Samuel Grandsir

Samuel Grandsir

Grandsir with Caen in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Évreux, France
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Caen
Number	21
Youth career
2004–2009	Évreux AC
2009–2012	Évreux FC 27
2012–2016	Troyes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Troyes B	51	(6)
2016–2018	Troyes	82	(6)
2018–2021	Monaco	12	(0)
2019	→ Strasbourg (loan)	8	(0)
2019–2020	→ Brest (loan)	24	(3)
2021–2022	LA Galaxy	67	(6)
2023–2025	Le Havre	43	(3)
2025–	Caen	9	(1)
International career‡
2017–2018	France U21	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 July 2019

Samuel Grandsir (born 14 August 1996) is a French-Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 2 club Caen.

Youth career

Grandsir started his youth career in his hometown, Évreux.^{[ citation needed ]} He eventually moved to the youth team of Troyes.^{[ citation needed ]}

Club career

After spending time with the youth team and reserve team, Grandsir signed with the Troyes senior team in 2016.^{[ citation needed ]}

Garnering attention from other clubs after several impressive seasons, he moved to Monaco for €5.250m in 2018.^{[ citation needed ]} Grandsir went on loan from Monaco to Strasbourg in January 2019 followed by another loan to Brest for the 2019–20 season. ^[2]

On 11 March 2021, Grandsir signed with Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. ^[3] On 23 January 2023, Grandsir returned to his native France to join Ligue 2 leaders Le Havre on a contract until the end of the season. ^{[4] [5]}

On 2 February 2025, Grandsir signed with Caen in Ligue 2. ^[6]

International career

Born in France, Grandsir holds French and Senegalese nationalities. ^{[7] [8]} He represented France at the youth international level.

Career statistics

As of match played on 21 December 2024 ^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Troyes B	2013–14	CFA 2	5	1	—		—		—		—		5	1
	2014–15	CFA	20	2	—		—		—		—		20	2
	2015–16	CFA	26	3	—		—		—		—		26	3
	Total		51	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	6
Troyes	2015–16	Ligue 1	14	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	14	0
	2016–17	Ligue 2	32	3	2	1	1 [a]	0	—		2 [b]	0	37	4
	2017–18	Ligue 1	36	3	3	0	1 [a]	0	—		0	0	40	3
	Total		82	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	91	7
Monaco	2018–19	Ligue 1	12	0	1	0	1 [a]	0	3 [c]	1	1 [d]	0	18	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		12	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	18	1
Strasbourg (loan)	2018–19	Ligue 1	8	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
Brest (loan)	2019–20	Ligue 1	24	3	1	0	2 [a]	2	—		—		27	5
LA Galaxy	2021	MLS	34	3	0	0	0	0	—		—		34	3
	2022	MLS	33	3	4	0	2 [e]	1	—		—		39	4
	Total		67	6	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	73	7
Le Havre	2022–23	Ligue 2	14	2	0	0	—		—		—		14	2
	2023–24	Ligue 1	23	1	2	0	—		—		—		25	1
	2024–25	Ligue 1	4	0	1	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		41	3	3	0	—		—		0	0	44	3
Career total			285	24	15	1	7	3	3	1	3	0	313	29

1. Appearance(s) in the Coupe de la Ligue
2. Appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
3. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in the Trophée des Champions
5. Appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs

Honours

Strasbourg

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2018–19 ^[10]

References

1. "Samuel Grandsir". LA Galaxy. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. "Guerra:SAMUEL GRANDSIR ARRIVE EN PRÊT" (in French). RC Strasbourg Alsace. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
3. Sigal, Jonathan (11 March 2021). "LA Galaxy sign French winger Samuel Grandsir from AS Monaco". MLS Official Website. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
4. "LA Galaxy Transfer Midfielder Samuel Grandsir to Ligue 2 Side Le Havre AC". www.lagalaxy.com. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
5. "Samuel Grandsir, nouveau Ciel&Marine !". www.hac-foot.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Samuel Grandsir s'engage avec le Stade Malherbe Caen" [Samuel Grandsir signs with Stade Malherbe Caen] (in French). Caen. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
7. Wane, Ghaly (20 January 2019). "Un grand espoir français opte pour le Sénégal !".
8. "Samuel GRANDSIR -".
9. Samuel Grandsir at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
10. Kumar, Suhith (31 March 2019). "Coupe de la Ligue final BKT: Strasbourg secures trophy with shootout win". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

External links

• Samuel Grandsir at the French Football Federation (in French)