Thibaut Vion
Vion in CSKA, 2024-2-18
Personal information
Full name Thibaut Vion[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-11) 11 December 1993 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Mont-Saint-Martin, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, right back
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia
Number 15
Youth career
1999–2002 US Lexy
2002–2011 Metz
2011–2012 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Porto B 43 (3)
2014–2017 Metz 29 (2)
2015–2016 → Seraing (loan) 15 (2)
2017–2020 Chamois Niortais 73 (4)
2020– CSKA Sofia 97 (4)
International career
2011–2012 France U19 11 (3)
2012–2013 France U20 8 (1)
Medal record
Representing  France
Men's Football
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2013 Turkey
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Thibaut Vion (born 11 December 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia.[2] He has been capped at international level playing in the U19 and U20 squads.

Club career

As 17 years old, Vion joined Portuguese club F.C. Porto from the youth academy of Metz, for a fee of €300,000.[3] He expressed that he did not know Portuguese so had to learn it and on top of that he did not speak English well.[4] He made his debut for Porto B against Tondela in a 2–2 draw.[5]

On 31 January 2014, Vion returned to France, joining Metz on a 4.5 years contract.[6] As part of a partnership between Metz and Seraing,[7] Vion was loan to Proximus League club for the 2015–16 season.[8]

On 30 August 2017, he joined French Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais on a three-year contract.[9][10]

In August 2020, he joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.[11]

International career

Vion played at the 2012 UEFA U19 Championship. He was selected for France U20 in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In the group stage 2–1 defeat against Spain U20 he came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Florian Thauvin and scored his debut goal in the 90+1 minute.[12][13]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 3 April 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto B 2012–13 Liga de Honra 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1
2013–14 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Total 43 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 43 3
Metz 2013–14 Ligue 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2014–15 Ligue 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 1
2015–16 Ligue 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2016–17 Ligue 1 13 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 3
Total 29 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 34 5
Seraing (loan) 2015–16 Proximus League 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
Chamois Niortais 2017–18 Ligue 2 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
2018–19 27 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 31 1
2019–20 21 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 26 2
Total 73 4 6 1 4 0 0 0 83 5
CSKA Sofia 2020–21 First League 19 2 3 0 — 5 0 27 2
2021–22 19 0 4 0 — 4 0 27 0
2022–23 34 0 2 0 — 6 0 42 0
2023–24 25 2 2 0 — 2 0 29 2
Total 97 4 11 0 0 0 17 0 125 4
Career total 257 15 18 1 8 1 17 0 300 17

Honours

CSKA Sofia

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ "ЦСКА привлече френски бранител" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "FC Metz: Vion file à Porto, Bouby arrive". virgule-online (in French). 14 March 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Thibaut Vion living a dream by participating in the U20 World Cup but is in trouble with his club, FC Porto, although it intends to cling. Discovery". Eurosport.fr.
  5. ^ "Tondela 2-Porto B 2". Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  6. ^ SAPO (31 January 2014). "Thibaut Vion deixa FC Porto e regressa ao FC Metz". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Partenariat avec le FC Metz". RFC Seraing (in French). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ^ jdecker (18 August 2015). "Thibaut Vion rebondit à Seraing". Football Club de Metz (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  9. ^ Erwann Penland (30 August 2017). "Niort: Un ancien attaquant de Porto signe trois ans (off.)". foot-national.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Thibaut Vion signe aux Chamois". chamoisniortais.fr. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Актуалните новини от Варна | Dnes +". dnesplus.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Spain U20 2 France U20 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  13. ^ "U20 : France-Espagne (1-2), entretien with goaleur Thibaut Vion". Videos-football.com. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  14. ^ Thibaut Vion at Soccerway

External links


PFC CSKA Sofia – current squad
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