Serge Aurier

Serge Aurier
Aurier with Tottenham Hotspur in 2020
Personal information
Full name Serge Alain Stéphane Aurier[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Ouragahio, Ivory Coast[3]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[4]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Galatasaray
Number 92
Youth career
2006–2009 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Lens II 24 (1)
2009–2012 Lens 40 (0)
2012–2015 Toulouse 72 (8)
2014–2015Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 14 (0)
2013 Toulouse II 1 (1)
2015–2017 Paris Saint-Germain 43 (2)
2016 Paris Saint-Germain B 1 (0)
2017–2021 Tottenham Hotspur 77 (5)
2021–2022 Villarreal 19 (0)
2022–2024 Nottingham Forest 36 (1)
2024– Galatasaray 4 (0)
International career
2013– Ivory Coast 93 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Ivory Coast
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2015 Guinea
Winner 2023 Ivory Coast
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Serge Alain Stéphane Aurier (French: [sɛʁʒ oʁje]; born 24 December 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray 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 twice named in Ligue 1's Team of the Year. In 2017, he joined Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of around £23 million and left after mutual termination of his contract in August 2021.

Aurier made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2013 and has earned over 90 caps, serving as captain since 2017. He represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning the 2015 and 2023 editions.

  1. ^ Mel, Adou (5 September 2017). "Eliminatoires Mondial 2018 : 2ème défaite à Bouaké et qualification en difficulté pour la Côte d'Ivoire" [2018 World Cup qualifiers: 2nd defeat in Bouaké and qualification in difficulty for Ivory Coast]. Afrikipresse (in French). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Player details". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Sergi Aurier profile" (in French). Toulouse FC. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Aurier - Nottingham Forest". Retrieved 1 November 2022.

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