Parfait Guiagon

Parfait Guiagon
Guiagon with the Ivory Coast in 2026
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001
Place of birth Logoualé, Ivory Coast
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Charleroi
Number 10
Youth career
Africa Sports
2019–2020 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Africa Sports
2020 → Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2023 Maccabi Tel Aviv 35 (4)
2020–2021 → Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan) 26 (4)
2021–2022 → Maccabi Netanya (loan) 28 (5)
2023– Charleroi 98 (22)
International career‡
2025– Ivory Coast 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 March 2026

Parfait Guiagon (born 22 February 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Charleroi and the Ivory Coast national team. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2018".[1]

Club career

Born in Ivory Coast, Guiagon was developed in the youth academy of local club Africa Sports, where he was named the league's Best Young Player for the 2016–17 season.[2] He underwent trials with AS Monaco, Barcelona, and Club Brugge, signing a pre-contract with the latter, but ultimately moved to Israel on 31 August 2019 to join Maccabi Tel Aviv.[3]

Guiagon made his debut for Maccabi Tel Aviv on 20 June 2020, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv.

On 31 August 2021, Guiagon joined Maccabi Netanya on a season-long loan.[4] He scored his first goal for the club on 2 October 2021 in a 3–1 league win against Bnei Sakhnin.

Guiagon returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv ahead of the 2022–23 season and signed a contract extension on 28 June 2022,[5] keeping him at the club until June 2025.[6]

On 29 August 2023, Guiagon signed for Belgian club Charleroi on a three-year contract running until June 2026, with an option for an additional season.[7]

He scored his first goal for Charleroi in his second appearance for the club on 16 September 2023, opening the scoring in a league match against Club Brugge. However, Charleroi went on to lose the match 4–2.

International career

On 11 June 2025, Guiagon made his senior debut for the Ivory Coast national team in a friendly against Canada. He started the match as Ivory Coast won following a penalty shoot-out.

On 15 May 2026, Guiagon was named in Emerse Faé's 26-man Ivory Coast squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 June 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2019–20 Israeli Premier League 300000–0030
2022–23 3242021–00365
Total 35420210000395
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan) 2020–21 Liga Leumit 2644200–00306
Maccabi Netanya (loan) 2021–22 Israeli Premier League 2851000–00295
Charleroi 2023–24 Belgian Pro League 000000–0000
Career total 8913722100009816
Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Next Generation 2018: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ↑ SARL, NAS (16 July 2017). "Guiagon Parfait désigné "Meilleur Espoir" du championnat Ivoirien". Mondialsport.ci (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Mercato : Guiagon Parfait (Africa Sports) atterrit en Israël". mondialsport.ci (in French). 31 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Parfait Guiagon signs with ISC and moves on loan to Maccabi Netanya". www.weareisc.com. 31 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Israël : Guiagon Parfait de retour au Maccabi Tel-Aviv". mondialsport.ci (in French). 22 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Parfait Guigaon signs 3-year-deal at Maccabi". www.maccabi-tlv.co.il. 28 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "PARFAIT GUIAGON EST NOTRE 5ÈME RECRUE ESTIVALE !". www.sporting-charleroi.be (in French). 29 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "La liste de la Côte d'Ivoire pour la Coupe du Monde 2026". FIFA (in French). 15 May 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Parfait Guiagon at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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