Ivorian association football player

Serge Alain Stéphane Aurier ( french : [ sɛʁʒ oʁje ] ; born 24 December 1992 ) is an Ivorian professional football player who plays as a Right back for spanish La Liga clubhouse Villarreal and captains the Ivory Coast national team. Aurier moved to France as a child and played for Lens, Toulouse and Paris Saint-Germain, winning 11 major trophies with the latter. He totalled 195 appearances in France and was doubly named in Ligue 1 ‘s team of the year. In 2017, he joined Tottenham for a fee of around £23 million and left after common result of his narrow in August 2021.

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He made his external debut for the Ivory Coast in 2013 and has earned 70 caps. He represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning the 2015 edition .

Club career [edit ]

Lens [edit ]

Aurier in 2011 Aurier played for versatile youth teams and academies before he was accepted to join Villepinte. He then joined Lens in Ligue 1, where this started his professional footballing career. [ 5 ] shortly after, Aurier, who was then thirteen at the time, had to leave his friends and family as a result of joining Lens. [ 6 ] There, Aurier was assigned to the club ‘s reserve team and at a luff, was the club ‘s captain in the substitute team. [ 6 ] In June 2009, Aurier signed his first professional abridge with Lens. [ 6 ] Aurier made his professional debut for the club in a 1–0 win over Saint-Étienne on 22 December 2009. [ 7 ] Aurier was given another opportunity in the Round of 16 of Coupe de la Ligue, a 2–1 passing against Lorient. [ 8 ] He soon sustained a shoulder injury that left him out for two or three weeks. [ 9 ] Despite this, Aurier went on to make five appearances for Lens in his first season. Aurier ‘s second season saw him break into the foremost team, and although he went on to make 26 appearances in 2010–11, the golf club was relegated to Ligue 2 after finishing second-last in the league board, at 19th. Prior to club ‘s relegation, Aurier had signed a sign extension with the club through to 2015. [ 10 ] ahead of the 2011–12 season, Aurier ‘s performance soon attracted sake from clubs around England, [ 11 ] with the player considering departing Lens for a new opportunity. [ 12 ] however, Aurier ruled out a move abroad, implying that careless of whether or not Aurier chose to stay or leave Lens, he would be footballing for a member of France ‘s principal league. [ 13 ] Despite this, however, Aurier began the year with Lens, making 16 appearances in the first one-half of the temper around which time the club was facing fiscal issues. [ 14 ]

toulouse [edit ]

On 26 January 2012, Aurier ultimately left Lens, signing for Toulouse on a four-and-a-half-year cover. [ 15 ] The move came after Toulouse ‘s president hinted he would sign Aurier for a €1.5 million transfer tip. [ 16 ] Aurier made his debut for the club two days late, in a 2–1 succeed over Caen. [ 17 ] He then scored his first gear finish for Toulouse in a 2–1 loss against Lille on 1 April 2012. [ 18 ] Soon after, Aurier sprained his ankle which saw him miss six matches, though he was back for the last game of the season, which saw Toulouse lose 2–0 against Ajaccio. [ 19 ] In his first base half-season at Toulouse, he made ten appearances. In his first entire temper at Toulouse in 2012–13, Aurier provided an aid for Wissam Ben Yedder, but was sent-off in the 84th hour for a challenge on Henri Bedimo in a 1–1 draw with Montpellier. [ 20 ] His sending off saw him suspended for three games with annual suspended. [ 21 ] After serving his two games, Aurier made his return on 1 September 2012 in a 1–1 draw against Reims. [ 22 ] He scored his first goal of the season on 11 January 2013, in a 2–2 draw against Saint-Étienne. [ 23 ] Aurier was sidelined by and by on in the season after tearing a hamstring [ 24 ] and injuring his right knee. [ 25 ] Despite being on the sidelines for a menstruation of clock time, Aurier made 28 appearances, scoring one goal. ahead of the 2013–14 season, Aurier signed a sign extension, keeping him at Toulouse until 2018. [ 26 ] This came after re-ignited interest in his services from clubs around Europe. [ 27 ] Under the management of Alain Casanova, Aurier found himself playing in a 3–5–2 formation as a right-sided concentrate bet on in the three-man defense, adenine well as a wing-back at times. [ 14 ] He went on to play an attack function by assisting two goals in two different matches by the end of September. Aurier then scored his first gear finish of the season in a 2–1 personnel casualty against Evian on 2 November 2013. [ 28 ] His moment goal of the season came on 2 February 2014, in a 2–2 draw against Marseille. [ 29 ] His third goal of the season came on 15 February 2014 in a 3–1 win over Lorient. [ 30 ] He went on to score two goals in two games against Reims [ 31 ] and Rennes. [ 32 ] His one-sixth goal of the temper came on 5 April 2014 in a 2–1 loss against Lille. [ 33 ] Aurier went on to make 34 appearances, scoring six times. At the end of the 2013–14 season, Aurier was shortlisted for the Ligue 1 Player of the year for the first time in his career. [ 34 ] He was besides named as the second-best player African player in Ligue 1. [ 35 ] After an impressive display at the 2014 FIFA World Cup for the Ivory Coast, Aurier was again linked with a move away from Toulouse. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] In an interview, Aurier stated that his dream move would be to English club Arsenal of the Premier League and claimed that he could not turn them down if they made an offer for him. [ 38 ] [ 39 ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

On 23 July 2014, Aurier joined Paris Saint-Germain on a season-long loanword with an option for the parisian baseball club to purchase outright. [ 40 ] His move to PSG was believed to be as a surrogate for incumbent properly bet on Christophe Jallet. [ 41 ] Upon moving to PSG, Aurier stated he had no refer over his first-team chances, despite facing rival from Gregory van five hundred Wiel, who besides plays chiefly as a right back. [ 42 ] Aurier made his PSG debut in the 2014–15 Ligue 1, coming on as a ersatz for Van five hundred Wiel in a 2–0 win over Bastia on 16 August 2014. [ 43 ] He scored his first goal for PSG in the Round of 16 of Coupe de la Ligue in a 3–1 victory over Ajaccio. [ 44 ] In the first one-half of the season, Aurier was unable to establish himself in the inaugural team due to his own wound concerns and international commitments. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Aurier played his beginning PSG match in one month – lasting the integral 90 minutes – in a 2–2 hook against Caen ; [ 47 ] his operation was late praised after the match. [ 48 ] During the peer, however, he injured himself and was not substituted out, as coach Laurent Blanc had previously used all three of his substitutions earlier in the peer. [ 49 ] Whilst on the sidelines in PSG ‘s UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea, Aurier found himself in trouble with UEFA after criticising Björn Kuipers ‘ refereeing decision and calling him a “ cheating son of a cunt ” in a video recording posted on Facebook. Though Aurier late apologised for his actions, [ 50 ] UEFA however suspended him for three matches. [ 51 ] On 29 April 2015, Aurier secured a permanent motivate to PSG, signing a four-year shrink. [ 52 ] Aurier ‘s first game after signing for the club on a permanent basis came in the Trophée des Champions against Lyon, where he scored his first PSG goal and helped the cabaret win 2–0. [ 53 ] Aurier found himself competing with Van five hundred Wiel over a right status under the management of Blanc. Aurier scored his first league goal for PSG goal on 26 September 2015 in a 4–1 succeed over Nantes. [ 54 ] For his performance, Aurier was named Team of the Week by L’Équipe. [ 55 ] Four days later, Aurier scored in the Champions League group stage in a 3–0 winnings over Shakhtar Donetsk. [ 56 ] Aurier scored against Lyon for the second time in the season three months late on 13 December 2015, helping his team to a 5–1 victory. [ 57 ] Aurier was suspended indefinitely on 14 February 2016 for calling teammate Ángel Di María a “ clown ” and calling Blanc a “ fiotte “ ( a homophobic blur ) during a question-and-answer school term on Periscope in which he besides criticised supposed discrimination towards striker Zlatan Ibrahimović. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Following his suspension, PSG ordered Aurier to train with their reserve side from 29 February until 20 March. [ 60 ]

Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]

On 31 August 2017, Aurier signed for Premier League baseball club Tottenham Hotspur for a tip in the region of £23 million. [ 61 ] He made his debut on 13 September in a 3–1 acquire over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. [ 62 ] Ten days late, Aurier made his full league introduction at West Ham United, but he was sent off upon receiving a second yellow card as Tottenham held on for a 3–2 victory. [ 63 ] His first goal for the club came in a 2–0 home succeed against Brighton & Hove Albion on 13 December 2017. [ 64 ] Aurier competed for the right-back point with Kieran Trippier throughout the season. [ 65 ] In his moment season in London, Aurier was competing for his locate not lone against Trippier, but besides with unseasoned Englishman Kyle Walker-Peters. [ 66 ] On 4 January 2019, in an FA Cup third round match away to EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers, he scored twice in a 7–0 gain. [ 67 ] He suffered a issue of injuries this season, including a hamstring injury while on international duty in March 2019, [ 68 ] as a solution he lone played eight Premier League games, 17 in all competitions, this season for Tottenham. [ 69 ]

Despite talks of wanting to leave the club in the summer, Aurier made a successful first gear appearance in the 2019–20 temper in the match against Crystal Palace on 14 September, helping the team win 4–0 by providing an aid for a Son Heung-min goal. He besides provided the most crosses from overt play in the match, one of which was deflected by a Palace defender as an own goal. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Two weeks late, he was sent off in the first half of a 2–1 home gain over Southampton. [ 72 ] In the 2020–21 season, he scored his first goal of the season in the Premier League away plot against Manchester United on 4 October 2020, which helped Tottenham win 6–1, which is the biggest winnings for Tottenham at Old Trafford and their best solution against United since 1932. [ 73 ] On 31 August 2021 Tottenham announced the deviation of the player after the common ending of his contract. [ 74 ]

Villarreal [edit ]

On 4 October, 2021, spanish slope Villarreal announced the sign of Aurier until the end of the 2021–22 season, with the choice of extending the contract for two more years. [ 75 ]

International career [edit ]

Despite having lived in France for over 14 years, Aurier does not hold a french pass, [ 76 ] and had originally turned down the find to play for the Ivory Coast. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] however, he was called up by director Sabri Lamouchi in April 2013, [ 79 ] and finally played his first match for his fatherland against the Gambia on 8 June that year. [ 80 ] Aurier was included in Ivory Coast ‘s 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup. [ 81 ] In the first base group meet, against Japan, he provided assists for both Wilfried Bony and Gervinho in a 2–1 winnings. [ 82 ] On 29 December 2014, Aurier was called up for the Africa Cup of Nations. [ 83 ] He played six matches and impress with his displays in the tournament, particularly in the concluding. [ 84 ] He was shortlisted for the CAF Team of the Tournament. [ 85 ] In October 2016, during a World Cup Qualifier against Mali, Aurier rushed to the aid of Mali midfielder, Moussa Doumbia, who had suffered an epileptic fit to prevent him from swallowing his tongue. Despite his good deed, Aurier by and by drew criticism for celebrating Ivory Coast ‘s second goal with a ‘slit throat ‘ gesture. [ 86 ] Aurier scored his first gear goal for the Elephants on 11 January 2017, in a 3–0 friendly winnings over Uganda in Abu Dhabi, after earlier assisting Jonathan Kodjia. [ 87 ] He was made captain of the national team starting with a friendly against the Netherlands, followed by a qualifying match against Guinea in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification rounds in June 2017. [ 88 ] He was besides captain at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but suffered a hamstring injury in a 1–0 get the better of against Morocco and could not participate further in the rival. [ 89 ]

personal life [edit ]

Born in Ouragahio, Ivory Coast, Aurier moved to France at a youthful long time, after his parents wanted their children to have a better life. [ 6 ] He was passionate about football while growing up. [ 6 ] Aurier ‘s younger brother, Christopher, played for his former baseball club Lens. [ 90 ] In the early hours of the dawn on 13 July 2020, Christopher was shot absolutely outside of a cabaret in Toulouse, France. [ 91 ] On 26 September 2016, Aurier was found guilty of assaulting a police policeman outside a cabaret in Paris. He was sentenced to two months in prison, but remained at familiarity pending an appeal. [ 92 ] Although UK authorities granted Aurier a visa in October 2016, it was revoked on 16 November due to his conviction, and as a result, he missed the UEFA Champions League match against Arsenal in London that month. [ 93 ] Aurier was in the first place banned from entering the UK for five years from his conviction, but he was permitted to move to Tottenham in 2017 because his suspend sentence had been converted into a fine. [ 94 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 26 October 2021[95][96]

International [edit ]

As of match played 11 October 2021[96]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Ivory Coast

2013
6
0

2014
11
0

2015
12
0

2016
5
0

2017
11
1

2018
6
0

2019
11
1

2020
4
0

2021
6
1

Total
72
3

As of match played 11 October 2021. Ivory Coast score listed first, score column indicates score after each Aurier goal.[96]

Honours [edit ]

Paris Saint-Germain
Tottenham Hotspur
Ivory Coast
Individual

References [edit ]