Now essential at PSG, Désiré Doué is making a name for herself on the international scene.
Transferred from Rennes at the start of the season after two years full of promises, Désiré Doué gradually settled in the starting eleven of PSG and is now one of the number 1 offensive assets of the Spanish coach Luis Enrique. Faced with Aston Villa last week in the quarter -final first week of the Champions League, the attacker once again enjoyed, scoring a splendid goal for equalization.
Only 19 years old, the new French international has gold between the feet and in front of which the whole international press bows, comparing it, in the style in any case, to a Brazilian legend that PSG knows well … Neymar. “Everyone is inspired by players, I am Neymar. But I also inspire other players and I try to perfect my game game after match,” said the native of Angers in the mixed zone recently, after PSG-OM.
Called by Didier Deschamps for the double confrontation against Croatia in the League of Nations, Désiré Doué therefore decided to wear the jersey of the French team. However, if he has Brazil in the feet, the number 14 of PSG could have represented the last winner of the CAN … Côte d’Ivoire.
It was the coach of Côte d’Ivoire, Emerse Faé who explained this in After Africa on RMC a few days ago. “It has been about two years that we have discussed with the entourage of Désiré Doué and with Désiré in person too. I have already met him two or three times since the Olympic Games in Paris 2024. We exchanged a lot together and it is obviously a player that we would have liked to recover and who has long, long thought out. His heart has a long time, long, beaten between coming for Côte d’Ivoire and playing for France,” he revealed.
If he was born in Angers in Maine et Loire, the land of his mother, Désiré Doué has indeed Ivorian origins via his father. His brother, Guela Doué, trained in Rennes like him, for his part, has chosen to represent Côte d’Ivoire since 2023 with selections with the Olympic team and then the number 1 team of Emerse faé since 2024. Despite this decision to represent France, the coach is not resentful towards Désiré Doué and even wishes “good luck” to the PSG player.