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Nicolas Pépé
Nicolas Pépé is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for La Liga club Villarreal. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.
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sports · Ivory Coast international footballer (born 1995) · association football player · also Nicolas Pépé, Nicolas Pepe, Pépé
Born 29 May 1995 · Q20641306
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2026· 6 entries
rediff.com: Nicolas Pepe's brace earns Ivory Coast World Cup knockout berth
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Public attention spiked: 28,343 Wikipedia readers in one day, 29× the usual 976, with 11 article edits. Coverage that week: “Nicolas Pepe's brace earns Ivory Coast World Cup knockout berth” (rediff.com).
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Public attention spiked: 18,372 Wikipedia readers in one day, 18.8× the usual 976, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: upd nationalcaps
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Public attention spiked: 12,206 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12.5× the usual 976, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: International Stat update
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Yahoo! Sports: Nicolas Pépé in the top 10 best dribblers in La Liga
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2025· 5 entries
Yahoo! Sports: FIF condemns racist abuse directed at Nicolas Pépé
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Yahoo Canada Sports: Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba lends his support to Nicolas Pépé
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Yahoo Canada Sports: Villarreal: Nicolas Pépé, the dry spell
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Won award: La Liga Player of the Month (August 2025).
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Yahoo: Teanna Trump and Nicolas Pépé’s Playful Video Sends Social Media Into a Frenzy!
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2024· 2 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Nicolas Pépé on his Arsenal transfer: “I didn’t ask anyone to pay €80m for me.”
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Played for Villarreal CF (2024) — 0 appearances, 0 goals.
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2023· 3 entries
ESPN: Arsenal terminate contract of ex-record signing Nicolas Pépé
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Won: Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast (2023).
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Played for Trabzonspor (2023–2024) — 19 appearances, 5 goals.
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2022· 2 entries
Was loaned to Nice, and then left on a free transfer to Trabzonspor
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Played for OGC Nice (2022–2023) — 19 appearances, 6 goals.
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2021· 1 entry
Won award: UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season (2020–21).
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2020· 2 entries
Won the English FA Cup with Arsenal (2019-2020).
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Won: FA Cup with Arsenal (2019–20).
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2019· 5 entries
Won award: Prix Marc-Vivien Foé (2019).
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Won award: UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year (2018–19).
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Won award: UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month (January 2019).
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Won award: Lille Player of the Season (2018–19).
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Played for Arsenal F.C. (2019–2023) — 80 appearances, 16 goals.
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2018· 2 entries
Won award: UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month (September 2018).
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FIFA World Cup qualification on 12 November
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2017· 4 entries
2019, 2021, and 2023, winning the 2023 tournament
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And was named to the UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year in the 2018–19 season
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Joined Lille in 2017.
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Played for Lille OSC (2017–2019) — 74 appearances, 35 goals.
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2016· 3 entries
Won award: Championnat National Player of the Season (2015–16).
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Played for Ivory Coast men's national football team (2016) — 37 appearances, 10 goals.
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Joined Ivory Coast in 2016.
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2015· 2 entries
Joined Orleans in 2015.
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Played for US Orléans (2015–2016) — 29 appearances, 7 goals.
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2013· 4 entries
Joined Angers in 2013.
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Aged 18, and spent a season on loan at Orléans in 2015
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And spent his first season with the reserves in the CFA 2
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Played for Angers SCO (2013–2017) — 40 appearances, 3 goals.
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2012· 2 entries
Joined Stade Poitevin FC in 2012.
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Played for Poitiers FC (2012–2013) — 9 appearances, 2 goals.
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1995· 1 entry
Born 1995-05-29.
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