Nicolas Janvier

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nicolas Janvier

| image = Stade rennais vs USM Alger, July 16th 2016 - Nicolas Janvier.jpg

| caption = Nicolas Janvier with Rennes in 2016

| full_name = Nicolas Jean-Paul Noël Janvier{{cite web |url=https://tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=2552011 |title=Nicolas Jean Paul Noel Janvier |publisher=Turkish Football Federation |access-date=8 February 2025}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|8|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saint-Malo, France

| height = 1.71 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Alanyaspor

| clubnumber = 17

| youthyears1 = 2004–2006

| youthclubs1 = Jeanne d'Arc Saint Malo

| youthyears2 = 2006–2015

| youthclubs2 = Rennes

| years1 = 2015–2019

| clubs1 = Rennes II

| caps1 = 58

| goals1 = 8

| years2 = 2015–2019

| clubs2 = Rennes

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2020

| clubs3 = Vitória SC B

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 8

| years4 = 2020–2023

| clubs4 = Vitória SC

| caps4 = 69

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2023–

| clubs5 = Alanyaspor

| caps5 = 68

| goals5 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014

| nationalteam1 = France U16

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| nationalyears2 = 2014–2015

| nationalteam2 = France U17

| nationalcaps2 = 13

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| nationalyears3 = 2015–2016

| nationalteam3 = France U18

| nationalcaps3 = 9

| nationalgoals3 = 5

| nationalyears4 = 2016–2017

| nationalteam4 = France U19

| nationalcaps4 = 16

| nationalgoals4 = 4

| nationalyears5 = 2017–2018

| nationalteam5 = France U20

| nationalcaps5 = 3

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| club-update = 16 June 2025

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Nicolas Jean-Paul Noël Janvier (born 11 August 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alanyaspor.{{Soccerway|accessdate=2023-06-13}}

Club career

Born in Saint-Malo, Brittany, Janvier moved from hometown club Jeanne d'Arc to Stade Rennais F.C. at the age of 8, a year after starting to play football.{{cite news |title=Football. Un Malouin en équipe de France|trans-title=Football. A Saint-Malo native in the France national team|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/cotes-darmor/saint-malo/football-un-malouin-en-equipe-de-france-05-01-2015-10481525.php |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=Le Télégramme |date=5 January 2015 |language=French}} He made his Ligue 1 debut on 11 December 2015 against SM Caen, as an 84th-minute substitute for Juan Fernando Quintero in a 1–1 home draw.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/12/11/france/ligue-1/stade-rennais-fc/stade-malherbe-caen-calvados-basse-norma/2046089/|title=Rennes vs. Caen – 11 December 2015|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=2016-01-23}}

Janvier signed his first professional contract in August 2015, a three-year deal that made him only the third 17-year-old to turn professional at Rennes, after Yoann Gourcuff and Damien Le Tallec.{{cite news |title=Contrats : premier contrat pro pour Nicolas Janvier |trans-title=Contracts: first pro contract for Nicolas Janvier|url=https://www.stade-rennais-online.com/+Contrats-premier-contrat-pro-pour-8901+.html |access-date=17 February 2022 |publisher=Stade Rennais Online |date=10 August 2015 |language=French}} He made only 15 appearances in all competitions (four starts), being used mainly in the reserve team in the Championnat National 3 and 2. He left in August 2019 on a three-year deal to Vitória SC in Portugal's Primeira Liga.{{cite news |title=Saint-Malo. Le Malouin Nicolas Janvier signe au Portugal|trans-title=Saint-Malo. Local Nicolas Janvier signs in Portugal|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/saint-malo-35400/saint-malo-le-malouin-nicolas-janvier-signe-au-portugal-6487151 |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=Ouest-France |date=21 August 2019 |language=French}}

Janvier was again a reserve in his first year in Portugal, scoring 8 goals in 23 games including braces in wins over CDC Montalegre and Berço SC. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 18 September 2020, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 home loss to B-SAD, the first game managed by Tiago Mendes.{{cite news |title=Traição de Cafú Phete dita derrota do Vitória no arranque da I Liga|trans-title=Cafú Phete's betrayal leads to Vitória's defeat on opening day of I Liga|url=https://www.guimaraesdigital.com/index.php/informacao/desporto/61754-traicao-de-cafu-phete-dita-derrota-do-vitoria-no-arranque-da-i-liga |access-date=17 February 2022 |publisher=Guimarães Digital |date=18 September 2020 |language=Portuguese}}

On 4 July 2023, Janvier signed a three-year contract for Turkish club Alanyaspor, for an undisclosed fee.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=4 July 2023 |title=Nicolas Janvier Corendon Alanyaspor’umuzda |url=https://www.alanyaspor.org.tr/Haber/nicolas-janvier-corendon-alanyasporumuzda-472023 |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=Alanyaspor Resmi İnternet Sitesi |language=tr}}

International career

Janvier earned 53 caps for France at youth level, scoring 16 goals. He made his debut on 17 September 2013 with the under-16 team in a 1–0 friendly win over Wales in La Sauvetat-du-Dropt, and scored in a 6–0 win against the same country two days later.{{cite web |title=Bilan des U16 Tricolores|trans-title=Data on U16 Tricolours|url=https://www.formationgirondins.fr/Breves-7832-bilan-des-u16-tricolores |publisher=Formation Girondin |access-date=17 February 2022 |language=French}} He was part of the under-17 team that won the 2015 UEFA European Championship in Bulgaria, though he missed in the semi-final penalty shootout against Belgium.{{cite news |title=Belle participation au tournoi de football des jeunes|trans-title=Great participation at the youth football tournament|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/cancale-35260/belle-participation-au-tournoi-de-football-des-jeunes-3498948?page=4 |access-date=17 February 2022 |work=Ouest-France |date=19 June 2015 |language=French}}