Matthis Abline
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 Abline with Nantes in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 March 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Angers, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nantes | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2014 | Landemontais | ||
| 2014–2018 | Carquefou | ||
| 2018–2020 | Rennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Rennes B | 9 | (4) |
| 2021–2024 | Rennes | 19 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Le Havre (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2023 | → Auxerre (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | → Nantes (loan) | 22 | (5) |
| 2024– | Nantes | 59 | (14) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | France U16 | 7 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | France U17 | 7 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | France U19 | 11 | (6) |
| 2022–2024 | France U20 | 10 | (5) |
| 2022–2025 | France U21 | 10 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025 | |||
Matthis Abline (born 28 March 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Nantes.
Abline was born in Angers and grew up in Landemont in the Loire Valley.[1]
Club career
On 20 August 2020, Abline signed his first professional contract with Rennes.[2] He made his professional debut for Rennes on 25 April 2021 in a 5–1 Ligue 1 win against Dijon.[3] He scored his first goal against Rosenborg in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.[4]
On 21 January 2022, Abline joined Le Havre on loan until the end of the season.[5] On 25 August 2023, he signed for Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan with an option-to-buy for €6 million.[6] On 3 July 2024, he signed for Nantes on a permanent deal for a club-record fee of €12 million (including bonuses), signing a four-year contract.[7]
