Yoane Wissa
#11 · Forward · age 29
Talismanic winger; 19 PL goals in 2025-26
88
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 73
- Career peak
- 91
- League level
- 100
- Competition pedigree
- 64
- International pedigree
- 77
- Longevity
- 67
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt + sofascore · fetched 2026-05-29
The talismanic centrepiece of DR Congo’s attack and the player most opposing scouting reports will start with. Wissa can play centre-forward or off the left, which gives manager Sébastien Desabre real tactical flexibility — pair him with Bakambu as a centre-forward duo, or push him wide and let Bakambu hold the line.
His 2025-26 Premier League season at Newcastle has been a quiet career-best, and he arrives at the World Cup in arguably the best individual form of any African forward at the tournament. The narrative — first World Cup, taking his Premier League scoring boots into a tournament where DR Congo are heavy underdogs in every group — sets him up as one of Group K’s potential breakout figures.
Strengths
- Pace
- Two-footed finishing
- Pressing intensity
- Headed goals from cutbacks
Recent form
Newcastle starter; 19 PL goals in 2025-26 — one of the season's most prolific forwards.
His 2025-26 Premier League goal tally (19) is the highest ever by a DR Congo international in a single top-five-league season.