Serge Alain Stephane Aurier is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and captains the Ivory Coast national team.
35 Facts About Serge Aurier
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Serge Aurier totalled 195 appearances in France and was twice named in Ligue 1's Team of the Year.
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Serge Aurier made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2013 and has earned over 80 caps, serving as captain since 2017.
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Serge Aurier represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning the 2015 edition.
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Serge Aurier played for various youth teams and academies before he was accepted to join Villepinte.
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Serge Aurier then joined Lens in Ligue 1, where this started his professional footballing career.
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Shortly after, Serge Aurier, who was then thirteen at the time, had to leave his friends and family as a result of joining Lens.
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In June 2009, Serge Aurier signed his first professional contract with Lens.
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Serge Aurier soon sustained a shoulder injury that left him out for two or three weeks.
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However, Serge Aurier ruled out a move abroad, implying that regardless of whether or not Serge Aurier chose to stay or leave Lens, he would be footballing for a member of France's principal league.
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On 26 January 2012, Serge Aurier ultimately left Lens, signing for Toulouse on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
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Serge Aurier's sending off saw him suspended for three games with one-year suspended.
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Serge Aurier was sidelined later on in the season after tearing a hamstring and injuring his right knee.
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Serge Aurier went on to score two goals in two games against Reims and Rennes.
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Serge Aurier went on to make 34 appearances, scoring six times.
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Serge Aurier was named as the second-best player African player in Ligue 1.
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On 23 July 2014, Serge Aurier joined Paris Saint-Germain on a season-long loan with an option for the Parisian club to purchase outright.
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Serge Aurier's move to PSG was believed to be as a replacement for incumbent right back Christophe Jallet.
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Whilst on the sidelines in PSG's UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea, Serge Aurier found himself in trouble with UEFA after criticising Bjorn Kuipers' refereeing decision and calling him a "dirty son of a bitch" in a video posted on Facebook.
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On 29 April 2015, Serge Aurier secured a permanent move to PSG, signing a four-year contract.
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Serge Aurier found himself competing with Van der Wiel over a right position under the management of Blanc.
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Serge Aurier was suspended indefinitely on 14 February 2016 for calling teammate Angel Di Maria a "clown" and calling Blanc a "fiotte" during a question-and-answer session on Periscope in which he criticised supposed favouritism towards striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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Serge Aurier competed for the right-back spot with Kieran Trippier throughout the season.
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Serge Aurier suffered a number of injuries this season, including a hamstring injury while on international duty in March 2019, as a result he only played eight Premier League games, 17 in all competitions, this season for Tottenham.
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Serge Aurier provided the most crosses from open play in the match, one of which was deflected by a Palace defender as an own goal.
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Serge Aurier was included in Ivory Coast's 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup.
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On 29 December 2014, Serge Aurier was called up for the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Serge Aurier played six matches and impressed with his displays in the tournament, particularly in the final.
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Serge Aurier was shortlisted for the CAF Team of the Tournament.
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In October 2016, during a World Cup Qualifier against Mali, Serge Aurier rushed to the aid of Mali midfielder, Moussa Doumbia, who had had an epileptic seizure to prevent him from swallowing his tongue.
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Serge Aurier was made captain of the national team starting with a friendly against the Netherlands, followed by a match against Guinea in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification rounds in June 2017.
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Serge Aurier skippered the team at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
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On 26 September 2016, Serge Aurier was found guilty of assaulting a police officer outside a nightclub in Paris.
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Serge Aurier was sentenced to two months in prison, but remained at liberty pending an appeal.
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Serge Aurier was originally banned from entering the UK for five years from his conviction, but he was permitted to move to Tottenham in 2017 because his suspended sentence had been converted into a fine.