. Wissa ended the 2021–22 season with 34 appearances and 10 goals.
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Yoane Wissa
Yoane Wissa (born 3 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Newcastle United. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team.
A product of the Châteauroux academy, Wissa began his senior career with the club in 2015. Following a spell with Angers, he moved to Lorient in 2018. He was a part of their team that finished the 2019–20 Ligue 2 season as champions. After one season in Ligue 1, he joined Brentford in 2021. After four seasons at Brentford, Wissa joined Newcastle United in 2025.
Wissa began his youth career as a goalkeeper at the age of seven. He played for his local youth club Épinay-sous-Sénart, before moving to midfield and then the forward line. As his youth career progressed, he also became adept as a winger and number 10. Wissa began his senior career as a forward with Châteauroux and progressed through the reserve team to break into the first team during the 2015–16 Championnat National season, which he finished with 24 appearances and seven goals.
A transfer to Ligue 1 club Angers followed in 2016, but Wissa managed just two substitute appearances during the first half of the 2016–17 season and he played much of 2017 away on loan at Ligue 2 clubs Laval and Ajaccio. Wissa departed the Stade Raymond Kopa in January 2018.
In January 2018, Wissa transferred to Ligue 2 club Lorient and immediately established himself at the promotion-chasing club. Promotion to Ligue 1 was attained at the end of the 2019–20 season, when Wissa's 15 goals in 28 appearances helped the club to the Ligue 2 championship.
He made 38 appearances and scored 10 goals during the 2020–21 season, in which Lorient narrowly avoided finishing in the relegation playoff places. Wissa departed the club in August 2021 and finished his 3+1⁄2-year stay at the Stade du Moustoir with 128 appearances and 37 goals.
On 10 August 2021, Wissa moved to England to join newly-promoted Premier League club Brentford on a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £8.5 million. The transfer had been in the works for two years and he had turned down the opportunity to move to the Community Stadium during the previous transfer window. Despite being unable to link up with the club during pre-season after undergoing eye surgery, Wissa scored five goals in his first six appearances for the club.
His brace in a 7–0 EFL Cup third round win over Oldham Athletic on 21 September 2021 was recognised with a place in the EFL Cup Team of the Round and his second goal, a bicycle kick, was voted Goal of the Round and Goal of the Tournament. Wissa's goalscoring run was ended by an ankle knock suffered in mid-October 2021. He returned to match play two months later and was deployed in a mixture of starting and substitute roles through to the end of the season. Wissa ended the 2021–22 season with 34 appearances and 10 goals.
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