Nicolas Pépé

Nicolas Pépé
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-29) 29 May 1995
Place of birth Mantes-la-Jolie, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Angers
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Poitiers 9 (2)
2013–2015 Angers II 41 (9)
2013– Angers 19 (1)
2015–2016 → Orléans (loan) 29 (7)
National team‡
2016– Ivory Coast 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2016

Nicolas Pépé (born 29 May 1995) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Orléans, on loan from Angers.

Club career

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

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.[3] He made his debut for Ivory Coast in a friendly 0-0 tie against his birth nation France on 15 November 2016.[4]

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. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367122/index.html
  4. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/friendlies/season=2018/matches/round=2000741/match=2020781/postmatch/commentary/index.html


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