Jordan Kévin Amavi (born 9 March 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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, on loan from

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

. He has previously played professionally for

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

and

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

. He has played regularly for France as a youth player and was called into the senior squad in late 2017 but is yet to make his debut.

Club career

Nice

Born in

Toulon Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...

, Amavi made his

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debut with

in the opening game of the 2013–14 season on 10 August 2013 against

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

Aston Villa

On 18 July 2015 he signed for

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side

on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £9 million. He made his debut on 8 August, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win over

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. On 15 November, Amavi suffered an ACL tear in his right knee while on duty with the France U21 team, ending his first season at Aston Villa. Without Amavi, Villa were relegated to the

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, the second tier of English football, which lead to speculation on the future of Amavi as well as other Villa players. However, Amavi decided to continue playing for Villa for the 2016–17 season, as he had high hopes on Villa being promoted immediately back up to the Premier League. On 27 December 2016, Aston Villa turned down an £25 million bid from an undisclosed club from China for Amavi; reports in France also claimed that Marseille had also bid for the player. That season, he made 34 appearances in the Championship for Villa, but they finished in a bottom-half thirteenth-place league finish.

Marseille

On 10 August 2017, it was agreed that Amavi would join

side

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

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for the entirety of the 2017–18 season, with Marseille also considering interest in signing the player in a permanent transfer in the following season. Marseille decided to make Amavi's move permanent in October 2017, meeting an agreed clause in the loan contract. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals away to

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as Marseilles played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the

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to be played at the

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, France on 16 May 2018. A double from

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helped

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defeat Amavi's Marseille side 3–0 and win the trophy.

Return to Nice (loan)

On 5 January 2022, Amavi returned to former club Nice on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season with an option to buy.

Loan to Getafe

On 1 September 2022, Amavi was loaned to

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side

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for the season.

Loan to Brest

On 31 August 2023, Amavi was loaned to fellow

side

for the 2023–24 season.

International career

Amavi is of Togolese descent and was part of the France under-20 team which finished as runners-up to

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at the

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. He was called up to the senior

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squad for a World Cup qualifier against

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in October 2017.

Career statistics

Honours

Marseille *

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runner-up: 2017–18 Nice *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

runner-up: 2021–22

References

External links

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OM profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amavi, Jordan 1994 births Living people Footballers from Toulon French sportspeople of Togolese descent French men's footballers OGC Nice players Aston Villa F.C. players Olympique de Marseille players Getafe CF footballers Stade Brestois 29 players Men's association football defenders Premier League players English Football League players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players La Liga players France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in England Black French sportspeople Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Spain