Cyril Guedjé

Cyril Guedjé
Personal information
Full name	Cyril Kossi Guedjé
Date of birth	(1992-06-19) 19 June 1992
Place of birth	Tsévié, Togo
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward / Winger
Club information
Current team	Free agent
Youth career
	RSC Anderlecht
	K.V.C Westerlo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–2011	Boluspor	2	(0)
2011–2012	Anges de Notsè
2013–2015	AS Togo-Port
2015	St Patrick's Athletic	1	(0)
2015	→ Limerick (loan)	3	(0)
National team
2011–2012	Togo	5	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Cyril Kossi Guedjé (born 19 June 1992) is a Togolise professional footballer forward who is currently a Free agent. His last season was spent playing in the League of Ireland with St Patrick's Athletic and later on loan to Limerick.

Club career

Early career

Guedjé was born in Tsévié, Togo but he moved to Belgium to play with the youth team of RSC Anderlecht before moving to K.V.C. Westerlo's youth team. His first club in senior football came when he moved to Turkey, playing for Boluspor. He returned to Togo after just one season, signing for Anges de Notsè before moving on to AS Togo-Port, another top division club, in the capital city of Lomé, where he would remain for 2 more seasons.

Return to Europe

A return to Europe was next on the cards for Guedjé as he went on trial with St Patrick's Athletic in the Republic of Ireland who are a regular competitor in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. He impressed manager Liam Buckley enough to be offered a professional contract for the 2015 season with the Dublin based club and was officially signed on 5 March 2015, given the squad number 23.^[1]^[2] Guedjé's first appearance for Pats came on 13 March against Bray Wanderers at Richmond Park when he came on from the bench in the 86th minute to a brilliant reception from the supporters.^[3] This made him the first ever player from Togo to play in the League of Ireland. His second appearance came in the League Cup in a 4–1 win over Crumlin United where he impressed with his work rate but was substituted after 76 minutes due to injury.^[4] Although not receiving much game time due to injury and the form of the Saints' first choice attacking trio, Guedjé has become a cult hero for the Pats supporters, with several chants in his name being created which were well received by the Togolese striker. His next appearance came when he played the second half of the Saints 3–2 win over Patrick Vieira's Manchester City XI side at Richmond Park on 29 July 2015.^[5]

On the League of Ireland transfer deadline day, 31 July 2015, with Guedjé struggling to get playing time at Pats', he was sent on loan to last placed Limerick to get playing time in their relegation fight with Sligo Rovers and Derry City.^[6] Guedjé made three league appearances for Limerick as they remarkably avoided automatic relegation. Unfortunately they lost the Promotion/Relegation Play-off Final over two legs to Finn Harps and were relegated.

At the end of the 2015 League of Ireland season, Limerick did not opt to sign Guedjé on a permanent basis and he was not offered a new contract by his parent club St Patrick's Athletic, being released as a Free agent.

International career

Guedjé has made 5 appearances for the Togo national football team, scoring 2 goals. He was part of the Togo team that won the WAFU Nations Cup in 2011, beating Nigeria in the final.^[7] He scored in the semi final in a 4-2 win over Liberia.

Honours

WAFU Nations Cup (1): 2011

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