english football player

Aaron Wan-Bissaka ( digest 26 November 1997 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Manchester United. Wan-Bissaka began his career with Crystal Palace and was named as the golf club ‘s Player of the year for the 2018–19 season. In 2019, he moved to Manchester United for an initial tip of £45 million, with another £5 million due in potential bonuses.

He is of congolese origin and made one appearance for DR Congo under-20s in 2015. He has gone on to represent the area of his parturition, England, at under-20 and under-21 levels .

early life [edit ]

Wan-Bissaka was born in Croydon, Greater London [ 4 ] and grew up in New Addington, Croydon, where he attended good Shepherd Catholic Primary School. [ 5 ]

Club career [edit ]

crystal palace [edit ]

Wan-Bissaka was a member of the Crystal Palace academy from the age of 11, [ 6 ] where he started out as a winger. [ 5 ] He signed a professional condense with the baseball club in December 2016. [ 7 ] On the 2017 pre-season go, Wan-Bissaka began to feature with the Palace beginning team under new director Frank de Boer, playing in a number of friendlies. The Dutchman played a formation with wing-backs, and this new role emphasised Wan-Bissaka ‘s defensive capabilities, finally leading to him moving from a winger to a full-back. [ 8 ] however, he saw chances limited in the first half of the season as De Boer showed a predilection to play Timothy Fosu-Mensah or Martin Kelly at right-back, then new coach Roy Hodgson favoured Joel Ward. He was an unused alternate a few times under the new coach, while besides starring for the Eagles U23 side. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On 25 February 2018, Wan-Bissaka made his first-team debut for Crystal Palace, in the midst of an injury crisis, in a Premier League peer against Tottenham Hotspur at Selhurst Park which resulted in a 1–0 get the better of. [ 5 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] He played all but two minutes of the four Palace matches in March, and won the golf club ‘s Player of the Month award with 65 % of the supporters ‘ votes. [ 14 ] On 20 August 2018, Wan-Bissaka was sent off in a 2–0 loss to Liverpool for denying Mohamed Salah a net goalscoring opportunity. [ 15 ] He was named the club ‘s Player of the Month for August, September, October and March. [ 16 ] On 30 April 2019, Wan-Bissaka was named the Crystal Palace Player of the year for his displays throughout the temper. [ 17 ]

manchester United [edit ]

On 29 June 2019, Wan-Bissaka signed a five-year contract with colleague Premier League club Manchester United. Crystal Palace would receive an initial fee of £45 million, with another £5 million due in electric potential bonuses. [ 18 ] Upon signing for Manchester United, Wan-Bissaka became the sixth-most expensive defender of all meter and the most expensive English player who was uncapped by the national side at the time of transfer. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] On 11 August 2019, he made his Manchester United debut, playing the entire 90 minutes in a 4–0 league victory over Chelsea. [ 21 ] At the end of his first season at Manchester United, he made the highest number of tackles in the 2019–20 Premier League season. [ 22 ] On 17 October 2020, as United won 4–1 at Newcastle United, he scored the foremost goal of his professional career. [ 23 ] On 2 February 2021, Wan-Bissaka scored the first step goal in United ‘s Premier League record-equalling 9–0 win over Southampton. [ 24 ]

International career [edit ]

Wan-Bissaka was born in England and is of congolese descent. [ 25 ] Wan-Bissaka made a individual appearance for DR Congo U20s in an 8–0 friendly loss to the England U17s on 7 October 2015. [ 26 ] however, he remained eligible to represent the area of his parturition and, after impressing for Crystal Palace, Wan-Bissaka was called up to the England under-20 team in March 2018. [ 27 ] He was sent off during his debut against Poland, although England still won 1–0. [ 28 ] Wan-Bissaka was called up to the England U21 squad for the first meter in September 2018 and made his debut for them on 6 September, playing 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw with the Netherlands at Carrow Road. [ 29 ] On 27 May 2019, Wan-Bissaka was included in England ‘s 23-man squad for the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. [ 30 ] He made one appearance in the tournament, a 2–1 loss against France, in which he scored an own finish. [ 31 ] Despite interest from DR Congo, Wan-Bissaka said in May 2019 that he intended to pursue an international career with England, express : “ The aim is England. I am happy play with England and representing England, so that is what I am going to continue doing ”. [ 32 ] In August 2019, Wan-Bissaka received his inaugural call-up to the elder England team, ahead of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Kosovo and Bulgaria, but was forced to withdraw from the team due to a back injury. [ 33 ] [ 34 ]

vogue of meet [edit ]

He is known for his tackles and defensive awareness. [ 35 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of match played 28 November 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club

Season

League

FA Cup
EFL Cup

Europe

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Crystal Palace
2016–17[36]
Premier League

0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0

2017–18[37]

Premier League

7
0
0
0
0
0

7
0

2018–19[38]

Premier League

35
0
1
0
3
0

39
0

Total

42
0
1
0
3
0

46
0

Manchester United
2019–20[39]

Premier League

35
0
2
0
4
0
5[a]
0
46
0

2020–21[40]

Premier League

34
2
3
0
2
0
15[b]
0
54
2

2021–22[41]

Premier League

13
0
0
0
0
0
4[c]
0
17
0

Total

82
2
5
0
6
0
24
0
117
2

Career total

124
2
6
0
9
0
24
0
163
2

Honours [edit ]

Manchester United
Individual

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Manchester United F.C. website
  • Aaron Wan-Bissaka at Soccerbase Edit this at Wikidata

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