Nicolas Louis Marcel Cozza (born 8 January 1999) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for German club

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

Club career

Cozza joined

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

in 2010 and signed his first professional contract on 14 June 2017. He made his professional debut for Montpellier in a 0–0

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draw against

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on 19 November 2017. On 25 January 2023, Cozza signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with

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club

. On 1 February 2024, Cozza was loaned out to French side

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until the end of the season. After remaining on the bench in the first two Wolfsburg games of the 2024–25 season, on 28 August 2024 Cozza returned to

on a new season-long loan.

Personal life

Cozza is the grandson of former Montpellier captain . He is of Italian descent from

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at the VfL Wolfsburg website * * * * * 1999 births Living people French sportspeople of Italian descent French people of Calabrian descent French men's footballers Footballers from Hérault France men's under-21 international footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football central defenders Men's association football fullbacks Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Bundesliga players Montpellier HSC players VfL Wolfsburg players FC Nantes players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-defender-1990s-stub