Florian Thauvin, Attacking Midfield at Lens

Attacking Midfield · Forward

#10 Florian Thauvin

Lens Ligue 1 · France

Date of birth / Age: 26 Jan 1993 (33)
Height · Weight: 1.81 m · 70 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Citizenship: France
Joined club: 8 Aug 2025
Contract until: 2028
International: France · 12 caps, 2 goals

Date of birth / Age: 26 Jan 1993 (33)
Height · Weight: 1.81 m · 70 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Citizenship: France
Joined club: 8 Aug 2025
Contract until: 2028
International: France · 12 caps, 2 goals

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 36
Starting eleven: 31
Goals: 13
Assists: 6
Yellow cards: 6
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,624

Starting eleven86%

31 of 36 appearances

Minutes played2,624

73 per appearance

Goal involvement19

13 goals · 6 assists

Positions played

355 matches · since 2014/15

LBLWCMCFRWAM

Position	Apps	G	A
Attacking Midfield	145	54	24
Right Winger	118	34	22
Centre-Forward	68	14	10
Central Midfield	14	1	2
Other · LW, LB	10	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · attacking midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #11; attacking midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #2; among attacking midfielders aged 30+
In his league: 94%; of Ligue 1 attacking midfielders rank below him
Finishing: −0.5; goals below expected · better than 41% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

20 Expected

20.5

162 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

12 Expected

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Ligue 1	Lens	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	300
2025/26	Ligue 1	Lens	33	29	11	6	6	0	0	2,462
2025/26	Coupe de France	Lens	3	2	2	–	0	–	0	162
2024/25	Serie A	Udinese	25	24	8	3	0	0	0	1,968
2024/25	Coppa Italia	Udinese	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	64
2026	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	France	3	1	1	–	0	–	0	100
2023/24	Serie A	Udinese	29	19	5	3	4	0	0	1,717
2023/24	Coppa Italia	Udinese	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	155
2022/23	Serie A	Udinese	16	5	0	0	1	0	0	544
2022/23	Liga MX	Tigres UANL	10	4	3	2	0	0	1	455
2022	Copa por México	Tigres UANL	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	172
2021/22	Liga MX	Tigres UANL	28	19	5	3	3	0	1	1,586
2021	Leagues Cup	Tigres UANL	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2020	Olympics	France U23	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	236
2020/21	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	36	33	8	9	5	0	0	2,747
2020/21	UEFA Champions League	Olympique Marseille	6	6	0	–	2	–	0	490
2020/21	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2020/21	Trophée des Champions	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2019/20	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
2018/19	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	33	30	16	8	5	0	1	2,625
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	Olympique Marseille	3	3	2	–	1	–	0	228
2018/19	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020	UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	France	2	1	1	–	0	–	0	98
2017/18	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	35	35	22	10	6	0	0	2,965
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Olympique Marseille	6	5	1	–	2	–	0	395
2017/18	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	143
2017/18	Coupe de la Ligue	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	65
2018	FIFA World Cup	France	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	1
2016/17	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	38	36	15	8	2	0	0	2,977
2016/17	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	334
2016/17	Coupe de la Ligue	Olympique Marseille	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	160
2015/16	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	16	11	2	0	0	0	1	948
2015/16	Premier League	Newcastle United	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	420
2015/16	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	4	4	2	–	0	–	0	305
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	Olympique Marseille	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	37
2015/16	Carabao Cup	Newcastle United	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	111
2015/16	FA Cup	Newcastle United	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	38
2014/15	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	36	32	5	0	3	0	0	2,524
2014/15	Coupe de la Ligue	Olympique Marseille	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	17
2014/15	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2013/14	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	31	25	8	–	2	–	0	2,086
2013/14	UEFA Champions League	Olympique Marseille	6	2	1	–	0	–	0	239
2013/14	Coupe de la Ligue	Olympique Marseille	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	110
2013/14	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	2	2	1	–	1	–	0	147
2012/13	Ligue 1	Bastia	32	25	10	–	4	–	1	2,257
2012/13	Coupe de la Ligue	Bastia	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	175
2012/13	Coupe de France	Bastia	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2015	UEFA U21 Championship	France U21	7	7	6	–	0	–	0	580
2013	FIFA U20 World Cup	France U20	7	7	3	–	1	–	0	572
2011/12	Ligue 2	Bastia	13	4	0	–	1	–	0	511
2011/12	Coupe de France	Bastia	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	11
2012	UEFA U19 Championship	France U19	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	22
2010/11	Ligue 2	Grenoble	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	53

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			521	402	144	53^*	51	0^*	5	34,813

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Ligue 1	295	100	42
Serie A	70	13	6
Liga MX	38	8	5
Coupe de France	21	5	–
Ligue 2	16	0	–
Premier League	13	0	0
UEFA Champions League	12	1	–
UEFA Europa League	11	3	–
Coupe de la Ligue	8	0	–
France U20	7	3	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Aug 2025 Aug 2025 · Transfer Udinese Lens Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Transfer Tigres UANL Udinese Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Olympique Marseille Tigres UANL Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Transfer Newcastle United Olympique Marseille Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2017 Jun 2017 · Back from Loan Olympique Marseille Newcastle United Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2016 Aug 2016 · Loan Newcastle United Olympique Marseille Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2016 Jun 2016 · Back from Loan Olympique Marseille Newcastle United Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Loan Newcastle United Olympique Marseille Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2015 Aug 2015 · Transfer Olympique Marseille Newcastle United Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Sept 2013 Sept 2013 · Transfer Lille Olympique Marseille Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2013 Jun 2013 · Back from Loan Bastia Lille Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2013 Jan 2013 · Loan Lille Bastia Loan Fee in TSH subscription

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