Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2004-12-14) 14 December 2004 (age 20) | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nantes B | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2016 | EF Saint-Pierre | ||
2016–2019 | CO Saint-Pierre | ||
2019–2022 | Nantes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Nantes B | 43 | (0) |
2023 | Nantes | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2021 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | France U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:45, 13 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:30, 8 February 2023 (UTC) |
Mathieu Acapandié (born 14 December 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Championnat National 3 side Nantes B.
Club career
Acapandié began playing football in his native Réunion with EF Saint-Pierre and CO Saint-Pierre, before trialing in Metropolitan France in January 2018 with Nantes where he eventually formally joined. He signed his first professional contract with Nantes on 31 March 2022 until 2025, becoming the youngest Réunionnais player to ever sign a pro contract. He made his senior and professional debut with Nantes as a late substitute in a 1–1 (4–2) penalty shootout win over Angers on 8 February 2023.
International career
Acapandié is a youth international for France, having played up to the France U19s.
Personal life
Acapandié's cousins, William Gros and Vincent Acapandié, are also a professional footballers.
Playing style
Acapandié began playing as a striker, before moving to midfield for a long time, then centre-back, followed by attacking midfielder, before finally settling as a right-back at Nantes. He is an offensive full-back who runs a lot and like to relay with the midfielders.
Honours
Nantes U19
- Championnat National U19: 2021–22, 2022–23
References
- ^ "Académie - Mathieu Acapandié, Made in FC Nantes". FR.
- Lavergne, Morgan (27 March 2022). "Mathieu Acapandié signe son premier contrat pro avec le FC Nantes".
- "Angers Sco : les Angevins tombent aux tirs au but face à Nantes". www.oxygeneradio.com.
- J, Arthur (23 November 2022). "France U19 : les Bleuets de Mathieu Acapandié reçus trois sur trois !".
- "FC Nantes : Mathieu Acapandié devient le plus jeune Réunionnais à devenir footballeur professionnel". Linfo.re.
- "Un jour, un jeune. Hors-série : Mathieu Acapandié, premier contrat professionnel". www.maisonjaune.org.
- Soyer, Julien (5 June 2022). "FC Nantes. Les Canaris remportent le championnat de France U19 et découvriront l'Europe". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- RIPOCHE, Antoine (4 June 2023). "Football. Le FC Nantes domine le PSG et remporte son deuxième titre de champion U19 consécutif". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
External links
- Mathieu Acapandié at Soccerway
- Mathieu Acapandié at the French Football Federation (in French)
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Saint-Pierre, Réunion
- Men's footballers from Réunion
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French people of Malagasy descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Men's association football fullbacks
- FC Nantes players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- 21st-century French sportsmen