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Dec 29 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
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June 3, 2023 will be remembered by professional footballer Grejohn Kyei, trained at JS Villiers-le-Bel in the 2000s alongside Mike Maignan.
Val-d'Oise under your skin
Established in the ranks of the Clermont club, the striker with the number 95 flocked jersey achieved the feat of stealing the spotlight from Parisians Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé by scoring the winning goal for his team on the lawn of the Parc des Princes ( 2-3).
Between 2022 and 2024, Grejohn Kyei will shine the light on number 95 by scoring a whopping twelve goals in the elite of French football.
On November 12, 2023, during a Ligue 1 match against Lorient, he even had a duel in the match for history with defender Isaak Touré, a native of Gonesse just like him… and inveterate wearer of the number 95 .
Series A, Liga Portugal…
Loaned this season by the Merlu club to Udinese (Serie A), Isaak Touré has not deviated from the rule that he seems to have set for himself since the start of his professional career: choosing the number 95 as soon as he will have the opportunity!
Before landing in Brittany, the central player had already made it his own during his visits to AJ Auxerre and Olympique de Marseille.
Like Jérémy Ménez who wore number 94 at AS Roma, Isaak Touré in turn made his home department shine on the other side of the Alps.
Pierre Sagna, proof by five
Trained at AAS Sarcelles until he was 17 and professional since 2011, the defender has already worn the number 95 in 5 different clubs. He confides for La Gazette du Val-d'Oise!
Pierre, what does it feel like to see more and more players from Val-d'Oise wearing this number 95 on their backs all over Europe?
It’s an infinite source of pride! It was a goal that my friends and I had in common when we were young. We said to ourselves “when we are professionals, the first thing we will do is choose the 95”.
And so?
When I signed my first professional contract (at Chavès Editor's note), my first request was to wear the number 95. This was unfortunately not possible the first season but I was able to realize this little dream that I had from the start. next exercise.
This season again, you proudly represent the number 95 in the colors of Santarém. Do you aim to keep it until the end of your career?
I've worn it at five different clubs and will do so every chance I get because it's a number that takes me back to my days at AASS, where my love of football began. When I finished school, my only concern was going to training because I had this need to touch the ball and have fun with my friends.
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Arriving on Portuguese soil in the summer of 2011, Pierre Sagna did not take long before proudly displaying his Valdois roots.
From his second season at Chavès, the former AAS Sarcelles player acquired the number 95 and managed to keep it during his transfer to Moreirense.
He would do it again, a few years later, when he signed for Santa Clara then Alverca.
Sagna, the pioneer
Now an experienced asset for UD Santarém in Liga 3, the 34-year-old defender continues to evolve with the 95 on his back and intends to do so until the end of his career.
Visible across borders, the number 95 is not specific to men's football.
Pride of Argenteuil, French international Laurina Fazer (3 caps) has decided to wear it this season in her club Paris-Saint-Germain and strives to honor it both in D1 Arkema and in the Women's Champions League .
Johan CAILLEUX
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