Photo: Екатерина Лаут / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Idrissa Gueye is the kind of footballer I instinctively root for: a 174-centimeter defensive midfielder who wins his duels through anticipation rather than size. His tackle and interception numbers have ranked among Europe's best for years, yet he rarely makes highlight reels, because his job is to erase other people's highlights. I respect the arc of his career too, from Dakar's academy system through France to the Premier League and back to Everton, still doing the unglamorous running deep into his thirties. He has been Senegal's midfield heartbeat through a golden generation. Players like Gueye are the reason I watch what happens away from the ball.
Overview
Idrissa Gana Gueye (born 26 September 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Everton and the Senegal national team. Starting his career at Diambars in his native Senegal, Gueye joined French club Lille's reserve side in 2008.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Idrissa Gueye
- Name (Japanese)
- イドリッサ・ゲイェ
- Reading
- いどりっさ・げいぇ
- Born
- September 26, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Dakar, Dakar Department, Senegal
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Senegal →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.