Thibaut Vion
{{short description|French footballer (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Thibaut Vion
| image = Thibaut Vion in 2024.jpg
| caption = Vion in CSKA, 2024-2-18
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mont-Saint-Martin, France
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Defensive midfielder, right back
| currentclub = CSKA Sofia
| clubnumber = 15
| youthyears1 = 1999–2002
| youthclubs1 = US Lexy
| youthyears2 = 2002–2011
| youthclubs2 = Metz
| youthyears3 = 2011–2012
| youthclubs3 = Porto
| years1 = 2012–2014 | clubs1 = Porto B | caps1 = 43 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2014–2017 | clubs2 = Metz | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2015–2016 | clubs3 = → Seraing (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2017–2020 | clubs4 = Chamois Niortais | caps4 = 73 | goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2020– | clubs5 = CSKA Sofia | caps5 = 132 | goals5 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam1 = France U19 | nationalcaps1 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2012–2013 | nationalteam2 = France U20 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 1
| club-update = 04:44, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIFA U-20 World Cup}}
{{Medal|W|2013 Turkey|}}
}}
Thibaut Vion (born 11 December 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia.{{cite web|title=ЦСКА привлече френски бранител|url=http://cska.bg/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&cPath=65&products_id=9355&zenid=4a3h94ub0ad2u127na4ecv5rf2|publisher=cska.bg|date=18 September 2020|language=Bulgarian}} He has been capped at international level playing in the U19 and U20 squads.
Club career
As 17 years old, Vion joined Portuguese club F.C. Porto from the youth academy of Metz, for a fee of €300,000.{{Cite web |date=2012-03-14 |title=FC Metz: Vion file à Porto, Bouby arrive |url=https://www.virgule.lu/sports/fc-metz-vion-file-a-porto-bouby-arrive/30806.html |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=virgule-online |language=fr}} He expressed that he did not know Portuguese so had to learn it and on top of that he did not speak English well.{{cite web|title=Thibaut Vion living a dream by participating in the U20 World Cup but is in trouble with his club, FC Porto, although it intends to cling. Discovery|url=http://www.eurosport.fr/football/coupe-du-monde-20-ans/2013/mondial-u20-thibaut-vion-la-perle-francaise-du-fc-porto_sto3810643/story.shtml|publisher=Eurosport.fr}} He made his debut for Porto B against Tondela in a 2–2 draw.{{cite web|title=Tondela 2-Porto B 2|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/12/portugal/liga-de-honra/cd-tondela/porto-b/1317018/|accessdate=27 April 2013}}
On 31 January 2014, Vion returned to France, joining Metz on a 4.5 years contract.{{Cite web |last=SAPO |date=2014-01-31 |title=Thibaut Vion deixa FC Porto e regressa ao FC Metz |url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/thibaut-vion-deixa-fc-porto-e-regressa-ao-fc-metz |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=SAPO Desporto |language=pt}} As part of a partnership between Metz and Seraing,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-03 |title=Partenariat avec le FC Metz |url=https://www.rfc-seraing.be/partenariat-avec-le-fc-metz/ |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=RFC Seraing |language=fr-FR}} Vion was loan to Proximus League club for the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web |last=jdecker |date=2015-08-18 |title=Thibaut Vion rebondit à Seraing |url=https://www.fcmetz.com/2015-2016/actualites/equipe-pro/thibaut-vion-rebondit-seraing |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Football Club de Metz |language=fr}}
On 30 August 2017, he joined French Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais on a three-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-niort-un-ancien-attaquant-de-porto-signe-trois-ans-off-100209.html|title=Niort: Un ancien attaquant de Porto signe trois ans (off.)|publisher=foot-national.com|date=30 August 2017|accessdate=15 September 2017|author=Erwann Penland}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/mercato-2/2017/08/30/thibaut-vion-signe-aux-chamois/|title=Thibaut Vion signe aux Chamois|date=30 August 2017|accessdate=15 September 2017|publisher=chamoisniortais.fr}}
In August 2020, he joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.{{Cite web |title=Актуалните новини от Варна {{!}} Dnes + |url=https://dnesplus.bg/sport/armeytsite-nyamat-pravo-na-greshka-sreshtu-torshavn_13517 |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=dnesplus.bg |language=bg}}
International career
Vion played at the 2012 UEFA U19 Championship. He was selected for France U20 in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In the group stage 2–1 defeat against Spain U20 he came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Florian Thauvin and scored his debut goal in the 90+1 minute.{{cite web|title=Spain U20 2 France U20 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/06/27/world/u20-world-cup/spain-youth/france-youth/1464234/|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=4 July 2013}}{{cite web|title=U20 : France-Espagne (1-2), entretien with goaleur Thibaut Vion|url=http://www.videos-football.com/en/video-400840-u20-france-espagne-1-2-entretien-avec-le-buteur-thibaut-vion.html|publisher=Videos-football.com|accessdate=4 July 2013}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|matches played 22 April 2025}}{{Soccerway|thibaut--vion/222837}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||||
| rowspan="3"|Porto B
|rowspan="2"|Liga de Honra |34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 1 | |
| 2013–14
|9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
| rowspan="5"|Metz
|11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |
| 2014–15
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 1 | |
| 2015–16
|Ligue 2 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17
|Ligue 1 |13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| Seraing (loan)
|15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 2 | |
| rowspan=4|Chamois Niortais
|rowspan=3|Ligue 2 |25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 2 | |
| 2018–19
|27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 1 | |
| 2019–20
|21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!73 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 |
| rowspan=6 valign="center"|CSKA Sofia
|rowspan=5|First League |19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22
|19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| 2024–25
|28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!132 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 168 | 6 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!292 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 343 | 19 |
Honours
CSKA Sofia
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|thibaut--vion/222837}}
- {{FFF player|9361-vion-thibaut}}
- {{FFF male player|1595621197}}
{{PFC CSKA Sofia squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vion, Thibaut}}
Category:Footballers from Meurthe-et-Moselle
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players
Category:Chamois Niortais FC players
Category:PFC CSKA Sofia players
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
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