Personal information | |||
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Full name | Guy Roland Demel[1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 June 1981 | ||
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.