Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 August 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Malo, France | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alanyaspor | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2006 | Jeanne d'Arc Saint Malo | ||
2006–2015 | Rennes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Rennes II | 58 | (8) |
2015–2019 | Rennes | 11 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Vitória SC B | 23 | (8) |
2020–2023 | Vitória SC | 69 | (3) |
2023– | Alanyaspor | 41 | (5) |
International career | |||
2013–2014 | France U16 | 12 | (4) |
2014–2015 | France U17 | 13 | (3) |
2015–2016 | France U18 | 9 | (5) |
2016–2017 | France U19 | 16 | (4) |
2017–2018 | France U20 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2024 |
Nicolas Janvier (born 11 August 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alanyaspor. [1]
Born in Saint-Malo, Brittany, Janvier moved from hometown club Jeanne d'Arc to Stade Rennais F.C. at the age of 8, a year after starting to play football. [2] He made his Ligue 1 debut on 11 December 2015 against SM Caen, as an 84th-minute substitute for Juan Fernando Quintero in a 1–1 home draw. [3]
Janvier signed his first professional contract in August 2015, a three-year deal that made him only the third 17-year-old to turn professional at Rennes, after Yoann Gourcuff and Damien Le Tallec. [4] He made only 15 appearances in all competitions (four starts), being used mainly in the reserve team in the Championnat National 3 and 2. He left in August 2019 on a three-year deal to Vitória SC in Portugal's Primeira Liga. [5]
Janvier was again a reserve in his first year in Portugal, scoring 8 goals in 23 games including braces in wins over CDC Montalegre and Berço SC. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 18 September 2020, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 home loss to B-SAD, the first game managed by Tiago Mendes. [6]
On 4 July 2023, Janvier signed a three-year contract for Turkish club Alanyaspor, for an undisclosed fee. [7]
Janvier earned 53 caps for France at youth level, scoring 16 goals. He made his debut on 17 September 2013 with the under-16 team in a 1–0 friendly win over Wales in La Sauvetat-du-Dropt, and scored in a 6–0 win against the same country two days later. [8] He was part of the under-17 team that won the 2015 UEFA European Championship in Bulgaria, though he missed in the semi-final penalty shootout against Belgium. [9]
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