Florian Tristan Mariano Thauvin (born 26 January 1993) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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and

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club

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. He made his professional debut for

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in 2011, moving on to

Bastia Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...

where he won the

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title in his first season and being named

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a year later. He then moved to Marseille for €15 million, going on to make over 281 appearances and score 86 goals across two spells at the team, with a brief time at

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of the

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in between. Thauvin earned 30 caps and scored 14 goals for France from under-18 to under-21 level, winning the

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. He made his senior debut in June 2017 and was part of their squad that won the

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. In 2021, Thauvin played for the France Olympic team at the

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Club career

Early career

Thauvin was born in

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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before rising through the ranks at the latter, and drawing the interest of larger clubs. He made his first team debut for Grenoble on 11 March 2011 in a 1–1

away draw against

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. Grenoble was relegated to the

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after its liquidation in July 2011.

Bastia

On 19 July 2011, Thauvin departed the club and signed his first professional contract with Corsican side

. On 28 October 2012, he scored his first goal for Bastia in a 3–1 victory over

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. He helped Bastia to Ligue 2 title triumph in 2012. On 29 January 2013, Thauvin signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with

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club

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for a reported fee of €3.5 million. As part of the deal, he was immediately sent back to Bastia on a six-month loan deal, keeping him at the top-flight Corsican club until the end of the 2012–13 season. Following his impressive displays that season, Thauvin was named the

Marseille

On 3 September 2013, after weeks of drawn-out negotiations and without making single appearance for Lille, Thauvin signed a five-year deal with

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. The 20-year-old had been absent from training due to disputes over an improved contract, and forced a move to the Stade Velodrome, eventually signing for €15 million including bonuses. On 4 January 2015, Thauvin was the only Marseille player to miss in the

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as they were eliminated from the

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last 64 by fourth-tier former club Grenoble. Thauvin made 81 appearances over two seasons, scoring 15 goals.

Newcastle United

On 19 August 2015, Thauvin joined

signing a five-year deal, for a reported fee of £15 million, with

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going in the other direction to Marseille on a season-long deal, with an option to buy. Thauvin was handed the departing Cabella's number 20 shirt. He made his debut three days later, replacing compatriot Gabriel Obertan, in the 69th minute of a goalless draw against

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, a game in which he had a chance to score a winner, but he was unable to reach a cross. He made his first start for the club against

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in the League Cup second round on 25 August, scoring a goal and making three assists in a 4–1 home victory. Thauvin was criticised by Newcastle's all-time top scorer

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for turning up to a game wearing a tuxedo. In February 2016, he told ''

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'' that the criticism was unfair and affected his performances.

Return to Marseille

On 31 January 2016, Newcastle announced Thauvin would return to Marseille on loan for the rest of the season. In the first game of his loan, on 2 February, he was sent off ten minutes after coming on as a substitute at

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for a foul on Hilton. He scored the only goal on 20 April as they beat

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1–0 away in the semi-finals to reach the final of the 2016 Coupe de France against ''

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'' rivals

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, which they lost 4–2 with Thauvin scoring a goal. On 4 August 2016, Thauvin began his second loan spell at Marseille, signing a season-long loan deal; Newcastle inserted a clause in the contract which gave Marseille the option to make the deal permanent. In November 2016, it was reported that the loan spell would be made permanent in the summer of 2017, with Marseille agreeing to pay £9.8 million (€11m) for Thauvin's permanent transfer once he had played just three matches for the club during his second loan spell. Thauvin captained Marseille for the first time in the

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round of 64 away match against

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on 8 January 2017, which Marseille won 2–1. On 10 March, he scored two goals in the 3–0 Ligue 1 home win over

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, taking his tally to four goals in his last four Ligue 1 matches. He was the

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for March, with three goals and two assists. On 30 April, Thauvin scored the first

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of his senior club career and assisted one of Maxime Lopez's two goals in a 5–1 Ligue 1 away win over

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. On 2 February 2018, Thauvin scored another hat-trick in a 6–3 home win over

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. He won two more Player of the Month awards for November and February, and finished the

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season with 22 goals, behind only PSG's

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for top scorer. He was one of four candidates for the Player of the Season award, that ultimately went to the Parisians'

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. In the season's Europa League, he contributed four goals in fourteen games for the team, who lost the

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in Lyon. In 2018–19, Thauvin was Ligue 1's fourth-highest scorer with 16 goals in 33 games, though Marseille finished fifth and missed out on European football; his tally included a hat-trick in a 3–1 win at

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on 25 November. He was sent off two months later in a 2–1 home loss to

. In September 2019, he was ruled out with ankle ligament injury, returning in March only for the season to be abandoned due to the

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. On 13 September 2020, Thauvin scored the only goal of an away win against Paris Saint-Germain, to grant Marseille their first win in ''Le Classique'' since November 2011.

Tigres UANL

On 7 May 2021, Thauvin signed with Mexican team,

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, joining the club after finishing out his contract with Marseille in June 2021 and reuniting with former Marseille teammate

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. After participating in the

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he made his Tigres debut on 7 August 2021 against

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. Thauvin was sent off in the 35th minute. On 23 January 2023, Tigres announced that they had terminated Thauvin's contract. Despite being terminated from the team on the 4th week of the Clausura 2023 tournament, Florian was recognized as a

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champion.

Udinese

On 31 January 2023, Thauvin joined

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club

on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

International career

Youth

Thauvin was a regular in the

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and represented them at the under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. Thauvin was a member of the French squad which won the

in Turkey. He scored a penalty in the 4–0 win over

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in the quarter-finals and a brace in a 2–1 victory against

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in the semi-finals.

Senior

Thauvin was called up to the senior

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squad for the first time to face

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in a 2018 World Cup qualifying match on 25 March 2017 and

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in a friendly three days later; he did not play in either match. On 2 June 2017, Thauvin made his debut for ''Les Bleus'' in a 5–0 friendly win over

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, coming on in the 80th minute as a substitute for

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. Thauvin was selected in the 23-man squad for the

in Russia. He played one minute as

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' team won the tournament, in a 4–3 win over

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in the last 16 in

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in place of

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. On 11 June 2019, Thauvin scored a

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(his first senior international goal) in the 4–0 away win over

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in a

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match, after having assisted

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's goal 16 minutes earlier. Thauvin was named as one of three overage players for the French Olympic team for the 2020 tournament in Japan. One of the others was his new Tigres teammate,

Style of play

In January 2014, he was named by ''

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'' as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe. Former

manager

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called Thauvin "a player in the image of

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… someone who is able to disrupt any opponent, someone very dangerous when he picks up speed. Very dangerous indeed."

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columnist Andy Brassell described him in 2013 as a wide player who is a "left-footer with fine acceleration and jaw-dropping close control."

Career statistics

Club

International

:''As of match played 11 June 2019'' :''France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Thauvin goal''

Honours

Bastia *

: 2011–12 Marseille *

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runner-up: 2017–18 Tigres UANL *

: Clausura 2023 France U20 *

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France *

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Individual * UNFP

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* UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: March 2017, November 2017, January 2018 Orders *

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: 2018

References

External links

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