Nicolas de Préville
French footballer (born 1991)
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Nicolas de Roussel de Préville (born 8 January 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker.[2]
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De Préville in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolas de Roussel de Préville | ||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Chambray-lès-Tours, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2001 | Barjac | ||
| 2001–2005 | Alès | ||
| 2005–2007 | Caen | ||
| 2007–2008 | Bagnols Pont | ||
| 2008–2009 | Istres | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Istres | 69 | (12) |
| 2013–2016 | Reims | 103 | (15) |
| 2016–2017 | Oostende | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Lille (loan) | 30 | (14) |
| 2017 | Lille | 4 | (2) |
| 2017–2021 | Bordeaux | 109 | (14) |
| 2021–2022 | Metz | 27 | (5) |
| 2023 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10 | (1) |
| 2023–2025 | Troyes | 33 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U20 | 5 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 June 2012 | |||
Career
Having joined FC Istres as a youth player in 2008, De Préville made his senior debut for the club on 14 August 2009 in a Ligue 2 match against Metz.[3]
On 23 January 2013, he joined Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims on a 3.5-year contract.[4] He finished the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season with six goals and nine assists.[5]
In August 2016, De Préville joined Lille OSC. In a special transfer arrangement, Belgian club K.V. Oostende (whose president Marc Coucke was at that time a minority shareholder of Lille OSC), bought the player from Reims for an estimated transfer fee of €4.5 million and immediately loaned him out to Lille with the latter having an option to purchase him in June 2017.[5][6]
On 30 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Metz.[7]
In January 2023 free agent De Preville joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season.[8]
On 20 July 2023, De Preville joined Ligue 2 side Troyes, on a free transfer following his departure from 1. FC Kaiserslautern after his contract ended, on a two-year contract.[9]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Istres | 2009–10 | Ligue 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 42 | 11 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 70 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 77 | 16 | ||||
| Reims | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 5 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 103 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 111 | 18 | ||||
| Lille (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 14 | ||
| Lille | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bordeaux | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 8 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 109 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 17 | ||
| Metz | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 5 | |||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Troyes | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 37 | 9 | |||||
| Career total | 386 | 71 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 425 | 82 | ||
