Yoane Wissa

Yoane Wissa, French footballer

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Born: September 3, 1996
Age in 2026: 30
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Birth year: 1996

About Yoane Wissa

Yoane Wissa is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Newcastle United. Born in France, he plays for the DR Congo national team. Despite being unable to link up with the club during pre-season after undergoing eye surgery, Wissa scored five goals in his first six appearances for the club. Wissa's 37th Premier League goal, scored in a 2–2 draw with Manchester City on 14 January 2025, made him the club's record Premier League goalscorer. Wissa began his senior career as a forward with Châteauroux and progressed through the reserve team to break into the first team during the 2015–16 Championnat National season, which he finished with 24 appearances and seven goals. A transfer to Ligue 1 club Angers followed in 2016, but Wissa managed just two substitute appearances during the first half of the 2016–17 season and he played much of 2017 away on loan at Ligue 2 clubs Laval and Ajaccio.

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Yoane Wissa timeline

2015Wissa began his senior career as a forward with Châteauroux and progressed through the reserve team to break into the first team during the 2015–16 Championnat National season, which he finished with 24 appearances and seven goals.
2016A transfer to Ligue 1 club Angers followed in 2016, but Wissa managed just two substitute appearances during the first half of the 2016–17 season and he played much of 2017 away on loan at Ligue 2 clubs Laval and Ajaccio.
2025Wissa's 37th Premier League goal, scored in a 2–2 draw with Manchester City on 14 January 2025, made him the club's record Premier League goalscorer.

The world when Yoane Wissa was born

Yoane Wissa was born in 1996. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1996

#1 song"Macarena" – Los Del Rio
Top movieThe English Patient
Top TV showER
Best-selling bookThe Runaway Jury – John Grisham

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentMichael Jordan leads Bulls to 72-10 record and 4th NBA title
Top headlineCentennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
Technology milestoneDolly the sheep — first mammal cloned from an adult cell
Defining fadMacarena dance craze
Notable inventionPalm Pilot
World population5.77 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderBill Clinton
Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
U.S. population265.2M

1996 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Yoane Wissa's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1996	2026
Gas	$1.23	$3.45/gal
Average home	$115,800	$435,000
Average income	$44,006	$67,500
Minimum wage	$4.75	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$4.42	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.32	$0.73
Population	265.2M	341 million

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