.jpg) Wissa playing forDR Congo in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yoane Wissa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-09-03)3 September 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Épinay-sous-Sénart, France | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward,left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Newcastle United | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Épinay-sous-Sénart | ||
| 2010–2011 | Linas-Montlhéry | ||
| 2011–2013 | Épinay-sous-Sénart | ||
| 2013–2015 | Châteauroux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Châteauroux II | 20 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | Châteauroux | 23 | (7) |
| 2016–2018 | Angers | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Angers II | 5 | (4) |
| 2017 | →Laval (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2017 | →Laval II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | →Ajaccio (loan) | 20 | (9) |
| 2018–2021 | Lorient | 117 | (35) |
| 2021–2025 | Brentford | 137 | (45) |
| 2025– | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | DR Congo | 35 | (8) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:09, 25 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:00, 9 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Yoane Wissa (born 3 September 1996) is a professionalfootballer who plays as aforward orleft winger forPremier League clubNewcastle United. Born in France, he plays for theDR Congo national team.
A product of theChâteauroux academy, Wissa began his senior career with the club in 2015. Following a spell withAngers, he transferred toLorient in 2018. Wissa was a part of the Lorient team which finished the2019–20 season asLigue 2 champions. Followinga season inLigue 1, he joinedBrentford in 2021. After four seasons at Brentford, Wissa joinedNewcastle United in 2025.
Wissa began his youth career as agoalkeeper at the age of seven.[3] He played for his local youth club Épinay-sous-Sénart, before moving tomidfield and then theforward line.[4] As his youth career progressed, he also became adept as awinger andnumber 10.[5] Wissa began his senior career as a forward withChâteauroux and progressed through thereserve team to break into the first team during the2015–16 Championnat National season,[3][6] which he finished with 24 appearances and seven goals.[7] A transfer toLigue 1 clubAngers followed in 2016, but Wissa managed just two substitute appearances during the first half of the2016–17 season and he played much of 2017 away onloan atLigue 2 clubsLaval andAjaccio.[7][5] Wissa departed theStade Raymond Kopa in January 2018.[5]
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In January 2018, Wissa transferred to Ligue 2 clubLorient and immediately established himself at the promotion-chasing club.[5] Promotion to Ligue 1 was attained at the end of the2019–20 season, when Wissa's 15 goals in 28 appearances helped the club to the Ligue 2 championship.[5] He made 38 appearances and scored 10 goals during the2020–21 season,[7] in which Lorient narrowly avoided finishing in the relegation playoff places.[5] Wissa departed the club in August 2021 and finished his3+1⁄2-year stay at theStade du Moustoir with 128 appearances and 37 goals.[7][5]
On 10 August 2021, Wissa moved to England to join newly-promotedPremier League clubBrentford on a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £8.5 million.[8] The transfer had been in the works for two years and he had turned down the opportunity to move to theCommunity Stadium during the previoustransfer window.[9] Despite being unable to link up with the club duringpre-season after undergoing eye surgery,[10] Wissa scored five goals in his first six appearances for the club.[11] Hisbrace in a 7–0EFL Cup third round win overOldham Athletic on 21 September 2021 was recognised with a place in the EFL Cup Team of the Round and his second goal,[12] abicycle kick, was voted Goal of the Round and Goal of the Tournament.[13][14] Wissa's goalscoring run was ended by an ankle knock suffered in mid-October 2021.[15] He returned to match play two months later and was deployed in a mixture ofstarting and substitute roles through to the end of the season.[7] Wissa ended the 2021–22 season with 34 appearances and 10 goals.[16]
Wissa was deployed in a mix of starting and substitute roles and scored seven goals in 40 appearances during the2022–23 season,[7] in which Brentford were in contention for aEuropean place on the final day.[17] In May 2023, he signed a new three-year contract, with the option of a further year.[11]
FollowingIvan Toney's eight-month ban from all football-related activity, Wissa began the2023–24 season as Brentford's starting centre forward.[18] Following the transfer deadline day loan signing of forwardNeal Maupay,[19] Wissa alternated between the forward and left wing positions.[20][21] Wissa top-scored for the club during the 2023–24 season, with 12 goals from 36 appearances,[22] predominantly as a starter.[7] He ended the season with a run of eight goals in 13 league matches.[23]
A long-term injury suffered by new centre forward signingIgor Thiago during the2024–25 pre-season allowed Wissa to begin the regular season in the position.[24][25] He began the season with three goals from four Premier League starting appearances and three goals across four appearances in November 2024 saw him nominated for the Premier LeaguePlayer of the Month award.[26][27] Wissa's 37th Premier League goal, scored in a 2–2 draw withManchester City on 14 January 2025, made him the club's record Premier League goalscorer.[28] He ended the 2024–25 season with 39 appearances and a season-high 20 goals.[26]
On 1 September 2025, Wissa completed a transfer toNewcastle United for a fee of £50 million plus add ons, ending his four-year spell with Brentford.[29]
Wissa won his maiden call into theDR Congo squad for a pair offriendly matches in October 2020.[30] He scored his first two international goals on his second and third caps, in friendly and2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches versusMorocco respectively.[31]
Wissa was a part of the DR Congo squad which qualified for the2023 Africa Cup of Nations and he was named in the squad for the tournament finals.[31][32] He appeared in each match and scored two goals during the team's run to the third place play-off,[31] which was lost onpenalties toSouth Africa.[33] Wissa's performances were recognised with a place in the Team of the Tournament.[34]
Wissa has been described as a player who "fits many different positions", including winger, number 10 and forward.[5] He has "pace and power", is "a threat in behind", "has good ability to take on players and create overloads" and "goodpressing abilities".[5]
Born in France ofCongolese descent,[35] Wissa can speak theLingala language.[36] He acquiredFrench nationality in December 2000 through the collective effect of his parents'naturalisation.[37]
Prior to making the decision to concentrate on football at age 15, he also playedrugby union.[9] He was the subject of anacid attack in July 2021 and made a full recovery from emergency eye surgery.[8][10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Châteauroux II | 2013–14[7] | CFA 2 Group G | 1 | 0 | ― | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[7] | CFA 2 Group B | 14 | 9 | ― | ― | 14 | 9 | |||
| 2015–16[7] | CFA 2 Group B | 5 | 0 | ― | ― | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 9 | ― | ― | 20 | 9 | ||||
| Châteauroux | 2015–16[7] | Championnat National | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
| Angers | 2016–17[7] | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Angers II | 2016–17[7] | CFA 2 Group A | 5 | 4 | ― | ― | 5 | 4 | ||
| Laval (loan) | 2016–17[7] | Ligue 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Laval II (loan) | 2016–17[7] | CFA 2 Group A | 1 | 0 | ― | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ajaccio (loan) | 2017–18[7] | Ligue 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
| Lorient | 2017–18[7] | Ligue 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ― | 16 | 4 | |
| 2018–19[7] | Ligue 2 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 6 | |
| 2019–20[7] | Ligue 2 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 16 | |
| 2020–21[7] | Ligue 1 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 11 | |
| Total | 117 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 37 | ||
| Brentford | 2021–22[16] | Premier League | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 10 |
| 2022–23[38] | Premier League | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7 | |
| 2023–24[23] | Premier League | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | |
| 2024–25[26] | Premier League | 35 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 20 | |
| Total | 137 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 149 | 49 | ||
| Newcastle United | 2025–26[39] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 240 | 110 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 266 | 118 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | |
| Total | 35 | 8 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 October 2020 | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco |  Morocco | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | [40] |
| 2 | 25 March 2022 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo | Morocco | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [41] |
| 3 | 15 November 2023 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo |  Mauritania | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | [42] |
| 4 | 17 January 2024 | Laurent Pokou Stadium, San-Pédro, Ivory Coast |  Zambia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations | [43] |
| 5 | 2 February 2024 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast |  Guinea | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations | [44] |
| 6 | 8 June 2025 | Stade de la Source, Orléans, France |  Madagascar | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | [45] |
| 7 | 5 September 2025 | Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan |  South Sudan | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 8 | 9 September 2025 | Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, DR Congo |  Senegal | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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