Élise Bussaglia


Élise Bussaglia is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder. She was a member of the France national team. Bussaglia is a former winner of the National Union of Professional Footballers Female Player of the Year having won the award after a successful 2010–11 season with Paris Saint-Germain. She currently manages Régional 1 Grand-Est side [CS CS Sedan Ardennes|Sedan Ardennes|Sedan].

Club career

Born in Sedan, Bussaglia was in middle school at Nassau in class with Benjamin Lemaire. She started to play soccer at US Balan with male team. During this period, she was supporting CS Sedan Ardennes.

Early career

Bussaglia began her career playing for Olympique Saint-Memmie playing at the club during her youth. She spent two years with the senior team before being selected to attend the CNFE Clairefontaine, the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy. After leaving the academy, she joined D1 Féminine club FCF Juvisy playing 14 matches and scoring two goals in her first season. In her second season with the club, she played in all 22 league matches scoring four goals helping Juvisy win the league title. She had another successful season before joining Montpellier. At Montpellier, Bussaglia became an established international player and helped Montpellier to two top table finishes, including helping the team win the 2008–09 Challenge de France and qualify for the newly created UEFA Women's Champions League in her final season.

Paris Saint-Germain

In 2009, Bussaglia signed with Paris Saint-Germain and, in the process, joined a club which included international teammates Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor, Bérangère Sapowicz, and Laure Boulleau. In her first season with Les Parisiens, despite the club having a respectable season, Bussaglia struggled appearing in 18 matches and scoring only two goals in the league. The midfielder compensated her uneventful performance in the league with a decent showing in the Challenge de France netting the fourth goal in Paris Saint-Germain's 5–0 win over her former club Montpellier in the competition's final match. The victory assured Bussaglia her third career Challenge de France title.
In the 2010–11 season, following the departures of Abily and Bompastor, Bussaglia was handed the reins to the attack and quickly blossomed scoring four goals in Paris Saint-Germain's first five league matches of the season. On 26 February 2011, she scored both club goals in a 2–1 win over Le Mans. Bussaglia ultimately finished the season appearing in all 22 matches and scoring a career-high ten goals. Despite failing to score a goal in the final six matches of the season, Bussaglia was still an important cog of the team as Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 2011–12 edition of the UEFA Women's Champions League after finishing runner-up to champions Lyon. For her performances during the season, Bussaglia was named the UNFP Female Player of the Year. She was also named the Best Player of the 2010–11 Division 1 Féminine season by her peers.

International career

Bussaglia had previously starred with the women's under-19 team helping France win the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, held in Germany. On 13 November 2003, she earned her first cap with the women's national team in a match against Poland. As of today, she has 79 caps and has scored 18 goals for the national team. She retired in 2019.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 September 2004Slagelse Stadion, Slagelse, Denmark1–03–2Friendly
27 September 2005Stade Fernand Sastre, Sens, France4–06–0Friendly
37 September 2005Stade Fernand Sastre, Sens, France6–06–0Friendly
418 January 2006Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China1–01–12006 Four Nations Tournament
511 March 2006Estádio Municipal, Lagos, Portugal1–01–02006 Algarve Cup
623 September 2006Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France1–02–12007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
723 September 2006Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France2–12–12007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
89 March 2007Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal1–01–02007 Algarve Cup
930 May 2007Stade Camille Lebon, Angoulême, France2–06–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
1027 October 2007Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade, Serbia8–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
1131 October 2007Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia1–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
1212 February 2009Stade Municipal des Allées, Blois, France2–02–0Friendly
1312 August 2009Stade des Grands Prés, Chartres, France1–04–0Friendly
1423 June 2010Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia3–03–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1525 August 2010Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France3–07–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
1615 September 2010Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio, Italy1–13–22011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
177 March 2011GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus5–25–22011 Cyprus Cup
1815 May 2011Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, France1–11–1Friendly
199 July 2011BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany1–11–12011 FIFA Women's World Cup
2024 August 2011Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France2–02–0Friendly
2123 November 2013Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria7–010–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2228 November 2013MMArena, Le Mans, France1–014–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2310 March 2013GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus1–03–02014 Cyprus Cup
2410 March 2013GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus2–03–02014 Cyprus Cup
259 April 2014MMArena, Le Mans, France1–03–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2617 August 2014Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France1–13–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2727 October 2015Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine2–03–0[UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 3|UEFA Women's Euro 2017 SheBelieves Cup|2017 qualifying]
288 April 2016Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Pitești, Romania1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours

Juvisy
Montpellier
Paris Saint-Germain
Lyon
VfL Wolfsburg
Barcelona
France
Individual