| Jordan Amavi | |
| Full Name: | Jordan Kévin Amavi[1] |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1994[2] |
| Birth Place: | Toulon, France |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Brest |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Youthyears1: | 2001–2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Toulon |
| Youthyears2: | 2010–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Nice |
| Years1: | 2011–2013 |
| Clubs1: | Nice B |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs2: | Nice |
| Caps2: | 55 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Aston Villa |
| Caps3: | 44 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2017–2024 |
| Clubs4: | Marseille |
| Caps4: | 96 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Nice (loan) |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | → Getafe (loan) |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | → Brest (loan) |
| Caps7: | 2 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Brest |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | France U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014–2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | France U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 16:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 11 October 2016 (UTC) |
Jordan Kévin Amavi (born 9 March 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Brest.
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]
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]
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]
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]
On 1 September 2022, Amavi was loaned to La Liga side Getafe for the season.[18]
On 31 August 2023, Amavi was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 side Brest for the 2023–24 season.[19] On 19 May 2024, he scored his first goal from a free-kick in a 3–0 away win over Toulouse on the final matchday of the season, helping his club to secure a third-place finish in the league and first ever qualification to the UEFA Champions League.[20] On 31 July 2024, he was transferred to Brest on a permanent deal, signing a one-year contract with an option for an extra year.[21]
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.[22]
He was called up to the senior France squad for a World Cup qualifier against Belarus in October 2017.[23]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nice B | 2012–13 | CFA 2 | 18 | 3 | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||||
| 2013–14 | CFA | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 20 | 3 | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | ||||||
| Nice | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 | 4 | |||
| Total | 63 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 4 | |||
| Aston Villa | 2015–16 | Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Championship | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Total | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||||
| Marseille (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
| Marseille | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 96 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 127 | 3 | |||
| Nice (loan) | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Getafe (loan) | 2022–23 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Brest (loan) | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Brest | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 230 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 282 | 11 | |||
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