Nicolas Pépé

Nicolas Pépé
Personal information
Full name Nicolas Pépé
Date of birth (1995-05-29) 29 May 1995
Place of birth Mantes-la-Jolie, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Lille
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Poitiers 9 (2)
2013–2015 Angers II 41 (9)
2013–2017 Angers 40 (3)
2015–2016 → Orléans (loan) 29 (7)
2017– Lille 43 (19)
National team‡
2016– Ivory Coast 8 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2018

Nicolas Pépé (born 29 May 1995) is a French-born Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Lille.

Club career

After making his debut in the lower leagues, Pépé made his professional debut with Angers in November 2014, in a 1–1 Ligue 2 draw against Ajaccio.[1][2]

Lille

On 21 June 2017, Pépé signed a five-year deal with Lille.[3]

On 15 September 2018, Pépé scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, in the 3-2 Ligue 1 away win over Amiens SC.[4]

International career

Pépé was born in France to parents of Ivorian descent. He received a callup to the Ivory Coast national football team in November 2016.[5] He made his debut for Ivory Coast in a friendly 0–0 tie against his birth nation France on 15 November 2016.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first.[7]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 March 2018Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France Togo1–02–2Friendly
2.2–0
3.27 March 2018Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France Moldova2–02–1Friendly

References

  1. ↑ "AC Ajaccio vs. Angers SCO" (in French). lfp.fr. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Nicolas Pépé, le juvénile atout offensif du Sco" (in French). ouest-france.fr. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nicolas Pépé et Hervé Koffi signent au Losc pour cinq ans (off.)" (in French). L'Équipe. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pepe hat-trick lifts Lille into second". www.ligue1.com. 15 September 2018.
  5. ↑ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Morocco-Côte d'Ivoire - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  6. ↑ uefa.com. "Friendlies 2014-16 - France-Ivory Coast – UEFA.com". Uefa.com. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  7. ↑ "Pépé, Nicolas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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