Born in Bondy and licensed at FC Montfermeil, Joris Gnagnon joins the long list of players from Seine-Saint-Denis to wear the mythical jersey of AS Saint-Étienne. But before joining Forez, the 25-year-old central defender had a rich start to his career.
Shaped by the Stade Rennais training center, he progressed and passed the stages within the youth teams before reaching the highest level under the colors of Brittany. Launched into the deep end of the professional world in 2016, he has a total of 89 Ligue 1 Uber Eats meetings with the Rennes club, including 19 during his second spell on loan from Sevilla FC, which he joined in the summer of 2018 Performances that allow him to find a place in the France team, U20 then Espoirs with which he has 5 selections.
His Spanish adventure completed last September, it is in Saint-Étienne that the rest of his career is written. After Bakary Sako, Paul Bernardoni, Sada Thioub and Eliaquim Mangala, Joris Gnagnon is the fifth winter reinforcement from Saint-Etienne. He will wear the number 23 of the Greens for the next six months.
> Joris Gnagnon: “I am very happy to join AS Saint-Étienne. After a delicate period on a personal level, two challenges present themselves to me: to find my level on the ground to return the confidence that the leaders gave me and to help ASSE to remain in the first division. I will do everything for.“
> Pascal Dupraz, ASSE coach: “Joris meets the recruitment criteria that we had defined. He knows Ligue 1 well and is evolving in a sector that we were looking to strengthen. We want him to prepare as well as possible to be available as soon as possible, in order to help us in our quest for maintenance.“
