Dany N'Guessan

Djombo Dany-Gael N'Guessan (born 11 August 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left winger or forward

A graduate of the Auxerre Academy, he left France for Scotland when he signed with Rangers in July 2005.

He never made a first team appearance for either club, and instead made his senior debut in the English Football League on loan at Boston United.

He signed a two-year contract with Scottish Premier League side Rangers in July 2005.

Manager Alex McLeish stated that he would not rush the player into the first team squad.

He spent the first half of the 2006–07 season on loan at English League Two club Boston United.

He made his first team debut on 19 August, playing 87 minutes of a 5–0 defeat to Shrewsbury Town at Gay Meadow.

He scored his first goal in senior football on 1 September, converting a late consolation goal from close range in a 2–1 defeat to Hartlepool United.

In total he scored five goals in 26 appearances for Steve Evans's Pilgrims, who were relegated out of the Football League at the end of the 2006–07 season.

Despite making a few appearances on the bench, N'Guessan never made a first team appearance for Rangers.

He made nine appearances for John Schofield's Imps in the second half of the 2006–07 campaign.

He joined Lincoln City in January 2007, and spent over two seasons with the Imps.

N'Guessan signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Lincoln City after joining the club on a free transfer in January 2007.

He scored his first goal for Lincoln on 18 August 2007, scoring the second goal of a 3–1 win over Mansfield Town at Field Mill.

He suffered a poor run of form towards the end of the 2007–08 season, during which time teammate Nat Brown publicly defended him, saying "careful what you say about him, sometimes he can take it to heart... I don't think people recognise how much work he does for the team."

Two weeks after Brown defended him, he scored both goals in a 2–1 victory over Hereford United, running the entire length of the pitch to score his first goal.

He ended the 2007–08 season with eight goals in 41 games.

He was named in the League Two PFA Team of the Year for the 2008–09 season, and manager Peter Jackson said that "his form's been excellent, he's been a lot more consistent and he deserves the award."

He was named League Two Player of the Month in January 2009 and was listed on the PFA Team of the Year for 2008–09.

He moved on to Leicester City in June 2009, but fell out of first team contention at the club and instead spent time on loan at Scunthorpe United, Southampton and Millwall.

He was named League Two Player of the Month after scoring four goals in January 2009.

Milton Keynes Dons made two bids for the player during that month, but both bids were rejected.

He stated he was happy at Sincil Bank, but despite this he refused to sign a new contract with Lincoln.

N'Guessan signed a three-year contract with Nigel Pearson's Leicester City in June 2009, after he rejected approaches from Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town.

Although Lincoln were entitled to compensation (due to N'Guessan being 21), a compensation fee was not settled between the two clubs until late July.

He made his competitive debut for the Foxes on 8 August, coming on as a half-time substitute for Andy King against Swansea City, scoring the winning goal as Leicester won 2–1.

He scored his second goal after making his full debut for the club just four days later in a 2–0 League Cup win over Macclesfield Town.

On 6 February, he helped Leicester to their first away victory over Blackpool in 73 years by scoring in a 2–1 win.

He scored six goals in 32 appearances throughout the 2009–10 season, helping City to quality for the Championship play-offs with a fifth-place finish.

He lost his first team place at the King Power Stadium early in the 2010–11 season under new boss Paulo Sousa, and he subsequently failed to win back his place under Sousa or his successor Sven-Göran Eriksson.

On 12 November, he joined Scunthorpe United on a one-month loan.

He scored on his Irons debut at Glanford Park on 13 November, netting a header in a 4–2 defeat to Cardiff City.

Despite this good start he was only given three games by manager Alan Knill.

He joined Millwall on a free transfer in August 2011, though again never established himself as a first team regular and instead he joined Charlton Athletic on loan.

On 26 January 2011, he signed a six-month loan deal with Southampton, as Saints manager Nigel Adkins had Adam Lallana out injured and Jason Puncheon struggling for form.

He spent the 2013–14 campaign with Swindon Town.

He signed with Port Vale in October 2014, and then moved to Greek side AEL three months later.

He returned to England with Doncaster Rovers in July 2015, before joining Norwegian side IK Start for a brief spell in April 2017.

N'Guessan was born in France with Ivorian heritage.

He began his career at Auxerre, spending "several years" at the club at youth level without making a first team debut.