Nice

Morgan Sanson

Midfielder#8

Bio

Born in Saint-Doulchard in 1994, Morgan Sanson made his senior debut with Le Mans F.C. in 2012 and now plays for OGC Nice. He has also played for Le Mans Football Club II, Montpellier Hérault Sport Club and Olympique de Marseille. He plays as a midfielder. He has represented the France national under-19 association football team and the France national under-21 association football team.

Key facts

Age: 32
Height: 1.8 m
Weight: 73 kg
Number: #8
Born: 18/8/1994
Birthplace: Saint-Doulchard
Debut: 2012
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: France

Official profile

ESPN player page ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Follow

Instagram@morgansanson X@Morgan_Sanson8

Official accounts listed on Wikidata.

Career

2012–now

2012–2013Le Mans F.C.
2012Le Mans Football Club II
2013–2017Montpellier Hérault Sport Club
2017–2021Olympique de Marseille
2021–2024Aston Villa F.C.
2023RC Strasbourg Alsace
2023–2024OGC Nice
2024–OGC Nice
2011–2013France national under-19 association football teamNational team
2013–2015France national under-21 association football teamNational team

Career stats

offensive

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	STRT	FC	FA	YC	G	A	SHOT	SOG	OFF
2026-27 French Ligue 1 NICE	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-26 French Ligue 1 NICE	20	35	21	4	0	2	19	4	2
2024-25 French Ligue 1 NICE	3	3	1	0

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly. Career and honours from Wikidata (CC0).

Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026-27 Ligue 1Nice	2	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	2	2	1	0	0
2025-26 Ligue 1Nice	31	0	2	19	4	1,773	4	2	31	11	35	21	39
2025-26 UEFA Europa LeagueNice	6	0	0	4	0	340	0	0	6	2	3	12	9
2024-25 Ligue 1Nice	6	3	0	9	4	235	0	0	6	3	3	1	2
2023-24 Ligue 1Nice	29	2	3	39	9	1,978	4	6	29	5	27	35	16
2022-23 Ligue 1Strasbourg	18	1	2	27	7	1,429	1	6	18	0	18	34	22
2022-23 Premier LeagueAston Villa	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	2	0	2	1
2021-22 Premier LeagueAston Villa	10	0	0	1	0	352	0	0	10	7	3	13	7
2020-21 Premier LeagueAston Villa	9	0	0	3	0	291	3	0	9	6	6	8	4
2020-21 Ligue 1Marseille	12	2	3	11	3	830	2	0	12	2	18	10	9
2020-21 UEFA Champions LeagueMarseille	6	0	0	5	2	370	1	1	6	2	10	5	9
2019-20 Ligue 1Marseille	27	5	4	39	12	2,186	5	3	27	1	56	52	21
2018-19 Ligue 1Marseille	33	5	3	36	11	2,406	9	1	33	6	52	50	34
2018-19 UEFA Europa LeagueMarseille	2	0	1	3	0	135	0	0	2	0	1	7	4
2017-18 Ligue 1Marseille	33	9	2	53	24	2,173	8	6	33	8	46	60	31
2017-18 UEFA Europa LeagueMarseille	17	2	1	15	3	1,427	0	1	13	1	22	22	13
2016-17 Ligue 1Marseille / Montpellier	37	4	14	62	21	3,103	3	8	37	2	39	62	39
2015-16 Ligue 1Montpellier	14	3	0	8	3	555	2	1	14	8	8	16	15
2014-15 Ligue 1Montpellier	32	6	3	46	18	2,743	3	2	32	2	54	66	34
2013-14 Ligue 1Montpellier	32	1	2	32	7	2,465	3	3	32	4	41	53	31
Career20 seasons	358	43	40	412	128	24,819	48	40	354	74	443	529	340

Game log, 2026-27 Ligue 1

Game
31 Oct v Stade RennaisW 5-2 31 Oct	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
19 Oct @ LyonL 1-2 19 Oct	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

Splits, Ligue 1

Split
AwayHome or away, 48W	153	0.2	0.1	1.2	0.4	70.4	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.2
HomeHome or away, 80W	153	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.4	72.7	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8
WinsResult, 128W	128	0.2	0.2	1.3	0.5	69.6	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	1.4	0.4
LossesResult, 0W	91	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.3	68.1	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8
DrawsResult, 0W	87	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.4	78.0	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.6	0.9
Regular seasonStage, 128W	306	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.4	71.6	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.0
LyonOpponent, 4W	19	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.3	62.7	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.7
Stade RennaisOpponent, 8W	19	0.2	0.1	1.2	0.5	65.9	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.9	1.1
NantesOpponent, 5W	17	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.2	71.8	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.9	1.0
AS MonacoOpponent, 4W	16	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.3	75.2	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.2	1.9
Paris Saint-GermainOpponent, 3W	14	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.4	67.6	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	0.9	1.3
ToulouseOpponent, 8W	14	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.5	80.1	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.0	1.9	1.8	1.0
LilleOpponent, 5W	13	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.3	72.1	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.2	1.9	1.6	0.8
Saint-ÉtienneOpponent, 5W	13	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.2	73.7	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.7	1.1
BordeauxOpponent, 5W	12	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.4	83.0	0.3	0.1	1.0	0.1	1.7	1.8	0.7
GuingampOpponent, 8W	12	0.3	0.1	1.9	0.8	87.8	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.0	1.3	2.3	0.9
LorientOpponent, 4W	12	0.3	0.1	1.4	0.5	70.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.2	1.3	0.8	0.9
NiceOpponent, 8W	12	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.3	73.3	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	0.5
MarseilleOpponent, 4W	11	0.2	0.1	1.5	0.5	58.3	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.3	0.8	0.8	0.8
MetzOpponent, 5W	11	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.7	68.2	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.3	1.4	1.5	0.5
Stade de ReimsOpponent, 6W	11	0.3	0.1	1.5	0.5	64.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.2	0.7
AngersOpponent, 5W	10	0.1	0.1	1.2	0.3	78.4	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.0	1.4	1.6	0.4
MontpellierOpponent, 3W	9	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.0	57.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.6	0.3
StrasbourgOpponent, 5W	9	0.4	0.0	1.3	0.7	61.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.2	0.9
Dijon FCOOpponent, 4W	8	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.5	66.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.1	0.6
BrestOpponent, 3W	7	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.3	62.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.6	0.7
LensOpponent, 2W	7	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	75.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	1.3
BastiaOpponent, 2W	6	0.2	0.0	1.3	0.5	89.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.5	1.0
NimesOpponent, 4W	6	0.0	0.3	1.2	0.5	71.8	0.3	0.2	1.0	0.2	2.0	1.2	1.2
SC AmiensOpponent, 4W	6	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.7	75.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.2	1.0	3.7	1.0
CaenOpponent, 4W	5	0.4	0.2	2.0	1.4	81.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.8
Evian Thonon GaillardOpponent, 1W	4	0.0	0.3	1.8	0.8	90.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.5	1.0
Le Havre ACOpponent, 1W	4	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	54.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8
TroyesOpponent, 3W	4	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	64.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.0	1.0
AC AjaccioOpponent, 2W	3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	89.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	1.3	0.7
AJ AuxerreOpponent, 1W	2	0.0	0.5	2.0	0.0	83.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.0
AS Nancy LorraineOpponent, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.5	90.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	0.0
Clermont FootOpponent, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	70.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	0.5
Paris FCOpponent, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	51.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0
ValenciennesOpponent, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.5
GFC AjaccioOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	58.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0
SochauxOpponent, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.0
Orange Vélodrome, MarseilleGround, 36W	59	0.2	0.2	1.4	0.5	70.5	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6
Allianz Riviera, NiceGround, 17W	38	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.2	65.1	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.9	0.8
Stade de la Mosson, MontpellierGround, 17W	32	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.4	77.0	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.6	0.8
La MossonGround, 4W	16	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.2	82.3	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.1	1.4	1.6	0.9
Stade de la Meinau, StrasbourgGround, 6W	12	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.5	69.7	0.3	0.2	1.0	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.0
Stade Louis II, MonacoGround, 3W	9	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	72.4	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.4
La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, NantesGround, 2W	8	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.4	78.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.1	1.6	2.4	1.1
Parc des Princes, ParisGround, 2W	8	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.4	65.4	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.9	1.1
Roazhon Park, RennesGround, 4W	8	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	64.5	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.4	0.9	0.9
Groupama Stadium, LyonGround, 0W	7	0.1	0.0	1.7	0.4	60.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.9	1.9
Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat, LorientGround, 1W	7	0.3	0.1	1.7	0.7	68.6	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.1	1.0	1.0	0.9
Stadium de ToulouseGround, 3W	7	0.1	0.0	1.7	0.6	78.1	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.0	1.9	1.9	0.9
Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy, LilleGround, 2W	6	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.5	80.5	0.2	0.5	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	0.8
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-EtienneGround, 1W	5	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.2	75.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.2	1.6	0.8	2.0
Stade Municipal de Roudourou, GuingampGround, 2W	5	0.8	0.0	2.8	1.6	88.8	0.2	0.4	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.6	1.4
Stade Saint-Symphorien, MetzGround, 2W	5	0.0	0.0	1.4	0.6	48.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	0.8
Altrad StadiumGround, 2W	4	0.3	0.0	2.0	0.8	90.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	2.8	1.3
Stade Atlantique, BordeauxGround, 0W	4	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	70.5	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.8	1.8	0.5

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