Parfait Guiagon
Squad number 25 · Charleroi
Their 2026 World Cup
Parfait Guiagon travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Ivory Coast, wearing number 25, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 4 matches (2 wins and 2 defeats) and bowed out in the round of 32, beaten by Norway 2-1.
Midfield went to F. Kessié (4 matches, 347′) and Y. Diomande (4 matches, 331′).
Another 4 players in the Ivory Coast squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Ivory Coast team page.
Biography
Parfait Guiagon (born 22 February 2001) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Charleroi and the Ivory Coast national team. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2018".
Club career Born in Ivory Coast, Guiagon was developed in the youth academy of local club Africa Sports, where he was named the league's Best Young Player for the 2016–17 season. He underwent trials with AS Monaco, Barcelona, and Club Brugge, signing a pre-contract with the latter, but ultimately moved to Israel on 31 August 2019 to join Maccabi Tel Aviv. Guiagon made his debut for Maccabi Tel Aviv on 20 June 2020, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv. On 31 August 2021, Guiagon joined Maccabi Netanya on a season-long loan. He scored his first goal for the club on 2 October 2021 in a 3–1 league win against Bnei Sakhnin. Guiagon returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv ahead of the 2022–23 season and signed a contract extension on 28 June 2022, keeping him at the club until June 2025.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)