Nicolas Janvier

Nicolas Janvier
	Nicolas Janvier with Rennes in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	11 August 1998 (age 25)
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 5 March 2024

Nicolas Janvier (born 11 August 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alanyaspor.^[1]

Club career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

France

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

References[edit]

^ 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 2016-01-23.
^ "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[edit]

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 2016-01-23.

[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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