Gael Bigirimana

Dungannon Swifts

Born on : October 22, 1993 (30 years) at Bujumbura

Nationality : Burundi England

Height : 1m75

Weight : 70 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 21

First cap : vs DR Congo 15/11/2015

2017-2018
2015-2016
2013-2014
2012-2013

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Current season statistics (2023/2024)

2 Goals 0 Assists

12 Victories 10 Losses

24 Played matches 1917 Minutes played

2 Yellow cards 1 Red cards

Main position
Centre Midfield	90%

Bigirimana's career statisticsLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 18:12

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Results

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Continent

Nat. cups

International

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2023/2024

Swifts

959

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Swifts	Danske Bank Premiership	24	2		959		34	5	1917	34	96%	2	73%	2	1	50%	8%	42%

2022/2023

Young Af.

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Young Af.	TotalEnergies CAF Champions League									34		1
Burundi	Friendlies	1					4		90	0	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

2021/2022

Glentoran

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Glentoran	Europa Conference League	2		3		170	5	100%		100%	1	0%	50%	50%
Glentoran	Danske Bank Premiership	13	1	10	2	488	5	31%	15	34%	1	31%	38%	31%
Burundi	Friendlies	1		1		90	0	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Burundi	Friendlies	1		1		49	0	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%
Burundi	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2		2		180	0	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%

2020/2021

Glentoran

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Glentoran	Europa League	2		5	1	180	5	100%		100%	1	50%	0%	50%
Glentoran	Danske Bank Premiership	30		19	13	2234	5	80%	13	79%	4	53%	33%	13%
Burundi	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3	1	3		270	0	100%		75%		33%	33%	33%

2019/2020

Solihull Moors

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Solihull Moors	Challenge Cup	1					2		35	0	0%	1	100%			0%	100%	0%

2019

Free

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Burundi	Friendlies	2	3	177	0	100%	100%	0%	50%	50%
Burundi	CAF Nations Cup	3	4	270	5	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
Burundi	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2	2	210	5	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%

2018/2019

Hibernian

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Hibernian	Ladbrokes Premiership	1		37	20	0%	6	7%	0%	0%	100%
Hibernian	Scottish FA Cup				20		2	0%
Burundi	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	1	1	90	0	100%		100%	0%	100%	0%

2018/2019

Motherwell

1149

1664

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Motherwell	Betfred Cup	2				2	1	155	17	100%	2	33%		50%	0%	50%
Motherwell	Ladbrokes Premiership	19	1	2	1149	24	5	1149	17	63%	11	83%	5	32%	11%	58%
Burundi	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	4				4	1	360	0	100%		100%		25%	75%	0%

2017/2018

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Motherwell	Betfred Cup	6	1	2	365	2	3	365	5	67%	3	75%	1	100%	0%	0%
Motherwell	Ladbrokes Premiership	27	1	1	1416	20	8	1416	5	41%	25	71%	4	30%	19%	52%
Motherwell	Scottish FA Cup	3					2	81	5	0%	5	60%		67%	0%	33%

2016/2017

Coventry

341

1584

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Coventry	League One	30		2		39	8	2486	5	93%	10	71%	6	27%	27%	47%
Coventry	Checkatrade Trophy	7	2		251	5	2	502	5	71%	3	88%	1	86%	14%	0%
Coventry	FA Cup	2				5		180	5	100%		67%		50%	0%	50%

2015/2016

Coventry

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Coventry	League One	13					7	6	821	19	69%	10	45%	1		38%	23%	38%

2015/2016

Newcastle U-23

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Burundi	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	1					1		61	0	100%		25%			0%	100%	0%

2014/2015

Rangers

2014/2015

Newcastle

2013/2014

Newcastle

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Newcastle	League Cup	1						1	90	20	100%		33%			100%	0%	0%

2012/2013

Newcastle

410

1210

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Newcastle	(C3) Europa League	10			6	5	690	20	80%	2	71%	2	40%	50%	10%
Newcastle	Premier League	13	1	410	10	2	410	20	23%	10	34%	1	8%	31%	62%
Newcastle	League Cup	1					20	20	0%	1	100%	1	0%	0%	100%
Newcastle	FA Cup	1			2		90	20	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
England U-20	U-20 World Cup	1			1		2	2	0%	1			0%	100%	0%

2011/2012

Coventry

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Coventry	Championship	26	1	20	7	1530	34	62%	10	57%	2	1	23%	23%	54%
Coventry	League Cup	1		3		90	34	100%		100%	1		0%	0%	100%
Coventry	FA Cup	1		2		82	34	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

12/20

Mental

13/20

Technical

12/20

Offense

13/20

Defense

13/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

EFL Trophy

2017

Runner-ups

Scottish League Cup	1	2018
Scottish FA Cup	1	2018

Transfers

01/09/23 > 15/06/24	Swifts	Loan
01/07/22 >	Young Africans
11/08/20 > 01/07/22	Glentoran	Free
28/10/19 > 11/08/20	Solihull Moors
31/01/19 > 01/06/19	Hibernian
02/06/17 > 31/01/19	Motherwell	Free
26/08/16 > 02/06/17	Coventry
16/11/15 > 31/05/16	Coventry	Loan
02/02/15 > 01/07/15	Rangers	Loan
06/07/12 > 26/08/16	Newcastle	1.3 M€
01/07/11 > 06/07/12	Coventry

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 18:12

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
England U-20	1				2			0%0	0%0	0%0
Burundi	21		1		1847			100%21	19%4	33%7
Coventry	80	2	3	2846	5691	11	1	78%62	33%26	45%36
Swifts	24	2		959	1917	2	1	96%23	50%12	42%10
Glentoran	47		1		3072	7		68%32	45%21	21%10
Hibernian	1				37			0%0	0%0	100%1
Motherwell	57	3	5	1055	3166	10		51%29	40%23	47%27
Newcastle	26	1		1300	1300	4		50%13	23%6	42%11
Solihull Moors	1				35			0%0	0%0	0%0
Young Af.

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Dundee FC	7	6	1	0
Swifts	4	4	0	0
Warrenpoint	4	3	0	0
Larne	6	2	0	0
Hamilton	6	3	0	0
Linfield	6	2	1	0
Rangers	4	2	1	0
St. Johnstone	4	1	1	0
Ross County	4	2	1	0
Oldham	3	1	0	0
Newry City	3	3	0	0
Port Vale	3	3	0	1
Bradford	2	1	0	0
Cliftonville	8	2	0	0
Glenavon	6	4	0	0
Ballymena	6	3	0	0
Crusaders	5	1	0	0
Portadown	5	3	0	0
Hibernian	5	1	0	0
Aberdeen	5	1	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Cliftonville	8	6	16
Hearts	5	4	8
Aberdeen	5	4	6
Kilmarnock	5	4	6
Man United	3	3	9
Southend	3	3	8
Scunthorpe	3	3	6
Crusaders	5	3	11
Hibernian	5	3	8
Hamilton	6	3	7
West Ham	2	2	3
Southampton	2	2	6
Sheffield U	2	2	4
Peterborough	4	2	6
Brighton	3	2	4
Rangers	4	2	5
Rangers	4	2	12
Celtic	2	2	5
St. Johnstone	4	2	9
Bordeaux	2	1	2

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2023/2024	Swifts	50%	42%	24	33%	40%	15	Positive
2022/2023	Young Af.	0%	0%	0	75%	10%	48	-
2021/2022	Glentoran	27%	33%	15	67%	21%	33	Extremely negative
2020/2021	Glentoran	53%	16%	32	50%	40%	10	Very slightly positive
2019/2020	Solihull Moors	0%	0%	1	33%	33%	24	-
2018/2019	Hibernian	0%	100%	1	44%	31%	16	-
2018/2019	Motherwell	33%	57%	21	56%	22%	9	Very negative
2017/2018	Motherwell	44%	42%	36	53%	20%	15	Slightly negative
2016/2017	Coventry	38%	38%	39	14%	64%	14	Extremely positive
2015/2016	Coventry	38%	38%	13	25%	44%	16	Positive
2015/2016	Newcastle U-23	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2014/2015	Rangers	0%	0%	0	35%	26%	23	-
2014/2015	Newcastle	0%	0%	0	39%	39%	28	-
2013/2014	Newcastle	100%	0%	1	39%	51%	41	-
2012/2013	Newcastle	20%	44%	25	38%	41%	29	Very negative
2011/2012	Coventry	21%	57%	28	15%	50%	20	Positive

Key figures

Gael Bigirimana has won in NIFL Premiership the last 4 at home matches

The player hasn't lost in NIFL Premiership any of the last 5 at home matches

He has played in the first 11 in NIFL Premiership in each of the last 18 matches

Bigirimana has won in NIFL Premiership the last 4 matches

Gael Bigirimana hasn't lost in NIFL Premiership any of the last 4 matches

He has won all competitions included the last 4 at home matches

Gael Bigirimana hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 5 at home matches

The player has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 18 matches

Bigirimana has won all competitions included the last 4 matches

Bigirimana hasn't lost all competitions included any of the last 4 matches

He has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 14 away from home matches

Bigirimana has played in the first 11 for the national team in each of the last 17 away from home matches

Gael Bigirimana has played in the first 11 for the national team in each of the last 21 matches

Bigirimana hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 4 at home matches

Gael Bigirimana hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 17 at home matches

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Coventry
06/08/2011	C	Coventry - Leicester	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss
10/09/2011	C	Coventry - Derby County	2 - 0	First victory
22/10/2011	C	Coventry - Burnley	1 - 2	First red card
09/11/2016	CT	Wycombe - Coventry	2 - 4	First goal
Newcastle United
23/08/2012	C3EL	Atromitos - Newcastle	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
30/08/2012	C3EL	Newcastle - Atromitos	1 - 0	First victory
26/09/2012	LC	Man United - Newcastle	2 - 1	First loss
03/12/2012	PL	Newcastle - Wigan	3 - 0	First goal
Motherwell
15/07/2017	BC	Queen's Park - Motherwell	1 - 5	First match with the club, first start, first victory
09/08/2017	BC	Ross County - Motherwell	2 - 3	First goal
12/08/2017		St. Johnstone - Motherwell	4 - 1	First loss
Hibernian
02/02/2019		Hibernian - Aberdeen	1 - 2	First match with the club, first loss
Solihull Moors
29/10/2019	CC	Solihull Moors - Rangers B	3 - 3	First match with the club
Glentoran
20/08/2020		Glentoran - HB Torshavn	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
27/08/2020		Motherwell - Glentoran	5 - 1	First loss
Dungannon Swifts
09/09/2023	DBP	Swifts - Glenavon	3 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
30/09/2023	DBP	Swifts - Ballymena	0 - 1	First loss
27/01/2024	DBP	Linfield - Swifts	1 - 2	First goal
09/03/2024	DBP	Glenavon - Swifts	4 - 0	First red card

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 18:12

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	13	1	410		410	23%3		8%1	31%4	62%8
FA Cup	FA Cup	4				352	100%4		25%1		75%3
League Cup	League Cup	3				200	67%2		33%1		67%2
Championship	Championship	26			1	1530	62%16	1	23%6	23%6	54%14
League One	League One	43			2	3307	86%37		30%13	26%11	44%19
EFL Trophy	EFL Trophy	7	2	251		502	71%5		86%6	14%1
NIFL Premiership	NIFL Premiership	67	2	2320	1	4639	76%51	1	48%32	25%17	27%18
Premiership	Premiership	47	2	1301	3	2602	49%23		30%14	15%7	55%26
Scottish League Cup	Scottish League Cup	8	1	520	2	520	75%6		88%7		13%1
Scottish FA Cup	Scottish FA Cup	3				81			67%2		33%1
Scottish Challenge Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup	1				35				100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	5				406	100%5		40%2	20%1	40%2
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	3				270	100%3				100%3
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	3				271	100%3			100%3
U-20 World Cup	U-20 World Cup	1				2				100%1
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	10			1	900	100%10		20%2	60%6	20%2
Europa League	Europa League	12				870	83%10		42%5	42%5	17%2
ECL	Europa Conference League	2				170	100%2			50%1	50%1
CAF Champions League	CAF Champions League

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2023/2024	Swifts	1	10	32	33	8	8	17	52	67
2022/2023	Young Af.	1	1	78	30	25	3	2	61	18
2021/2022	Glentoran	1P	3	69	34	21	6	7	64	38
2021/2022	Glentoran	1	3	69	33	21	6	6	64	34
2020/2021	Glentoran	1P	3	71	38	20	11	7	65	32
2020/2021	Glentoran	1	2	63	33	18	9	6	61	29
2019/2020	Solihull Moors	5	8	55	38	15	10	13	48	37
2018/2019	Hibernian	1P	5	53	34	14	11	9	49	34
2018/2019	Hibernian	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	3	0
2018/2019	Motherwell	1	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
2017/2018	Motherwell	1P	7	39	34	10	9	15	36	43
2017/2018	Motherwell	1	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
2016/2017	Coventry	3	23	39	46	9	12	25	37	68
2015/2016	Coventry	3	8	69	46	19	12	15	67	49
2014/2015	Rangers	2	3	67	36	19	10	7	69	39
2014/2015	Newcastle	1	11	30	23	8	6	9	29	35
2013/2014	Newcastle	1	10	49	38	15	4	19	43	59
2012/2013	Newcastle	1	16	41	38	11	8	19	45	68
2011/2012	Coventry	2	23	40	46	9	13	24	41	65

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
April 27, 2024	27/04	DBP	Round 38	Swifts	3 - 0	Ballymena	90 Minutes
April 20, 2024	20/04	DBP	Round 37	Swifts	2 - 0	Glenavon	90 Minutes
April 16, 2024	16/04	DBP	Round 36	Swifts	2 - 0	Loughgall	90 Minutes
April 13, 2024	13/04	DBP	Round 35	Newry City	0 - 2	Swifts	84 Minutes
April 06, 2024	06/04	DBP	Round 34	Swifts	3 - 2	Rangers	Absent
March 25, 2024	25/03		Africa	Burundi	0 - 0	Botswana	Absent
March 23, 2024	23/03	DBP	Round 33	Coleraine	1 - 1	Swifts	Absent
March 22, 2024	22/03		Africa	Madagascar	1 - 0	Burundi	Absent
March 16, 2024	16/03	DBP	Round 32	Swifts	0 - 3	Glentoran	On the bench
March 09, 2024	09/03	DBP	Round 31	Glenavon	4 - 0	Swifts	70 Minutes
February 24, 2024	24/02	DBP	Round 30	Swifts	3 - 1	Cliftonville	90 Minutes
February 17, 2024	17/02	DBP	Round 29	Rangers	2 - 1	Swifts	90 Minutes	1
February 10, 2024	10/02	DBP	Round 28	Swifts	2 - 2	Crusaders	90 Minutes
February 03, 2024	03/02	IC	6th Round	Ballyclare	3 - 2	Swifts	No data
January 27, 2024	27/01	DBP	Round 27	Linfield	1 - 2	Swifts	90 Minutes	1
January 20, 2024	20/01	DBP	Round 26	Swifts	0 - 2	Larne	90 Minutes
January 16, 2024	16/01	BMLLC	Semi-finals	Swifts	1 - 2	Linfield	No data
January 13, 2024	13/01	DBP	Round 25	Ballymena	2 - 4	Swifts	90 Minutes
January 09, 2024	09/01		Africa	Burundi	0 - 4	Algeria	Absent
January 06, 2024	06/01	IC	5th round	Swifts	5 - 0	Willowbank	No data
December 30, 2023	30/12	DBP	Round 24	Swifts	5 - 0	Newry City	63 Minutes
December 26, 2023	26/12	DBP	Round 23	Loughgall	2 - 1	Swifts	90 Minutes
December 23, 2023	23/12	DBP	Round 22	Swifts	1 - 2	Glentoran	90 Minutes
December 16, 2023	16/12	DBP	Round 21	Coleraine	2 - 3	Swifts	81 Minutes
December 12, 2023	12/12	BMLLC	Quarter-finals	Swifts	4 - 2a.e.t.	Newry City	No data
December 09, 2023	09/12	DBP	Round 20	Linfield	4 - 3	Swifts	Absent
December 02, 2023	02/12	DBP	Round 19	Swifts	1 - 4	Cliftonville	90 Minutes
November 25, 2023	25/11	DBP	Round 18	Loughgall	1 - 2	Swifts	90 Minutes
November 19, 2023	19/11		Round 2	Burundi	1 - 2	Gabon	Absent
November 18, 2023	18/11	DBP	Round 17	Swifts	4 - 1	Newry City	90 Minutes
November 16, 2023	16/11		Round 1	Burundi	3 - 2	Gambia	Absent
November 11, 2023	11/11	DBP	Round 16	Swifts	2 - 3	Rangers	27 Minutes
November 07, 2023	07/11	BMLLC	Round of 16	Swifts	1 - 0	Cliftonville	No data
November 04, 2023	04/11	DBP	Round 15	Glenavon	1 - 0	Swifts	Absent
October 28, 2023	28/10	DBP	Round 14	Ballymena	1 - 1	Swifts	66 Minutes
October 21, 2023	21/10	DBP	Round 13	Swifts	1 - 4	Crusaders	78 Minutes
October 13, 2023	13/10	DBP	Round 12	Swifts	0 - 0	Larne	Absent
October 07, 2023	07/10	DBP	Round 11	Cliftonville	5 - 0	Swifts	45 Minutes
October 03, 2023	03/10	BMLLC	2nd round	Swifts	3 - 1	Newington	No data
September 30, 2023	30/09	DBP	Round 10	Swifts	0 - 1	Ballymena	83 Minutes
September 22, 2023	22/09	DBP	Round 9	Newry City	2 - 2	Swifts	Absent
September 16, 2023	16/09	DBP	Round 8	Glentoran	0 - 0	Swifts	Absent
September 12, 2023	12/09		Round 6	Cameroon	3 - 0	Burundi	Absent
September 09, 2023	09/09	DBP	Round 7	Swifts	3 - 1	Glenavon	60 Minutes
September 01, 2023	01/09	DBP	Round 6	Rangers	2 - 1	Swifts	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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