Idrissa Gueye grew up in Dakar, Senegal, and came through the Diambars academy before moving to Lille in 2008, where he won Ligue 1 in 2011.
He played for Aston Villa, Everton and Paris Saint-Germain, winning Ligue 1 titles, before returning to Everton in 2022. He later joined Udinese. He is a tireless, ball-winning midfielder.
Gueye won the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal in 2022 and is one of their most capped players.
Career in numbers
Across 5 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2022/23, Gueye has played 76 matches and scored 20 goals for 3 clubs. His most productive season in front of goal was 2023/24, when he scored 12 times in 25 games for Génération Foot. So far in 2026/27 he has 1 goal in 5 appearances for Udinese. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.