Valentin Rongier

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Valentin Rongier
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Rongier playing for Marseille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 30) [1]
Place of birth Mâcon, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Marseille
Number 21
Youth career
2000–2001 Saint-Herblain OC
2001–2014 Nantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Nantes B 39 (2)
2014–2019 Nantes 119 (8)
2019– Marseille 143 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2025

Valentin Rongier (born 7 December 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Marseille, which he captains. [1]

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Career

Nantes

Born in Mâcon, Rongier joined Nantes' youth academy in 2001. He made his Ligue 1 debut for the club on 18 October 2014 against Reims in a 1–1 draw, coming off the bench to replace Lucas Déaux in the 78th minute mark. [3] He was appointed club captain ahead of the 2018–19 season.

Marseille

On 3 September 2019, Rongier joined Olympique de Marseille on a five-year contract for a €13 million transfer fee. [4] The transfer was completed outside the transfer window dates thanks to a "joker" transfer exemption created by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. [5]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 February 2025 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague French Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nantes B 2012–13 CFA 2 1111
2013–14 CFA 230230
2014–15 151151
Total392392
Nantes 2014–15 Ligue 1 60111081
2015–16 11100111
2016–17 3122020352
2017–18 3212110352
2018–19 3645020434
2019–20 30000030
Total11981026013510
Marseille 2019–20 Ligue 12304010280
2020–21 261106 [a] 01 [b] 0341
2021–22 3203011 [c] 1461
2022–23 361406 [a] 0461
2023–24 100005 [d] 0150
2024–25 15220172
Total142414010281101865
Career total30014242702811036017
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  3. Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Marseille

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Valentin Rongier at Soccerway
  2. "Valentin Rongier". Olympique de Marseille. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. "Nantes vs. Reims - 18 October 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. "Mercato OM : Fin du feuilleton, Marseille officialise l'arrivée de Valentin Rongier" [OM market : End of the drama, Marseille officializes the arrival of Valentin Rongier]. 20minutes.fr (in French). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. "How come Marseille have signed a player outside of the transfer window?". MARCA in English. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. "Neymar and Icardi fire Pochettino to first title". www.ligue1.com. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. "Messi, Rongier, Danso... L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2023.