Serge Aurier

Serge Alain Stéphane Aurier (born 24 December 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a Right back for Spanish La Liga club Villarreal and captains the Ivory Coast national team. Aurier moved to France as a child and played for Lens, Toulouse and Paris Saint-Germain, winning 11 major trophies with the latter. He totalled 195 appearances in France and was twice named in Ligue 1's Team of the Year. In 2017, he joined Tottenham for a fee of around £23 million and left after mutual termination of his contract in August 2021. He made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2013 and has earned 70 caps. He represented the nation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning the 2015 edition.