Élise Bussaglia (born 24 September 1985) 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 (UNFP) 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 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

Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCNFE Clairefontaine2003–042010000201Juvisy2004–0514200001422005–0622400002242006–072270030257Total581300306113Montpellier2007–0819430002242008–092204000260Total4147000484Paris Saint-Germain2009–1018241002232010–112210100023102011–121815120252Total5813102207015Lyon2012–139340301632013–1421430412852014–151724140253Total4791111116911Career total2244028316126844

International

BUSSAGLIA Élise , French Football Federation, accessed 9 June 2011

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsFrance2003–04902004–051112005–061142006–071342007–08722008–09612009–101222010–111852011–12211Total10820

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bussaglia goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Élise BussagliaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 8 September 2004 Slagelse Stadion, Slagelse, Denmark 1–0 3–2 Friendly2 7 September 2005 Stade Fernand Sastre, Sens, France 4–0 6–0 Friendly3 6–04 18 January 2006 Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China 1–0 1–1 2006 Four Nations Tournament5 11 March 2006 Estádio Municipal, Lagos, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2006 Algarve Cup6 23 September 2006 Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France 1–0 2–1 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification7 2–18 9 March 2007 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2007 Algarve Cup9 30 May 2007 Stade Camille Lebon, Angoulême, France 2–0 6–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying10 27 October 2007 Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade, Serbia 8–0 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying11 31 October 2007 Dravograd Sports Centre, Dravograd, Slovenia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying12 12 February 2009 Stade Municipal des Allées, Blois, France 2–0 2–0 Friendly13 12 August 2009 Stade des Grands Prés, Chartres, France 1–0 4–0 Friendly14 23 June 2010 Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia 3–0 3–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification15 25 August 2010 Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France 3–0 7–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification16 15 September 2010 Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio, Italy 1–1 3–2 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification17 7 March 2011 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 5–2 5–2 2011 Cyprus Cup18 15 May 2011 Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest, France 1–1 1–1 Friendly19 9 July 2011 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany 1–1 1–1 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup20 24 August 2011 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France 2–0 2–0 Friendly21 23 November 2013 Lovech Stadium, Lovech, Bulgaria 7–0 10–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification22 28 November 2013 MMArena, Le Mans, France 1–0 14–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification23 10 March 2013 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–0 3–0 2014 Cyprus Cup24 2–025 9 April 2014 MMArena, Le Mans, France 1–0 3–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification26 17 August 2014 Stade de l'Épopée, Calais, France 1–1 3–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification27 27 October 2015 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 2–0 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying28 8 April 2016 Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin, Pitești, Romania 1–0 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours Juvisy Division 1 Féminine: 2005–06 Coupe de France Féminine: 2004–05

Montpellier Coupe de France Féminine: 2008–09

Paris Saint-Germain Coupe de France Féminine: 2009–10

Lyon Division 1 Féminine: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Coupe de France Féminine: 2013, 2014, 2015

VfL Wolfsburg Bundesliga: 2016-17 DFB-Pokal: 2015–16, 2016–17

Barcelona Copa de la Reina de Fútbol: 2018 Copa Catalunya: 2017

France UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2003 Cyprus Cup: 2012, 2014 SheBelieves Cup: 2017

Individual UNFP Female Player of the Year: 2010–11 Division 1 Féminine League Player of the Year: 2010–11

See also List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps

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