Nicolas de Roussel de Préville (born 8 January 1991) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

Having joined

FC Istres Football Club Istres Ouest Provence (; commonly referred to as simply Istres) is a French association football club based in Istres. The club was formed in 1920 and currently play their home matches at the Stade Parsemain in Fos-sur-Mer, a com ...

as a youth player in 2008, De Préville made his senior debut for the club on 14 August 2009 in a

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match against

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

. On 23 January 2013, he joined

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side

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional association football, football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1910 and plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France, having been promoted from Ligue 2 in 2017–18 Ligue 2, 2018. ...

on a 3.5-year contract. He finished the

2015–16 Ligue 1 The 2015–16 Ligue 1 season was the 78th season of the Ligue de Football Professionnel first division since its establishment. It started on 7 August 2015 and concluded on 14 May 2016. Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain were the defen ...

season with six goals and nine assists. In August 2016, De Préville joined

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

. In a special transfer arrangement, Belgian club

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(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. On 30 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with

. In January 2023

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De Preville joined

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club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a contract until the end of the 2022–23 season. On 20 July 2023, De Preville joined

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, on a free transfer following his departure from 1. FC Kaiserslautern after his contract ended, on a two-year contract.

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* 1991 births Living people People from Chambray-lès-Tours Footballers from Indre-et-Loire French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders France men's youth international footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players 2. Bundesliga players FC Istres players Stade de Reims players Lille OSC players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players FC Metz players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players ES Troyes AC players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{france-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub