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Blaise Matuidi

French association football player

Blaise Matuidi (born 9 April 1987) is a French professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for MLS club Inter Miami and the France national team.

Blaise Matuidi
Matuidi with Paris Saint-Germain in 2012
Personal information
Full name Blaise Matuidi[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-09) 9 April 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3][4]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Inter Miami
Number 8
Youth career
1993–1998 US Fontenay-sous-Bois
1998–2001 CO Vincennois
2000–2003 INF Clairefontaine
2001–2004 Créteil
2004–2005 Troyes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Troyes 67 (4)
2007–2011 Saint-Étienne 132 (3)
2011–2017 Paris Saint-Germain 203 (23)
2017–2020 Juventus 86 (6)
2020- Inter Miami CF 86 (6)
National team‡
2006–2007 France U19 9 (0)
2006–2009 France U21 25 (0)
2010– France 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

On 17 March 2020, Matuidi tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Italy.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 17 October 2020[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[nb 1] League Cup[nb 2] Europe[nb 3] Other[nb 4] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Troyes 2004–05 Ligue 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2005–06 Ligue 1 31 1 0 0 0 0 — — 31 1
2006–07 34 3 0 0 1 0 — — 35 3
Total 67 4 1 0 1 0 — — 69 4
Saint-Étienne 2007–08 Ligue 1 35 0 1 0 1 0 — — 37 0
2008–09 27 2 2 0 1 0 9 0 — 39 2
2009–10 36 1 3 0 2 0 — — 41 1
2010–11 34 0 1 0 2 0 — — 37 0
Total 132 3 7 0 6 0 9 0 — 154 3
Paris Saint-Germain 2011–12 Ligue 1 29 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 — 35 1
2012–13 37 5 4 1 2 0 9 2 — 52 8
2013–14 36 5 2 0 4 1 9 1 1 0 52 7
2014–15 34 4 5 0 4 0 10 1 0 0 53 5
2015–16 31 4 5 1 2 0 9 0 1 0 48 5
2016–17 34 4 6 1 4 0 8 2 0 0 52 7
2017–18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 203 23 24 3 16 1 49 6 3 0 295 33
Juventus 2017–18 Serie A 32 3 5 0 — 9 1 – – 46 4
2018–19 31 3 1 0 — 9 0 1 0 42 3
2019–20 35 0 4 0 — 5 1 1 0 45 1
Total 98 6 10 0 — 23 2 2 0 133 8
Inter Miami 2020 MLS 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Career total 511 36 42 3 23 1 81 8 5 0 662 48

International

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Matuidi (left) marking England's Dele Alli while on French international duty, 2015
As of 14 October 2019[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2010 1 0
2011 3 0
2012 5 0
2013 10 0
2014 13 4
2015 9 2
2016 14 2
2017 7 1
2018 15 0
2019 7 0
Total 84 9

International goals

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As of match played 7 September 2019. France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Matuidi goal.[6]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 March 2014 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 20   Netherlands 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 8 June 2014 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 23   Jamaica 2–0 8–0
3 6–0
4 20 June 2014 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil 25   Switzerland 2–0 5–2 2014 FIFA World Cup
5 7 September 2015 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 37   Serbia 1–0 2–1 Friendly
6 2–0
7 25 March 2016 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Netherlands 42   Netherlands 3–2 3–2
8 30 May 2016 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France 43   Cameroon 1–0 3–2
9 7 October 2017 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria 59   Bulgaria 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Matuidi (centre) after winning the Coupe de la Ligue 2014

Paris Saint-Germain[6]

Juventus[6]

France

Individual

Orders

Notes

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  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Coppa Italia
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup
  4. ↑ Includes Trophée des Champions, Supercoppa Italiana, FIFA Club World Cup

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Décret du 31 décembre 2018 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 31 December 2018 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2019 (1). 1 January 2019. PRER1835394D. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
  3. ↑ UEFA.com. "Blaise Matuidi - Juventus - UCL". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. ↑ "Ligue1.com - Player profile Blaise MATUIDI (Paris Saint-Germain)". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Juventus: Matuidi has coronavirus". Football Italia. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "B. Matuidi". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Matuidi, Blaise". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  8. ↑ McNulty, Phil (15 July 2018). "France 4–2 Croatia". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "2012/13 UNFP Awards". French Football Weekly. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  10. ↑ Garin, Erik; Pierrend, José Luis (8 January 2015). "France – Footballer of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Wall of Fame". Globe Soccer.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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