Jordan Amavi

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Jordan Amavi
Amavi with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jordan Kévin Amavi[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth Toulon, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Brest (on loan from Marseille)
Number 19
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– Marseille 96 (2)
2022 → Nice (loan) 8 (0)
2022–2023 → Getafe (loan) 5 (0)
2023– → Brest (loan) 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 4 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2016

Jordan Kévin Amavi (born 9 March 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ligue 1 club Brest, on loan from Marseille. He has previously played professionally for Aston Villa and Nice. He has played regularly for France as a youth player and was called into the senior squad in late 2017 but is yet to make his debut.

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]

Loan to Brest[edit]

On 31 August 2023, Amavi was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 side Brest for the 2023–24 season.[19]

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.[20]

He was called up to the senior France squad for a World Cup qualifier against Belarus in October 2017.[21]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 12 February 2023[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 4 0 1 0 — — 5 0
Career total 227 9 14 1 7 0 21 0 279 10
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours[edit]

Marseille

Nice

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Entreprise JKA Sports" [Company JKA Sports] (in French). Manageo. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
    "Jordan Amavi". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Jordan Amavi: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ^ "J. Amavi". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Villa complete signing of Jordan Amavi". Aston Villa Football Club. 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Aston Villa 'complete transfer deal for defender Jordan Amavi from Nice'". Metro. 18 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Aston Villa sign France full-back Jordan Amavi from Nice". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Update on Jordan Amavi". Aston Villa Football Club. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  9. ^ a b Trafford, Paul Wilson at Old (2016-04-16). "Aston Villa relegated from Premier League after defeat by Manchester United". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  10. ^ "Aston Villa owner Tony Xia 'rejects £25m offer' for Jordan Amavi". 27 December 2016.
  11. ^ Squad Stats
  12. ^ "Transfer news: Jordan Amavi: Marseille sign Aston Villa left-back on loan". BBC Sport. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  13. ^ "MARSEILLE MAKE AMAVI DEAL PERMANENT". Ligue 1. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  14. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Lyon to host 2018 UEFA Europa League Final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Europa League final: Marseille 0–3 Atletico Madrid". BBC Sport. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Amavi de retour au Gym". www.ogcnice.com/fr (in French). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  18. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Jordan Amavi" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Jordan Amavi] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  19. ^ "JORDAN AMAVI PRÊTÉ AU STADE BRESTOIS" [JORDAN AMAVI LOANED TO STADE BRESTOIS] (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Final: Brazil – France (KO: 1 June 2014 17:00)". Toulon Tournament. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  21. ^ "France replace injured Kurzawa with uncapped Amavi". goal.com. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Football (Sky Sports)".
  23. ^ "Atletico Madrid win Europa League with 3–0 victory over Marseille". BBC Sport. 10 May 2018.
  24. ^ "Nice 0–1 Nantes: Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

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