Morgan

Sanson

CM Nice #8

Central Midfield – Midfielder

Morgan Sanson

Nice Ligue 1

Top 11% of central midfielders in the world
#152 central midfielder aged 30+

Date of birth / Age: 18 Aug 1994 (32)
Citizenship: France
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.80 m / 73 kg
Main position: Central Midfield
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

central midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#500

central midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#152

among central midfielders aged 30+

In his league

40%

of Ligue 1 central midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−3.2

goals below expected · better than 5% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

2 Expected

5.2

55 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

4 Expected

4.7

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 44
Starting eleven: 29
Goals: 1
Assists: 2
Yellow cards: 6
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,575

Starting eleven66%

29 of 44 appearances

Minutes played2,575

59 per appearance

Goal involvement3

1 goals · 2 assists

Positions played

299 matches · since 2014/15

RWCFLWDMAMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	163	21	17
Attacking Midfield	66	10	8
Defensive Midfield	46	5	5
Left Winger	11	1	0
Other · CF, RW	13	2	1

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	Ligue 1	Nice	31	20	0	2	4	0	0	1,776
2025/26	UEFA Europa League	Nice	6	4	0	–	0	–	0	340
2025/26	Coupe de France	Nice	6	4	1	–	2	–	0	431
2025/26	UEFA Champions League - Qualification	Nice	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	28
2024/25	Ligue 1	Nice	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	236
2023/24	Ligue 1	Nice	29	24	2	2	4	0	0	1,970
2023/24	Coupe de France	Nice	3	3	2	–	0	–	0	244
2022/23	Ligue 1	Strasbourg	18	18	1	2	1	0	0	1,422
2022/23	Premier League	Aston Villa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
2022/23	FA Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	66
2021/22	Premier League	Aston Villa	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	350
2021/22	Carabao Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	42
2021/22	EFL Vertu Trophy	Aston Villa U21	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2020/21	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	12	10	2	2	2	0	0	829
2020/21	Premier League	Aston Villa	9	3	0	0	3	0	0	292
2020/21	UEFA Champions League	Olympique Marseille	6	4	0	–	1	–	0	370
2020/21	Trophée des Champions	Olympique Marseille	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	34
2019/20	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	27	26	5	3	6	0	0	2,183
2019/20	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	2	2	0	–	2	–	0	136
2019/20	Coupe de la Ligue	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/19	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	33	27	5	2	9	0	0	2,408
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	Olympique Marseille	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	134
2018/19	Coupe de la Ligue	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	76
2018/19	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017/18	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	33	25	9	2	8	0	0	2,172
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Olympique Marseille	8	7	2	–	0	–	0	712
2017/18	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	164
2017/18	Coupe de la Ligue	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2016/17	Ligue 1	Montpellier	20	20	3	–	2	–	0	1,745
2016/17	Ligue 1	Olympique Marseille	17	15	1	–	1	–	0	1,358
2016/17	Coupe de France	Montpellier	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	18
2016/17	Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	74
2015/16	Ligue 1	Montpellier	14	6	3	0	2	0	0	555
2015/16	Coupe de France	Montpellier	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	80
2014/15	Ligue 1	Montpellier	32	30	6	1	3	0	0	2,742
2014/15	Coupe de la Ligue	Montpellier	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2014/15	Coupe de France	Montpellier	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2013/14	Ligue 1	Montpellier	32	28	1	–	3	–	0	2,465
2013/14	National 3	Montpellier II	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2013/14	Coupe de France	Montpellier	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	126
2013/14	Coupe de la Ligue	Montpellier	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2012/13	Ligue 2	Le Mans	27	20	3	–	7	–	1	1,759
2012/13	National 2	Le Mans II	3	3	2	–	1	–	0	194
2012/13	Coupe de France	Le Mans	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2012/13	Coupe de la Ligue	Le Mans	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	5
2015	UEFA U21 Championship	France U21	4	4	1	–	1	–	0	335
2013	UEFA U19 Championship	France U19	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	165
2011/12	National 2	Le Mans II	7	7	5	–	0	–	0	581

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			427	341	59	16^*	62	0^*	1	29,633

By competition	Apps	G	A
Ligue 1	304	41	16
Ligue 2	27	3	–
Coupe de France	23	4	–
Premier League	21	0	0
UEFA Europa League	16	2	–
National 2	10	7	–
Coupe de la Ligue	6	0	–
UEFA Champions League	6	0	–
France U21	4	1	–
France U19	3	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Aston Villa Nice Transfer
Jun 2024 Jun 2024 · Back from Loan Nice Aston Villa Back from Loan
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Loan Aston Villa Nice Loan Loan
Jun 2023 Jun 2023 · Back from Loan Strasbourg Aston Villa Back from Loan
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Loan Aston Villa Strasbourg Loan Loan
Jan 2021 Jan 2021 · Transfer Olympique Marseille Aston Villa Transfer
Jan 2017 Jan 2017 · Transfer Montpellier Olympique Marseille Transfer €9M
Jul 2013 Jul 2013 · Transfer Le Mans Montpellier Transfer €700K
Jan 2010 Jan 2010 · Free Transfer – Le Mans Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Nice 2023–2026 82 8
Aston Villa 2020–2023 23 1
Strasbourg 2022 18 1
Aston Villa U21 2021 1 0
Olympique Marseille 2016–2021 148 25
Montpellier 2013–2017 106 13
Montpellier II 2013 2 0
Le Mans 2012 30 3

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