Matthieu Sans

Matthieu Sans (born 16 June 1988) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Matthieu Sans

Sans with Chamois Niortais in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-06-16) 16 June 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Toulon, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position	Defender
Youth career
2003–2008	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Arles-Avignon	29	(1)
2010–2014	Bastia	64	(2)
2013–2014	→ Gazélec Ajaccio (loan)	18	(1)
2012–2013	Bastia B	6	(0)
2014–2020	Chamois Niortais	143	(3)
2015–2018	Chamois Niortais B	4	(0)
2020–2022	Annecy	8	(0)
Total		272	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Toulon, Sans began his career with Monaco but did not make a first-team appearance for the club before leaving in 2008.^[1] He later had spells with Arles and Corsican side Bastia, where he was part of the team that won successive promotions in 2010–11 and 2011–12 to reach Ligue 1.^[2] Sans spent the duration of the 2013–14 season on loan at Championnat National club Gazélec Ajaccio.^[3]

On 23 July 2020, Sans signed for Annecy after his release from Chamois Niortais.^[4] On 21 October 2022, he retired from professional football to start working as a sport co-ordinator with his former club Chamois Niortais.^[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[6]

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arles-Avignon	2008–09[citation needed]	National	25	1	0	0	0	0	25	1
	2009–10	Ligue 2	4	0			0	0	4	0
	Total		29	1			0	0	29	1
Bastia	2010–11	National	34	1			4	1	38	2
	2011–12	Ligue 2	24	1	1	0	1	1	26	2
	2012–13	Ligue 1	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
	Total		64	2	1	0	6	2	71	4
Bastia B	2012–13	CFA 2	6	0	—		—		6	0
Gazélec Ajaccio (loan)	2013–14	National	18	1	0	0	0	0	18	1
Chamois Niortais	2014–15	Ligue 2	31	1	2	0	1	0	34	1
	2015–16	Ligue 2	22	1	2	0	1	0	25	1
	2016–17	Ligue 2	17	0	0	0	1	0	18	0
	2017–18	Ligue 2	28	0	1	0	1	0	30	0
	2018–19	Ligue 2	19	0	1	0	1	0	21	0
	2019–20	Ligue 2	26	1	2	0	0	0	28	1
	Total		143	3	8	0	5	0	156	3
Chamois Niortais B	2015–16	CFA 2	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2017–18	National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2018–19	National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		4	0	—		—		4	0
Annecy	2020–21	National	7	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2021–22	National	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	—		8	0
Career total			272	7	9	0	11	2	292	9