Nicolas Pépé
Forward · Ivory Coast · №19
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification
|
2:0 | |
Villarreal
Levante
La Liga
|
3:1 | |
Malaga
Villarreal
La Liga
|
1:3 | |
Villarreal
Real Betis
La Liga
|
1:2 | |
Borussia Dortmund
Villarreal
UEFA Champions League
|
3:2 | |
Villarreal
Deportivo La Coruña
La Liga
|
2:3 | |
Alavés
Villarreal
La Liga
|
1:0 | |
Atlético Madrid
Villarreal
La Liga
|
2:2 | |
Racing Santander
Villarreal
La Liga
|
2:2 | |
Ivory Coast
Norway
World Cup
|
1:2 |
Season statistics
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| La Liga | 2025 | 31 |
| La Liga | 2026 | 7 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2025 | 7 |
| World Cup | 2026 | 4 |
| Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification | 2027 | 1 |
| UEFA Champions League | 2026 | 1 |
About the player
Nicolas Pépé started out between the posts, playing as a goalkeeper for Solitaire Paris Est until he was 14, before switching to an outfield role at Stade Poitevin FC. He made his senior debut with Poitiers FC in the 2012–13 season in the Championnat de France Amateur 2, then moved to Angers SCO in 2013, working his way up through the reserves before breaking into the first team in 2014.
His move to Lille OSC in 2017 marked a significant step in his career. In the 2018–19 season he was named in the UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year and won Lille's Player of the Season award, performances that led to a transfer to Arsenal in August 2019 for a fee of €80 million. At Arsenal he won the FA Cup in 2019–20, before a loan spell at OGC Nice in January 2023 preceded a free transfer to Trabzonspor later that year and, in 2024, a move to Villarreal.
With the Ivory Coast, Pépé made his debut in November 2016 and has gone on to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023 alongside appearances at the 2017, 2019 and 2021 editions. At the 2026 World Cup he scored a brace against Curaçao that helped his side reach the knockout stages. In August 2025 he was named La Liga's Player of the Month.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Villarreal 76 matches
- 2024 Trabzonspor 23 matches
- 2023 OGC Nice 28 matches
- 2020 — 2022 Arsenal 112 matches
- 2018 — 2019 LOSC Lille 79 matches
- 2015 — 2017 Angers 49 matches
- 2016 Orleans 34 matches
- 2014 — 2015 Angers SCO B 41 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Villarreal | LaLiga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 156 |
| 25/26 | Villarreal | LaLiga | 36 | 8 | 10 | 2 397 |
| 25/26 | Villarreal | UEFA Champions League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 611 |
| 25/26 | Villarreal | Copa del Rey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175 |
| 24/25 | Villarreal | LaLiga | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 496 |
| 23/24 | Trabzonspor | Süper Lig | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 123 |
| 23/24 | Trabzonspor | Türkiye Kupasi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 133 |
| 22/23 | OGC Nice | Ligue 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 529 |
| 22/23 | OGC Nice | UEFA Conference League | 8 | 2 | 0 | 526 |
| 22/23 | OGC Nice | Coupe de France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 21/22 | Arsenal | Premier League | 20 | 1 | 2 | 681 |
| 21/22 | Arsenal | EFL Cup | 3 | 2 | 4 | 270 |
| 20/21 | Arsenal | Premier League | 29 | 10 | 1 | 1 612 |
| 20/21 | Arsenal | UEFA Europa League | 13 | 6 | 4 | 902 |
| 20/21 | Arsenal | EFL Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 221 |
| 20/21 | Arsenal | FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
| 19/20 | Arsenal | Premier League | 31 | 5 | 6 | 2 015 |
| 19/20 | Arsenal | UEFA Europa League | 6 | 2 | 2 | 294 |
| 19/20 | Arsenal | FA Cup | 5 | 1 | 2 | 411 |
| 18/19 | LOSC Lille | Ligue 1 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 3 332 |
| 18/19 | LOSC Lille | Coupe de France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 180 |
| 18/19 | LOSC Lille | Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 17/18 | LOSC Lille | Ligue 1 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 846 |
| 17/18 | LOSC Lille | Coupe de France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 112 |
| 16/17 | Angers | Ligue 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 309 |
| 16/17 | Angers | Coupe de France | 5 | 0 | 1 | 284 |
| 16/17 | Angers | Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 15/16 | Orleans | Ligue 3 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 827 |
| 15/16 | Orleans | Coupe de France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 297 |
| 15/16 | Orleans | Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| 14/15 | Angers SCO B | Championnat National 2 - Groupe A | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 803 |
| 14/15 | Angers | Ligue 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| 14/15 | Angers | Coupe de France | 2 | 3 | 0 | 152 |
| 14/15 | Angers | Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 13/14 | Angers SCO B | Championnat National 2 - Groupe G | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 125 |
| Total | Arsenal | 112 | 27 | 21 | 6 601 | |
| Total | LOSC Lille | 79 | 37 | 19 | 6 495 | |
| Total | Villarreal | 76 | 12 | 17 | 4 835 | |
| Total | Ivory Coast | 57 | 14 | 6 | 3 450 | |
| Total | Angers | 49 | 6 | 2 | 1 979 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 Trabzonspor Villarreal
- 23/24 Arsenal Trabzonspor
- 22/23 Nice Arsenal
- 22/23 Arsenal Nice
- 19/20 Lille Arsenal €80.00M
- 17/18 Angers Lille €18.00M
- 15/16 Orleans Angers
- 15/16 Angers Orleans
- 15/16 Angers SCO B Angers
- 13/14 Stade Poitevin Angers SCO B
- 12/13 S.Poitevin U19 Stade Poitevin
