Jordan Amavi
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_29_(cropped).jpg) Amavi with Nice in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jordan Kévin Amavi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1994[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Toulon, France | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brest | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2010 | Toulon | ||
| 2010–2013 | Nice | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Nice B | 20 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Nice | 55 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Aston Villa | 44 | (0) |
| 2017–2024 | Marseille | 96 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Nice (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Getafe (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Brest (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2024– | Brest | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | France U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | France U21 | 10 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2016 (UTC) | |||
Jordan Kévin Amavi (born 9 March 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Brest.
Club career
[edit]Nice
[edit]Born in Toulon, Amavi made his Ligue 1 debut with Nice in the opening game of the 2013–14 season on 10 August 2013 against Lyon.[3]
Aston Villa
[edit]On 18 July 2015, he signed for Premier League side Aston Villa on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £9 million.[4][5][6] He made his debut on 8 August, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win over Bournemouth at Dean Court.[7] On 15 November, Amavi suffered an ACL tear in his right knee while on duty with the France U21 team, ending his first season at Aston Villa.[8]
Without Amavi, Villa were relegated to the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, which lead to speculation on the future of Amavi as well as other Villa players.[9] However, Amavi decided to continue playing for Villa for the 2016–17 season, as he had high hopes on Villa being promoted immediately back up to the Premier League.[9] On 27 December 2016, Aston Villa turned down an £25 million bid from an undisclosed club from China for Amavi; reports in France also claimed that Marseille had also bid for the player.[10] That season, he made 34 appearances in the Championship for Villa, but they finished in a bottom-half thirteenth-place league finish.[11]
Marseille
[edit]On 10 August 2017, it was agreed that Amavi would join Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille on loan for the entirety of the 2017–18 season, with Marseille also considering interest in signing the player in a permanent transfer in the following season.[12]
Marseille decided to make Amavi's move permanent in October 2017, meeting an agreed clause in the loan contract.[13]
On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals away to FC Red Bull Salzburg as Marseilles played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final[14] to be played at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon, France on 16 May 2018.[15] A double from Antoine Griezmann helped Atlético Madrid defeat Amavi's Marseille side 3–0 and win the trophy.[16]
Return to Nice (loan)
[edit]On 5 January 2022, Amavi returned to former club Nice on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season with an option to buy.[17]
Loan to Getafe
[edit]On 1 September 2022, Amavi was loaned to La Liga side Getafe for the season.[18]
Brest
[edit]On 31 August 2023, Amavi was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 side Brest for the 2023–24 season.[19] On 19 May 2024, he scored his first goal from a free-kick in a 3–0 away win over Toulouse on the final matchday of the season, helping his club to secure a third-place finish in the league and first ever qualification to the UEFA Champions League.[20] On 31 July 2024, he was transferred to Brest on a permanent deal, signing a one-year contract with an option for an extra year.[21]
International career
[edit]Amavi is of Togolese descent and was part of the France under-20 team which finished as runners-up to Brazil at the 2014 Toulon Tournament.[22]
He was called up to the senior France squad for a World Cup qualifier against Belarus in October 2017.[23]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 31 July 2024[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nice B | 2012–13 | CFA 2 | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14 | CFA | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 3 | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||||
| Nice | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 | 4 | ||
| Total | 63 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 4 | ||
| Aston Villa | 2015–16 | Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Championship | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | |||
| Marseille (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12[c] | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| Marseille | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[d] | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 96 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 127 | 3 | ||
| Nice (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Getafe (loan) | 2022–23 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Brest (loan) | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| Brest | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 230 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 282 | 11 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Copa del Rey
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
[edit]Marseille
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2017–18[25]
Nice
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22[26]
References
[edit]- ^ "Entreprise JKA Sports" [Company JKA Sports] (in French). Manageo. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
"Jordan Amavi". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2019. - ^ a b "Jordan Amavi: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "J. Amavi". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Villa complete signing of Jordan Amavi". Aston Villa Football Club. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015.
- ^ "Aston Villa 'complete transfer deal for defender Jordan Amavi from Nice'". Metro. 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Aston Villa sign France full-back Jordan Amavi from Nice". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ Prentki, Tom (8 August 2015). "Bournemouth 0 Aston Villa 1, match report: Eddie Howe's wasteful side punished by debut Gestede goal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Update on Jordan Amavi". Aston Villa Football Club. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b Trafford, Paul Wilson at Old (16 April 2016). "Aston Villa relegated from Premier League after defeat by Manchester United". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Aston Villa owner Tony Xia 'rejects £25m offer' for Jordan Amavi". 27 December 2016.
- ^ Squad Stats
- ^ "Transfer news: Jordan Amavi: Marseille sign Aston Villa left-back on loan". BBC Sport. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "MARSEILLE MAKE AMAVI DEAL PERMANENT". Ligue 1. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Europa League final: Marseille 0–3 Atletico Madrid". BBC Sport. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Amavi de retour au Gym". www.ogcnice.com/fr (in French). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Jordan Amavi" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Jordan Amavi] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "JORDAN AMAVI PRÊTÉ AU STADE BRESTOIS" [JORDAN AMAVI LOANED TO STADE BRESTOIS] (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Brest secures final automatic Champions League spot in French league, PSG wins without Mbappé". The Washington Post. 19 May 2024.
- ^ Dautel, Claude (31 July 2024). "Jordan Amavi quitte l'OM pour Brest (officiel)". foot01.com (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Final: Brazil – France (KO: 1 June 2014 17:00)". Toulon Tournament. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "France replace injured Kurzawa with uncapped Amavi". goal.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Football (Sky Sports)".
- ^ "Atletico Madrid win Europa League with 3–0 victory over Marseille". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Nice 0–1 Nantes: Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Jordan Amavi at Soccerway
- OM profile
- Jordan Amavi at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Jordan Amavi at the French Football Federation (archived 2019-05-10) (in French)
- Jordan Amavi – UEFA competition record (archive)
