Samuel Gigot
 Gigot with Spartak Moscow in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Florent Thomas Gigot[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Avignon, France[2] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2003 | MJC Avignon | ||
| 2003–2010 | Avignon | ||
| 2010–2011 | USP Grand Avignon | ||
| 2011–2013 | Arles-Avignon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Arles-Avignon B | 17 | (5) |
| 2013–2015 | Arles-Avignon | 32 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Kortrijk | 41 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Gent | 37 | (2) |
| 2018–2022 | Spartak Moscow | 77 | (9) |
| 2022–2025 | Marseille | 47 | (5) |
| 2022 | → Spartak Moscow (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Lazio (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2025–2026 | Lazio | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2026 | |||
Samuel Florent Thomas Gigot (born 12 October 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back.
Career
[edit]Gigot is a youth product of Arles-Avignon. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 30 August 2013 in a match against Niort.[4] On 15 August 2014, he scored his first league goal against Nancy.[5]
On 4 June 2018, Gigot signed a four-year contract with Russian club Spartak Moscow, where he later became notable for his passion, and, despite being a defender, his willingness to join attacks.[6] On 19 August 2019, he scored two goals in a 2–1 win over CSKA Moscow in the Main Moscow derby.[7]
On 29 January 2022, Gigot signed for Ligue 1 club Marseille; he was loaned back to Spartak Moscow for the rest of the 2021–22 season.[8] On 19 March 2022, he marked his 100th appearance for Spartak in all competitions during a 1–1 tie against FC Nizhny Novgorod.[citation needed] His last match for the team was a highly emotional 2–1 win over Dynamo Moscow on 29 May 2022 in the Russian Cup final.
His debut for Marseille in Ligue 1 was on 7 August 2022, when he started in a 4–1 victory over Reims. Gigot scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over LOSC Lille on 10 September 2022.
On 30 August 2024, just before the transfer window closed, Gigot joined Serie A club Lazio on loan for the 2024–25 season, with a conditional obligation to buy.[9][10] The conditions were fulfilled and he joined Lazio on a permanent basis at the end of the season. After more than a season of not playing due to injuries, his Lazio contract was mutually terminated on 1 September 2026.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Gigot was born to a French family in Avignon. He was rumoured to be of Algerian descent through his mother, however he denied the information and said he has no links to Algeria.[12]
His brother Tony is a former professional rugby league footballer.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 18 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arles-Avignon B | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 14 | 3 | – | – | – | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2014–15 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 17 | 5 | – | – | – | 17 | 5 | |||||
| Arles-Avignon | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 4[b] | 0 | 28 | 4 | |||
| Total | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |||
| Kortrijk | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 7[c] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |||
| Gent | 2016–17 | Belgian Pro League | 7 | 0 | – | 4[d] | 0 | 9[e] | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 10[e] | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
| Total | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 64 | 2 | ||
| Spartak Moscow | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | – | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 3 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8[g] | 0 | – | 38 | 2 | |||
| Total | 88 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | 110 | 10 | |||
| Marseille | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5[f] | 0 | – | 33 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10[h] | 0 | – | 33 | 3 | |||
| Total | 47 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | – | 66 | 5 | |||
| Lazio (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | – | 23 | 2 | |
| Career total | 277 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 372 | 30 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Belgian Cup, Russian Cup, Coppa Italia
- 1 2 Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
- ↑ Appearances in Belgian Pro League Europa League play-offs
- 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 Appearances in Belgian Pro League championship play-offs
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Spartak Moscow
References
[edit]- ↑ "Gigot Samuel Florent Thomas , defender, FC "Spartak-Moskva"". eng.premierliga.ru.
- ↑ "Samuel Gigot Soccer Stats - Season & Career Statistics". www.foxsports.com.
- ↑ "Samuel Gigot". Olympique de Marseille. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ "Niort vs. Arles - 30 August 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Nancy vs. Arles - 15 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Самуэль Жиго перешел в "Спартак"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 4 June 2018.
- ↑ "Spartak v CSKA game report". Russian Premier League. 19 August 2019.
- ↑ "Samuel Gigot est Olympien !" [Samuel Gigot is Olympian!] (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ↑ "Samuel Gigot prêté à la Lazio" (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ↑ "Samuel Gigot è un nuovo calciatore biancoceleste" [Samuel Gigot is a new white and blue footballer] (in Italian). Lazio. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ "Risoluzione consensuale del contratto di Samuel Gigot" [Mutual termination of Samuel Gigot's contract] (in Italian). SS Lazio. 1 September 2026. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ Bennedra, Naim (28 April 2020). "Samuel Gigot : " L'Algérie, j'y serai allé de bon cœur si… "".
- ↑ "FOOTBALL / RUGBY a XIII. Les frères Gigot : " Samuel à l'OM et Tony à Toulon, ce serait l'objectif ! "".
- ↑ ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.
External links
[edit]
- Profile at the Olympique de Marseille website
- Samuel Gigot – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
- Samuel Gigot – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1993 births
- Footballers from Avignon
- Living people
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- AC Arlésien players
- KV Kortrijk players
- KAA Gent players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- SS Lazio players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Russian Premier League players
- Serie A players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- 21st-century French sportsmen