Matthis Abline
 Abline with Nantes in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Angers, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monaco | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2014 | Landemontais | ||
| 2014–2018 | Carquefou | ||
| 2018–2020 | Rennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Rennes B | 9 | (4) |
| 2021–2024 | Rennes | 19 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Le Havre (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2023 | → Auxerre (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Nantes (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2024–2026 | Nantes | 65 | (15) |
| 2026– | Monaco | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | France U16 | 7 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | France U17 | 7 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | France U19 | 11 | (6) |
| 2022–2024 | France U20 | 10 | (5) |
| 2022–2025 | France U21 | 10 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025 | |||
Matthis Abline (born 28 March 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Monaco.
Early life
[edit]Abline was born in Angers and grew up in Landemont in the Loire Valley.[1]
Club career
[edit]On 20 August 2020, Abline signed his first professional contract with Rennes.[2] He made his professional debut for Rennes on 25 April 2021 in a 5–1 Ligue 1 win against Dijon.[3] He scored his first goal against Rosenborg in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.[4]
On 21 January 2022, Abline joined Le Havre on loan until the end of the season.[5] On 25 August 2023, he signed for Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan with an option-to-buy for €6 million.[6] On 3 July 2024, he signed for Nantes on a permanent deal for a club-record fee of €12 million (including bonuses), signing a four-year contract.[7]
On 30 July 2026, Abline moved to Monaco with a five-year contract.[8] The transfer fee was reported as approximately 30 million euros, which became a new record-highest sale by Nantes.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 12 September 2026[10]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rennes B | 2020–21 | National 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | National 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | |||
| Total | 9 | 4 | — | — | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Rennes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
| Total | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Le Havre (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 6 | |
| Auxerre (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 22 | 3 | |
| Nantes (loan) | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 5 | |
| Nantes | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | 36 | 11 | |
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | 33 | 8 | ||
| Total | 65 | 15 | 4 | 4 | — | 69 | 19 | |||
| Nice | 2026–27 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 153 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 168 | 40 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
[edit]- ↑ "Pépite U21 : Matthis Abline (AJ Auxerre/L1) > Du National 3 vers l'Elite ! | BILLION KEYS". billionkeys.com (in French). 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ↑ "Matthis Abline : un nouveau".
- ↑ Anselmetti, Léo (25 April 2021). "Résultat et résumé Rennes - Dijon, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 34e journée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ Matthis Abline at Soccerway
- ↑ "Matthis Abline (Rennes) en prêt au HAC jusqu'à la fin de la saison" (Press release) (in French). Le Havre. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ Mangeard, Nicolas (25 August 2023). "FC Nantes. Matthis Abline officiellement prêté par le Stade Rennais avec une option d'achat". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ↑ "Official | Nantes sign Matthis Abline from Rennes in club-record €12m deal - Get French Football News". 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ↑ "Matthis Abline est Rouge & Blanc" [Matthis Abline is Red & White] (in French). AS Monaco FC. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ "Mercato : Matthis Abline quitte Nantes et rejoint officiellement l'AS Monaco" [Transfer news: Matthis Abline leaves Nantes and officially joins AS Monaco] (in French). L'Equipe. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ Matthis Abline at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Matthis Abline at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Matthis Abline – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Maine-et-Loire
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- Stade Rennais FC players
- AJ Auxerre players
- Le Havre AC players
- FC Nantes players
- AS Monaco FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco
- French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco