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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Raymond François Varane[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Lille, France | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2021 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Lens II | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Lens | 1 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Rodez II (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Rodez (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Sporting Gijón B | 15 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Sporting Gijón | 39 | (0) |
| 2024– | Queens Park Rangers | 56 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Martinique | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:59, 6 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:30, 17 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Jonathan Raymond François Varane (born 9 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers. Born in France, he plays for the Martinique national team.
Club career
[edit]Lens
[edit]Varane is a youth product of Lens, having joined the youth academy in 2007.[2] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 18 May 2021.[3] He made his professional debut with Lens in a 3–2 Ligue 1 loss to Nantes on 10 December 2021, coming on as a sub in the 90+2 minute.[4]
Loan to Rodez
[edit]On 24 January 2022, Varane joined Ligue 2 Rodez on loan until the end of the season.[5] He played six times for the club as they narrowly avoided relegation.
Sporting Gijón
[edit]On 24 August 2022, Varane signed with Spanish club Sporting de Gijón, being initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera Federación.[6] He made his first team debut on 3 January of the following year, replacing Nacho Martín in a 2–0 home win over Rayo Vallecano, for the season's Copa del Rey.
After the arrival of Miguel Ángel Ramírez as manager, Varane started to feature more regularly with the first team.[7] On 31 May 2023, he signed a new contract with the club until 2027, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[8]
Queens Park Rangers
[edit]On 4 August 2024, Varane signed for EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee.[9] On 10 August, he made his debut for the club, as a substitute, in a 3–1 loss against West Bromwich Albion in the league.[10] On 11 January 2025, he scored his first goal for the club in a 6–2 loss to Leicester City in the third round of the FA Cup.[11] On 6 December 2025, he scored his first league goal for the club in a 3–1 victory over West Bromwich Albion at Loftus Road.[12]
International career
[edit]Born in France, Varane plays international football for Martinique, qualifying through his Martinique-born father.[13] He made his debut on 11 October 2024, playing 73 minutes of a 0–1 away victory against Guadeloupe in a 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League group stage match.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Varane is of Martiniquais descent through his father.[13] He is the half brother of former French international footballer Raphaël Varane.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 6 December 2025[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lens II | 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Lens | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rodez II (loan) | 2021–22 | Championnat National 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Rodez (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sporting Gijón B | 2022–23 | Tercera Federación | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| Sporting Gijón | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Segunda División | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 2024–25 | EFL Championship | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | EFL Championship | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 60 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 130 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 3 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup
- ↑ Includes EFL Cup
- ↑ Appearance in Segunda División play-offs
References
[edit]- ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 28 de mayo de 2023, en Gijón" [Report of the match occurred on 28 May 2023, in Gijón] (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- 1 2 "RC Lens : Jonathan Varane, 12 ans, sur les pas de Raphaël". France 3 Hauts-de-France.
- ↑ "Jonathan Varane, frère de Raphaël, passe professionnel et signe au RC Lens". Outre-mer la 1ère.
- ↑ "Nantes vs. Lens - 10 December 2021 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "IGUE 2 BKT : JONATHAN VARANE ARRIVE EN PRÊT DU RC LENS !" (Press release) (in French). Rodez. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "Jonathan Varane, nuevo fichaje para el filial" [Jonathan Varane, new signing for the reserves] (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 24 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ↑ "Un jugador del Real Sporting se gana la titularidad a base de partidazos" [A player from Real Sporting earns the starting spot made of great matches] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Jonathan Varane, jugador del Sporting hasta 2027" [Jonathan Varane, Sporting player until 2027] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 31 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "QPR complete signing of Jonathan Varane". www.qpr.co.uk. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ "Queens Park Rangers 1-3 West Bromwich Albion". 10 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ↑ "Leicester 6-2 QPR (Jan 11, 2025) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ "Queens Park Rangers 3-1 West Bromwich Albion - Burrell scores double". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Foot: dans la famille Varane, il y a Raphaël, mais aussi Jonathan...Attention phénomène". Outre-mer la 1ère.
- ↑ Jonathan Varane at Soccerway
External links
[edit]
- Jonathan Varane at BDFutbol
- Jonathan Varane at Soccerway
- RC Lens Footeo profile
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lille
- French men's footballers
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- RC Lens players
- Rodez AF players
- Sporting Atlético players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Segunda División players
- Tercera Federación players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- 21st-century French sportsmen