Valentin Rongier

Valentin Rongier

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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]

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

Club	Season	League			French Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nantes B	2012–13	CFA 2	1	1	—		—		—		—		1	1
	2013–14	CFA	23	0	—		—		—		—		23	0
	2014–15		15	1	—		—		—		—		15	1
	Total		39	2	—		—		—		—		39	2
Nantes	2014–15	Ligue 1	6	0	1	1	1	0	—		—		8	1
	2015–16		11	1	0	0	—		—		—		11	1
	2016–17		31	2	2	0	2	0	—		—		35	2
	2017–18		32	1	2	1	1	0	—		—		35	2
	2018–19		36	4	5	0	2	0	—		—		43	4
	2019–20		3	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		119	8	10	2	6	0	—		—		135	10
Marseille	2019–20	Ligue 1	23	0	4	0	1	0	—		—		28	0
	2020–21		26	1	1	0	—		6 [a]	0	1 [b]	0	34	1
	2021–22		32	0	3	0	—		11 [c]	1	—		46	1
	2022–23		36	1	4	0	—		6 [a]	0	—		46	1
	2023–24		10	0	0	0	—		5 [d]	0	—		15	0
	2024–25		15	2	2	0	—		—		—		17	2
	Total		142	4	14	0	1	0	28	1	1	0	186	5
Career total			300	14	24	2	7	0	28	1	1	0	360	17

1. 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

• Trophée des Champions runner-up: 2020 ^[6]

Individual

• UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2022–23 ^[7]

References

1. 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.

External links

• Valentin Rongier – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)