Thibaut Vion (born 11 December 1993) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He has been capped at international level playing in the U19 and

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squads.

Club career

As 17 years old, Vion joined Portuguese club F.C. Porto from the youth academy of

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, for a fee of €300,000. He expressed that he did not know Portuguese so had to learn it and on top of that he did not speak English well. He made his debut for Porto B against

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in a 2–2 draw. On 31 January 2014, Vion returned to France, joining

on a 4.5 years contract. As part of a partnership between Metz and

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, Vion was loan to Proximus League club for the 2015–16 season. On 30 August 2017, he joined French

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club

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on a three-year contract. In August 2020, he joined Bulgarian club

International career

Vion played at the 2012 UEFA U19 Championship. He was selected for France U20 in the

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. In the group stage 2–1 defeat against Spain U20 he came on as a 78th-minute substitute for

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and scored his debut goal in the 90+1 minute.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

CSKA Sofia *

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* * * Living people 1993 births Footballers from Meurthe-et-Moselle Men's association football forwards French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French expatriate men's footballers FC Porto B players FC Metz players R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players Chamois Niortais FC players PFC CSKA Sofia players Liga Portugal 2 players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub