Jordan Amavi
Amavi with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name Jordan Kévin Amavi[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-09) 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 (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

Nice

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

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

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)

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

On 1 September 2022, Amavi was loaned to La Liga side Getafe for the season.[18]

Loan to Brest

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

International career

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

As of match played 12 February 2023[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice B 2012–13 CFA 2 183———183
2013–14 CFA 20———20
Total 203———203
Nice 2013–14 Ligue 1 19020101[lower-alpha 3]0230
2014–15 Ligue 1 3641000—374
Total 634401010694
Aston Villa 2015–16 Premier League 1000020—120
2016–17 Championship 3401010—360
Total 4401030—480
Marseille (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 270311012[lower-alpha 3]0431
Marseille 2018–19 Ligue 1 28010103[lower-alpha 3]0330
2019–20 Ligue 1 2612010—291
2020–21 Ligue 1 13100—5[lower-alpha 4]0181
2021–22 Ligue 1 2020—0040
Total 96281302001273
Nice (loan) 2021–22 Ligue 1 8010——90
Getafe (loan) 2022–23 La Liga 4010——50
Career total 22791417021027910

Honours

Marseille

Nice

References

  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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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