Brice Dja Djédjé
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Personal information
Full name
Brice Dja Djédjé
Date of birth
23 December 1990
Place of birth
Aboudé, Côte d'Ivoire
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position
Right-back
Club information
Current team
Watford
IVORY COAST
WATFORD FC Season 2016-
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Youth career
Montrouge
1995-1998
Issy-les-Moulineaux
1998-2002
Paris Saint-Germain
2002-2010
Senior career*
Evian
2010-2014
93x apps / 5x goals
Marseille
2014-2016
62x apps / 0x goal
Watford
2016-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
2013-
Ivory Coast
7x apps / 0x goal
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2016. - National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2014)
Brice Dja Djédjé is an Ivorian footballer who plays for English club Watford in the Premier League.
He plays as a right-back and began his career training at the Camp des Loges, the training centre of Paris Saint-Germain.
Dja Djédjé's older brother Franck is also a footballer.
Career
Evian
Dja Djédjé started his career with French side Evian and amassed over 100 appearances, scoring five times across four seasons.
Marseille
On 28 January 2014, Dja Djédjé signed a four-and-a-half year deal with Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille.
After sitting on the bench for some matches early in his Marseille career, Dja Djédjé quickly became a regular starter, displacing Rod Fanni as the club's first-choice right-back.
In the 2014-15 season, Dja Djédjé operated as a wing-back in several matches as manager Marcelo Bielsa looked for him to provide width and support for Marseille’s wide attacks.
On 20 January 2016, he scored his first and only goal for Marseille in the Coupe de France in a 2:0 home win against Montpellier.
Watford
On 21 July 2016, Dja Djédjé joined Premier League side Watford on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
International career
Dja Djédjé made his debut for Ivory Coast on 14 August 2013 in a 4:1 friendly defeat to Mexico.
He rejected the chance to appear at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, deciding to opt for the guaranteed starting place at Marseille in favour of a lesser role with the national team.
Kalou, scored 23 goals in 67 appearances for Ivory Coast - He has proved his class in the Premier League, Champions League and with his national team.
Toure faced racist taunts when the clubs met in the Champions League a year ago and the two sides will cross swords again this season.
Ivory Coast striker Seydou Doumbia has been coaxed out of international retirement by coach Herve Renard and named in the squad for September's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
This weekend's fixtures
GROUP A
• Real Bamako vs Coton Sport 1:1
• AC Leopards (CGO) vs ASEC Mimosas 4:1
GROUP B
• Sewe San Pedro vs Nkana 3:0
• Al Ahly vs Etoile Sahel 0:0
Sierra Leone have climbed 14 places in the Fifa world rankings for August, lifting them into the top 50 for the fist time in their history.
A second-half hat-trick from Kader Bidimbou and a Cesaire Gandze strike gave Leopards the victory which helps them close the gap on leaders Coton Sport to just two points with one round of group matches remaining.
Frenchman Herve Renard has been appointed coach of Ivory Coast. The 45-year-old had two spells as Zambia coach and led them to the Africa Cup of Nations title in 2012.
Toure, who signed a new four-year deal last season, also wants to see more signings in the coming weeks to help establish City as a "massive" club.
Group A
• 27 July: Coton Sport vs Asec Mimosas 2:1
• 27 July: AC Leopards vs Real Bamako 1:2
Group B
• 27 July: Al Ahly vs Sewe Sports 1:0
• 27 July: Nkana vs Etoile du Sahel 4:3
The Ivory Coast international was voted Chelsea's greatest ever player in a poll of fans in 2012 and has spoken of his close ties to the Blues. His 34 goals for Chelsea in European competition remains a club record, as do his nine strikes in nine cup finals.
