Idrissa Gueye Net Worth, Salary, Football Career, Honour – Idrissa Gana Gueye was born on the 26th of September 1989, and he is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Everton and the Senegal national team.
Club career
Aston Villa
According to the report from BBC sport report, on the 10th July 2015, Gueye joined English Premier League club Aston Villa for a £9 million transfer fee. On 8 August, he made his debut in a 1–0 away victory over AFC Bournemouth. On the 19th of January 2016, Gueye scored his first and only goal for Villa in a 2–0 over Wycombe Wanderers in the third round replay of the FA Cup. In total, Gueye made 35 league appearances for Villa as the club was relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season.
Everton
On the 2nd of August 2016 and with Aston Villa relegated from the Premier League, Everton triggered a release clause in Gueye’s contract, reported to be £7.1 million, and signed him to a four-year contract. He made the highest number of successful tackles and interceptions per match across Europe’s top five leagues over the 2016 calendar year. Gueye scored his first league goal for Everton in a 2–0 victory over Sunderland at Goodison Park on the 25th of February 2017. He became the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to win 100 tackles in the 2016–17 season.
Paris Saint-Germain
On the 30th of July 2019, Guay signed for League One club PSG for a fee of £30m. He made his debut against Toulouse on 25 August. On 18 September, he delivered an “excellent” performance in his 3–0 win over Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. He scored his first goal for PSG in a 4–0 win over Angers on the 5th of October. In his first season in Paris, Guay won the domestic treble and finished runners-up in the Champions League while sitting on the bench after losing to Bayern Munich in the final. In his second season, the club won the Coupe de France and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, but lost to Manchester City.
Return to Everton
ESPN reported that Gueye began talks to return to Everton in early August 2022. He signed a two-year contract with the club on the 1st of September 2022 for a reported fee of £2 million.
International career
According to BBC reports, Gué made his international debut for Senegal on 11 November 2011, coming on as a half-time substitute for Deme Ndiaye in a 4–1 friendly win over neighboring Guinea. He was part of his 2012 Olympic squad, but was injured just before half-time in the opening game against hosts England. He was selected for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 and 2017.
On the 9th of June 2017, Gueye scored his first international goal in his 3–0 victory over Equatorial Guinea in his 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier. He was called up to his 23-man squad in Senegal for his 2018 World Cup in Russia. At the Africa 2019 final in Egypt, he scored the only goal of the finalists in their quarter-final victory over Benin. Senegal won the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, where he scored in the semi-finals where he won 3-1 against Burkina Faso with Gueye.
Idrissa Gueye’s Net Worth
Forbes report has it that his net worth stands somewhere around €19.5 million (£17 million).
Idrissa Gueye’s Salary
Idrissa Gueye signed a contract with Paris Saint-Germain that nets him a whopping salary of 4.2 Million Euro (3.6 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €20,821 (£18,200) per day and €868 (£758) per hour!
Honours
Lille
Ligue 1: 2010–11
Coupe de France: 2010–11
Paris Saint-Germain
Ligue 1: 2019–20, 2021–22
Coupe de France: 2019–20, 2020–21
Coupe de la Ligue: 2019–20
Trophée des Champions: 2022
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20
Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations: 2021; runner-up: 2019
Individual
Everton Players’ Player of the Season: 2018–19
Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2019
CAF Team of the Year: 2019
IFFHS CAF Men Team of The Year: 2020