Nicolas Janvier

Nicolas Janvier
	Nicolas Janvier with Rennes in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	11 August 1998 (age 26)
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
2015–2019	Rennes II
2015–2019	Rennes
2019–2020	Vitória SC B
2020–2023	Vitória SC
2023–	Alanyaspor
International career
2013–2014	France U16
2014–2015	France U17
2015–2016	France U18
2016–2017	France U19
2017–2018	France U20
	*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]

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Honours

France

UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2015^[9]

References

^ Nicolas Janvier at Soccerway. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
^ "Football. Un Malouin en équipe de France" [Football. A Saint-Malo native in the France national team]. Le Télégramme (in French). 5 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ "Rennes vs. Caen – 11 December 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ "Contrats : premier contrat pro pour Nicolas Janvier" [Contracts: first pro contract for Nicolas Janvier] (in French). Stade Rennais Online. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ "Saint-Malo. Le Malouin Nicolas Janvier signe au Portugal" [Saint-Malo. Local Nicolas Janvier signs in Portugal]. Ouest-France (in French). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ "Traição de Cafú Phete dita derrota do Vitória no arranque da I Liga" [Cafú Phete's betrayal leads to Vitória's defeat on opening day of I Liga] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ "Nicolas Janvier Corendon Alanyaspor'umuzda". Alanyaspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi (in Turkish). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "Bilan des U16 Tricolores" [Data on U16 Tricolours] (in French). Formation Girondin. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Belle participation au tournoi de football des jeunes" [Great participation at the youth football tournament]. Ouest-France (in French). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

External links

Nicolas Janvier at the French Football Federation (in French)
Nicolas Janvier at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)

[soccerway-1] Nicolas Janvier at Soccerway. Retrieved 2023-06-13.

[2] "Football. Un Malouin en équipe de France" [Football. A Saint-Malo native in the France national team]. Le Télégramme (in French). 5 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[soccerway2-3] "Rennes vs. Caen – 11 December 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

[4] "Contrats : premier contrat pro pour Nicolas Janvier" [Contracts: first pro contract for Nicolas Janvier] (in French). Stade Rennais Online. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[5] "Saint-Malo. Le Malouin Nicolas Janvier signe au Portugal" [Saint-Malo. Local Nicolas Janvier signs in Portugal]. Ouest-France (in French). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[6] "Traição de Cafú Phete dita derrota do Vitória no arranque da I Liga" [Cafú Phete's betrayal leads to Vitória's defeat on opening day of I Liga] (in Portuguese). Guimarães Digital. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[7] "Nicolas Janvier Corendon Alanyaspor'umuzda". Alanyaspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi (in Turkish). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[8] "Bilan des U16 Tricolores" [Data on U16 Tricolours] (in French). Formation Girondin. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[sub17-9] "Belle participation au tournoi de football des jeunes" [Great participation at the youth football tournament]. Ouest-France (in French). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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