Molla Wagué

Molla Wagué (born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back. Born in France, he represented the country at U19 youth level before switching to the Mali senior national team.

Molla Wagué

Wagué with Mali in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Vernon, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1998–2004	Les Andelys
2004–2005	Romilly Pont Saint-Pierre
2005–2006	Rouen
2006–2011	Caen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Caen B	51	(2)
2011–2014	Caen	49	(4)
2014–2017	Granada	0	(0)
2014–2017	→ Udinese (loan)	37	(2)
2017	→ Leicester City (loan)	0	(0)
2017–2019	Udinese	3	(0)
2017–2018	→ Watford (loan)	6	(1)
2019	→ Nottingham Forest (loan)	11	(3)
2019–2022	Nantes	9	(0)
2020–2021	→ Amiens (loan)	24	(1)
2022	Seraing	4	(0)
International career‡
2009	France U19	1	(0)
2013–2019	Mali	39	(4)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Mali Africa Cup of Nations 2013 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:56, 30 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:36, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Wagué started his professional career with French club SM Caen. He made his professional debut on 6 November 2011 in a 3–0 league victory against Dijon.^[1] Two weeks later, in his first professional start, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw with Ajaccio.^[2][3]

On 10 July 2014, he joined Serie A club Udinese on loan after signing a contract with Granada.^[4]

On 31 January 2017, Wagué joined Leicester City on loan from Udinese until the end of the season. The transfer was consented to by parent club Granada and included an option for Leicester to sign him permanently.^[5] He made his debut in an FA Cup defeat away at Millwall playing around 70 minutes before being replaced due to an injury which would result in him missing the rest of the season.^[6] Wagué then joined Udinese permanently before being loaned out to Watford on 31 August 2017.^[7]

On 1 February 2019, Wagué joined EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest on loan for the remainder of the season.^[8]

On 12 January 2022, Wagué signed for Belgian club Seraing until the end of the 2021–22 season.^[9] The contract was terminated on 7 February 2022 by mutual consent for personal reasons.^[10]

International career

A former France youth international at the under-19 level, Wagué switched his allegiance to Mali and was a member of the Mali national team at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 January 2022^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Caen B	2010–11	CFA	25	1	—		—		—		25	1
	2011–12	CFA	20	1	—		—		—		20	1
	2012–13	CFA	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2013–14	CFA	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		51	2	—		—		—		51	2
Caen	2011–12	Ligue 1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	1
	2012–13	Ligue 2	20	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	23	3
	2013–14	Ligue 2	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	1
	Total		49	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	56	5
Granada	2014–15	La Liga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Udinese	2014–15 (loan)	Serie A	10	2	0	0	—		0	0	10	2
	2015–16 (loan)	Serie A	21	0	0	0	—		0	0	21	0
	2016–17 (loan)	Serie A	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	6	0
	2017–18	Serie A	1	0	1	0	—		0	0	2	0
	2018–19	Serie A	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	3	0
	Total		40	2	2	0	—		0	0	42	2
Leicester City (loan)	2016–17	Premier League	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Watford (loan)	2017–18	Premier League	6	1	0	0	0	0	—		6	1
Nottingham Forest (loan)	2017–18	EFL Championship	11	3	0	0	0	0	—		11	3
Nantes	2019–20	Ligue 1	9	0	1	0	1	0	—		11	0
Amiens (loan)	2020–21	Ligue 2	24	1	2	0	—		—		26	1
Seraing	2021–22	Belgian First Division A	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			190	13	10	1	4	0	0	0	204	14

International

As of match played on 17 November 2019^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2013	6	0
	2014	1	0
	2015	10	3
	2016	4	1
	2017	8	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	9	0
Total		39	4

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wagué goal.^[12]

List of international goals scored by Molla Wagué

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 March 2015	Stade Pierre Brisson, Beauvais, France	Gabon	1–0	3–4	Friendly
2				2–1
3	9 October 2015	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes, France	Burkina Faso	4–1	4–1	Friendly
4	28 March 2016	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	1–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Mali

• Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2013^[13][14]

References

1. "Caen v. Dijon Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 6 November 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
2. "Molla Wagué, l'épanouissement sans complexe". Ouest-France (in French). 22 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
3. "Ajaccio v. Caen Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 19 November 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
4. "Wague è un giocatore dell'Udinese" [Wague is an Udinese player]. Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 10 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
5. "Leicester sign defender Molla Wague on loan from Udinese". Irish Independent. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
6. "Molla Wague: Leicester City defender to miss rest of season". BBC Sport. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
7. "Official | Wague Joins On Loan". WatfordFC. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
8. "Welcome Wague". Nottingham Forest. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
9. "Mercato : Molla Wagué vient renforcer notre défense !" [Transfer market: Molla Wagué comes reinforce our defense!] (in French). R.F.C. Seraing. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
10. "MOLLA WAGUÉ : CONTRAT RÉSILIÉ" (Press release) (in French). Seraing. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
11. Molla Wagué at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
12. "Molla Wagué". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
13. "Paris Saint Germain midfielder Momo Sissoko makes Mali Afcon squad | Goal.com".
14. "African Cup of Nations 2013: Full Fixtures, Schedule, Standings and Results".

External links

• Molla Wague – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Molla Wagué at L'Équipe Football (in French)