Guy Demel

Guy Demel
Demel playing for West Ham in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Guy Roland Demel[1]
Date of birth (1981-06-13) 13 June 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Orsay, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Ivory Coast (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Nîmes 1 (0)
2000–2001 Arsenal 0 (0)
2001–2005 Borussia Dortmund II 43 (9)
2001–2005 Borussia Dortmund 33 (0)
2005–2011 Hamburger SV 131 (2)
2006 Hamburger SV II 1 (0)
2011–2015 West Ham United 76 (1)
2015–2016 Dundee United 12 (1)
2016–2017 Marseille Consolat 4 (0)
2017 Red Star 4 (0)
Total 302 (13)
International career
2004–2012 Ivory Coast 31 (0)
Managerial career
2024– Ivory Coast (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guy Roland Demel (born 13 June 1981) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has been assistant coach of the Ivory Coast national football team since January 2024.

He could play in several positions including right back and centre back.[3] Demel started his career in France with Nîmes Olympique before joining English club Arsenal in 2000. He then played in Germany for ten years, signing for Borussia Dortmund in 2001 and then Hamburger SV in 2005. He returned to England with West Ham United in 2011, leaving the club in 2015 and subsequently joining Dundee United.

Demel was born in France but represented the Ivory Coast national team from 2004 until his international retirement in 2012, making 35 appearances. He was in the Ivorian squad for the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations.

  1. ^ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 1 February 2013. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Premier League Player Profile Guy Demel". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Guy Demel Player Profile". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 15 March 2012.