Gaël Bigirimana

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Gaël Bigirimana
Personal information
Full name Gaël Bigirimana[1]
Date of birth (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Bujumbura, Burundi
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 35
Youth career
2005–2011 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Coventry City 26 (0)
2012– Newcastle United 13 (1)
2015 → Rangers (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Coventry City (loan) 13 (0)
International career‡
2013 England U20 2 (0)
2015– Burundi 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:42, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:44, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Gaël Bigirimana (Kirundi pronunciation: [ɡaˈeːl βiɟiriˈmaːnaː]; born 22 October 1993) is a Burundian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Newcastle United.

Born in Burundi, Bigirimana moved to the United Kingdom with his family as a refugee in 2004 and chose to represent England at under-20 level in 2013, later representing his country of birth in 2015.[3]

Club career

Coventry City

Bigirimana was born in Bujumbura, Burundi but moved to the United Kingdom with his family as a refugee in 2004, having spent time living in Uganda.[4] He was taken on trial having asked at Coventry City's academy training facility.[4]

Graduating from the Sky Blues' youth set-up to sign his first professional deal for the club in the summer of 2011 and playing a role the Sky Blues' first team pre-season preparations for the 2011–12 campaign,[5] Bigirimana made his professional debut on 8 August 2011 in a 1–0 Championship defeat by Leicester City, playing the full 90 minutes.[6]

On 12 March 2012, Bigirimana won the Championship Apprentice of the Year Award for the 2011–12 season. He beat Crystal Palace's Jonathan Williams and Reading's Jordan Obita to the award.[7]

Newcastle United

On 6 July 2012, Bigirimana signed for Premier League club Newcastle United.[8] United's website confirmed Bigirimana had signed a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee, believed to be between £500,000 and £1,000,000. His competitive debut came on 23 August 2012, in Newcastle's 1–1 draw with Greek side Atromitos, in their UEFA Europa League Fourth Qualifying Round match,[9] before making his home Premier League debut on 2 September 2012 in a 1–1 draw with Aston Villa as a substitute for the injured Danny Simpson. He scored his first professional goal on 3 December to complete a 3–0 home win against Wigan Athletic after two earlier goals by Demba Ba.[10]

Rangers (loan)

On 2 February 2015, Bigirimana signed for Scottish Championship club Rangers F.C. on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season.[11]

Coventry City (loan)

On 16 November 2015, Bigirimana returned to Coventry City on an emergency loan until 3 January 2016.[12] His loan was extended until 24 January, following five appearances in the league, with three of them starts.[13] On 14 January, his loan was further extended until the end of the season, with no option to recall.[14]

International career

In April 2012, Bigirimana announced that he would like to play for Rwanda at international level.[15] He was later considered by Rwanda for the 2013 African Youth Championship qualification stage.[16] In October, Bigirimana stated that he had rejected an international call-up from Burundi due to political instability in the country.[17]

In May 2013, Bigirimana was called up to the provisional England squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[18] On 28 May 2013, he was named in the final squad by manager Peter Taylor.[19] He made his debut on 16 June, in a 3–0 win in a warm-up game against Uruguay.[20]

On 15 November 2015, Bigirimana made his debut for Burundi during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification as a starter against DR Congo.[21] The match finished 2–2 but FIFA awarded DR Congo a 3–0 win as a result of the fielding of Bigirimana, who was ineligible.[22]

Personal life

Bigirimana was born in Bujumbura to a Burundian father and a Rwandan mother.[23]

Career statistics

As of 8 May 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coventry City 2011–12[24] Championship 26 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 0
Total 26 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 0
Newcastle United 2012–13[25] Premier League 13 1 1 0 1 0 9[lower-alpha 1] 0 24 1
2013–14[26] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2014–15[27] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16[28] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 1 1 0 2 0 9 0 25 1
Rangers (loan) 2014–15[27] Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coventry City (loan) 2015–16[28] League One 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 52 1 2 0 3 0 9 0 66 1

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Honours

Individual

References

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  19. ↑ "Final squad named" TheFA.com. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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