Maguette Gueye: Senegalese Racing Santander Midfielder and Why His Name Trended in India

Who is Maguette Gueye

Maguette Gueye is a Senegalese professional footballer born on 30 December 2002 in Sakal, Senegal. He is 1.88 m tall and plays as a central midfielder, wearing the number 14 jersey for Racing de Santander.

Before joining Spain, Gueye spent three seasons with FK Partizani Tirana in Albania, making 66 appearances and scoring eight goals. On 22 August 2024 Racing Santander announced his signing on a five‑year contract, with transfer fees reported to be around €1 million (source).

His honours with Partizani include winning the Albanian Kategoria Superiore in 2022‑23 and the Albanian Supercup in 2023 (source).

Why the name trended in India on 16‑17 September 2026

Google Trends India recorded a surge for the term “maguette gueye” on 17 September 2026, showing roughly 1 000 searches and a 300 % increase over the previous day (source).

The timing matches Racing Santander’s La Liga visit to FC Barcelona on 16‑17 September 2026, a match that ended 7‑2 in favour of Barcelona at the Spotify Camp Nou. Racing’s head coach Jose Alberto Lopez described the defeat as a painful dentist‑visit analogy, noting the visitors conceded three penalties and struggled to cope with Barcelona’s intensity (source).

Although the sources do not provide Gueye’s individual minutes, goals or cards in that game, the heavy loss drew attention to the Racing Santander squad, prompting fans to look up players such as the number‑14 midfielder.

Teammate context

The same Google Trends list for India also featured the term “yassir zabiri”. Racing Santander’s current squad shows Gueye as number 14 and Zabiri as number 21, confirming they are teammates, though the trend data does not link Zabiri directly to the search spike (source).

Verification

Details such as Gueye’s birth date, position, club, number and career statistics are confirmed by the Wikipedia entry retrieved on 30 September 2026 (source). The match description and coach’s quote are taken from the Goal.com article published on 17 September 2026 (source). The trend data reflects the Google Trends India observation at 19:52:49 UTC on 17 September 2026 (source).