Top Facts about Serge Aurier, The New Yellow Submarine Defender

Sportmob brings you the complete story of a football genius known as "The Bison." Serge Aurier's Childhood Story and Untold Facts provides you with a detailed overview of significant events from his childhood to the present.

His life background before celebrity, family origin and relationship life are all addressed. Serge Alain Stephane Aurier (born December 24, 1992) is an Ivorian professional footballer who captains the Ivory Coast national team and plays right-back for Spanish La Liga side Villarreal.

Aurier migrated to France as a child and went on to play for Lens, Toulouse, and Paris Saint-Germain, where he won 11 major titles. In France, he made 195 games and was twice selected to the Ligue 1 Team of the Year. He joined Tottenham for about £23 million in 2017 and left in August 2021 with mutual termination of his contract.

He has 70 caps for the Ivory Coast since making his international debut in 2013. He won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after representing his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations competitions.

Top Facts about Serge Aurier You Want to Know

Take a look at these quick facts before starting to read about the details.

Quick Facts

• Full Name:

   Serge Alain Stephane Aurier

• Nicknames:

   The Bison

• Date of Birth:

   24 December 1992

• Place of Birth:

   Ouragahio, Ivory Coast

• Age:

   28

• Nationality:

   Ivorian

• Height:

   1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

• Weight:

   76 kg

• Marital Status:

   Unmarried

• Girlfriend: 

  N/A

• Net Worth: 

  10 Million Euro (8.7 Million Pound)

• Position:

   Right back

• Current Team:

   Villarreal

• Jersey Number:

   25

Serge Aurier Upbringing Years and Family Roots

To begin with, Serge Aurier was born on December 24th, 1992. He was born in the Western part of Ivory Coast, in the little village of Danane, to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gbizie.

Serge was the second of five children born. His father was a former professional football player, therefore he grew up in a football family.

After retiring, Leon Gbizie worked as an administrative assistant in a district court in Ouragahio, Ivory Coast.

The kid lived with his parents for the first nine years of his childhood before their separation and divorce, which marked the start of his tumultuous past, one of the Top Facts about Serge Aurier.

In 1992, when he was ten years old, a civil war erupted in his homeland, the Ivory Coast. Serge had to move to France with his mother, leaving his father behind in Africa, at his mother's wish.

The lad's mother discovered love again after her divorce from her husband when he arrived in France.

She met and married Michel Aurier, a bus driver who agreed to adopt her kid.

Serge was given the surname "Aurier" at this time. Serge settled in the Sevran neighborhood of Paris with his mother, stepfather, and brother, Christopher. 

Sergi Aurier's family, like many other African immigrants, found themselves stranded in one of Paris' poorest neighborhoods.

Sevran's crime statistics, illiteracy, violence, and endemic unemployment have all been heavily criticized. In truth, the commune was never commended for its stability.

Sevran, a French town, was previously famous for its brave mayor Stephane Gatignon's 6-day hunger strike.

Stephane went on a successful hunger strike in an attempt to persuade the government to contribute funds to solve the district's crisis.

Aurier once confessed that criminal issues were more challenging in his early days. In addition, his youth in Sevran was not without incident. As he puts it:

“SEVRAN HAS CALMED DOWN. BEFORE, IT WAS MORE DANGEROUS, MUCH WORSE. IT WAS SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF.

THERE WAS TROUBLE EVERYWHERE. BACK THEN, I HUNG OUT WITH SHADY CHARACTERS. IT’S HARD TO AVOID IT WHEN YOU LIVE HERE. THAT STRENGTHENED MY MIND.”

The footballer has never been able to totally escape the image of a short-tempered rascal he developed as a child as a result of his family's instability and confusing socioeconomic background, another one of the Top Facts about Serge Aurier.

Serge Aurier Career Buildout

Serge's emptiness ended when he had a ball at his feet, despite growing up in a hostile town. Mr. Afid Djaadaoui, who was in charge of open sports events in Sevran, recognized Serge's actual enthusiasm for soccer.

Afid also created "Prevention through sport," a program that allowed Aurier and his brother Christopher to play competitive football with other kids.

Despite attending school, he became involved in Wednesday and Saturday neighborhood tournaments. Serge began receiving offers for U13 trials in early August 2005, after dazzling the crowd with his tackles, one of the

Top Facts about Serge Aurier.

At Villepinte football club, he had a successful trial. The youngster was regarded as a player with a strong desire to achieve his professional goals while playing for the youth club.

His professional objectives weren't merely a passing fancy, even while leading his squad to triumphs.

Aurier earned the nicknames

and

as he grew older, owing to the fact that he played their roles and possessed their physical and technical abilities.

The football passionate was little but stocky, and he shone so brightly that he rushed to Lens, where he and his brother, Christopher, were signed.

Both brothers had to leave their families and friends behind when they signed for the cub.

Serge Aurier Path to Prominence

Before joining Villepinte, Aurier played for a number of youth teams and academies. After that, he moved to Lens in

, where he began his professional football career.

Aurier, who was thirteen at the time, was forced to abandon his friends and family shortly after joining Lens.

Aurier was assigned to the club's reserve team and, at one point, was the reserve team's captain, one of the Top Facts about Serge Aurier.

He earned his first professional deal with Lens in June 2009.

The young player broke into the first squad in his second season, and despite making 26 appearances in 2010–11, the club was relegated to Ligue 2 after finishing second-last in the league table, in 19th place.

He had signed a contract extension with the club through 2015 prior to the club's relegation.

Aurier's brilliance drew interest from clubs throughout England ahead of the 2011–12 season, and the player considered leaving Lens for a new opportunity.

The footballer, on the other hand, ruled out a move abroad, meaning that whether Aurier opted to stay or leave Lens, he would be playing for a team in France's top flight.

Despite this, Aurier started the season with Lens, making 16 appearances in the first half of the season, which coincided with the club's financial difficulties.

He eventually departed Lens on January 26, 2012, to sign a four-and-a-half-year contract with

. 

After Toulouse's president suggested that he would buy Aurier for a €1.5 million transfer fee, the club made the move.

Two days later, the Ivorian made his debut for the club in a 2–1 win over Caen. On April 1, 2012, he scored his first goal for Toulouse in a 2–1 loss against

.

He hurt his ankle shortly after, missing six games, although he returned for the season's last game, which saw Toulouse lose 2–0 to Ajaccio.

He made ten appearances in his first half-season with Toulouse.

Aurier signed a contract extension with Toulouse ahead of the 2013–14 season, keeping him at the club until 2018.

This happened after clubs from all around Europe expressed newfound interest in his talents.

The soccer player found himself in a 3–5–2 configuration as a right-sided center-back in a three-man defense, as well as a wing-back at times, under Alain Casanova's management.

Aurier was linked with a move away from Toulouse after an outstanding performance for the

at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Another one of the Top Facts about Serge Aurier is that he revealed in an interview that his dream move would be to

of the Premier League in England and that if they made an offer for him, he would not refuse it.

Serge Aurier Ascend to Prominence

Aurier joined

on a season-long loan with the option to buy the French club outright on July 23, 2014.

His arrival at PSG was thought to be a replacement for Christophe Jallet, the club's existing right back.

Despite having competition from Gregory van der Wiel, who also played mostly as a right-back, Aurier indicated that he had no concerns about his first-team chances after joining PSG.

The Ivorian football player made a permanent move to PSG on April 29, 2015, signing a four-year contract.

His debut game as a permanent PSG player was against Lyon in the Trophee des Champions, when he scored his first PSG goal and helped the club win 2–0.

Under Blanc's management, Aurier found himself competing with Van der Wiel for a right spot.

One of the

Top Facts about Serge Aurier

is that on 14 February 2016, he was suspended indefinitely after calling teammate

a "clown" and Blanc a "fiotte" (a homophobic insult) during a Periscope question-and-answer session in which he also criticized alleged preferential consideration for striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

PSG ordered the player to train with their reserve team from February 29 to March 20 as a result of his suspension.

Aurier joined Premier League club

for a fee of around £23 million on August 31, 2017.

In the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, he made his debut on September 13 in a 3–1 triumph over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium.

He made his complete league debut ten days later against West Ham United, although he was sent off after earning a second yellow card as Tottenham won 3–2, one of the Top Facts about Serge Aurier.

On December 13, 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion. Throughout the season, Aurier and

struggled for the right-back position.

In the 2020–21 season, the 28-year-old netted his first goal of the season in a Premier League away game against Manchester United on 4 October 2020, helping Tottenham to a 6–1 victory at Old Trafford, the club's biggest win at the stadium since 1932.

Tottenham announced the player's departure on August 31, 2021, following the mutual termination of his contract.

Villarreal confirmed the signing of Aurier until the end of the 2021–22 season on October 4, 2021, with the option to extend the contract for two more years.

Aurier, while having resided in France for almost 14 years, did not have a French passport and had previously turned down the opportunity to play for the Ivory Coast, another one of the Top Facts about Serge Aurier.

In April 2013, however, he was called up by manager Sabri Lamouchi, and on June 8, 2013, he made his debut for his country against the Gambia.

The Ouragahio-born was called up for the Africa Cup of Nations on December 29, 2014. He appeared in six matches and made an impression throughout the competition, particularly in the final.

He was named to the CAF Team of the Tournament shortlist. After assisting

, Aurier produced his first goal for the Elephants in a 3–0 friendly triumph over Uganda in Abu Dhabi on 11 January 2017.

In June 2017, he was named captain of the national team, with his first match being a friendly against the Netherlands, followed by a qualification match against Guinea for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying rounds.

The great defender was also captain for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, but he suffered a hamstring injury in a 1–0 loss to Morocco and was unable to continue the tournament.

Serge Aurier Personal & Love Life

We can certainly claim that the footballer’s relationship has not been one without drama.

Hencha Voigt was said to be Aurier’s girlfriend back in 2019, but with everything that happened early that year, we do not know whether the couple is still together or not.

Hencha is a fitness model and reality TV celebrity of Haitian descent. The 33-year-old became famous after appearing on the US reality show WAGS Miami.

She was born in 1987. Serge Aurier and Hencha Voigt have one child, a baby girl. At the beginning of 2018, she announced her pregnancy on Instagram.

Now, this is apparently when everything started. After a late-night argument with Hencha, Serge Aurier was arrested on charges of committing actual bodily harm on January 12, 2019, one of the two Top Facts about Serge Aurier we included in this section.

After being detained by police for several hours, the former PSG and Spurs player was forced to miss Tottenham's 1-0 loss to

.

“A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of ABH. He has been released with no further action,”  a Hertfordshire Police spokeswoman stated. 

According to a source close to Hencha, the situation was as follows:

“She only moved in with him recently and they were full of hope about the future. It’s terrible that this has happened. She was very upset.”

Another one of the

Top Facts about Serge Aurier

is that Only a month later, the Villarreal player’s girlfriend was on trial in the United States for allegedly attempting to blackmail with a sex tape.

She was accused of threatening to reveal private photos and videos of American Snapchat star Julieanna Goddard unless she was paid £13,700.

According to The Sun, Voigt was accused of conspiring with her ex-boyfriend Wesley Victor, 35, in 2016 to blackmail Goddard, who had 550,000 Instagram followers on her account YesJulz at the time.

Prosecutors claimed she emailed many x-rated images to Goddard's assistant as proof of her possession of the obscene material.

According to a Miami Beach police arrest report, she and Victor conspired to extort $18,000 (£13,700) from Goddard in exchange for the sex footage, setting a 24-hour ultimatum for her to pay up.

Goddard then phoned the police, who set up a phony meeting between Voigt and Victor. 

Officers found the couple, who had both pleaded not guilty, seated in a car waiting for the encounter.

After being the subject of a leaked sex tape herself, Voigt claimed she was merely trying to help Goddard.

However, authorities obtained access to her phone texts with the help of the FBI, and analysts discovered she had attempted to delete an incriminating exchange between herself and Victor.

'We on some Bonnie Clyde s***,' he is reported to have written in one text. Regardless, the sex film was made public shortly after Voigt's arrest.

We at Sportmob didn’t find further information about the couple after everything that happened between the two back in 2019.

And about his personality, Serge has an inner sense of self-sufficiency that allows him to achieve tremendous success in both his personal and professional life.

He is a person who learns from his mistakes, and his ability to rise through the ranks is purely based on his knowledge and experience.

Aurier enjoys good music and is a strong hip-hop lover. His favorite artists are Shakira, Justin Bieber, and Sefyu, among others. He is frequently spotted wearing his headphones.

Serge Aurier Family

Leon Gbizie, the player's father, once made a public outcry, claiming that his son had completely abandoned and mistreated him. Gbizie said that his son had neglected him for years (since his departure to France with his mum).

He told the Ivorian press that he couldn't understand why he was the father of a multibillionaire son but lived like a beggar.

Gbizie claims that his son declines to have any physical contact with him and only pays his medical bills to cure a condition that has rendered him crippled. As he puts it:

“I HAVE NOT MET MY SON IN RECENT YEARS. I ALWAYS TRY TO REACH HIM WHEN HE IS AT CAMP WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM.

HE AVOIDS ME AND ALWAYS REPLIES TO MY MESSAGE THROUGH ONE OF HIS FRIENDS.

“WHAT HURTS ME THE MOST IS THAT MY SON DOES NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT I’M SUFFERING FROM.

HE JUST GIVES ME MONEY TO GET RID OF ME. HE NEVER CALLED ME, AND THAT’S BECAUSE HIS MOM PUT THAT IN THE HEAD.“

Gbizie Leon was in extreme pain when he saw his son with another man's name. One thing was certain, though, His public outcry to the press had intended to reach his kid.

Unlike Mario Balotelli, the episode had no lasting impact on Aurier's relationship with his father.

After a long separation, the two were eventually reunited. After 14 years of not seeing one another, Aurier finally met his father in 2015 at the Sofitel Ivoire hotel.

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