Nicolas Pays
Midfielder · Montpellier HSC · №18
16
Matches
16
In the starting XI
534
Minutes
1
Goals
0
Assists
Recent matches
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
Reims
Montpellier HSC
Ligue 2
|
1:1 | |
Montpellier HSC
Pau FC
Ligue 2
|
1:0 | |
Saint-Étienne
Montpellier HSC
Ligue 2
|
3:1 | |
Montpellier HSC
Boulogne
Ligue 2
|
0:0 | |
Dunkerque
Montpellier HSC
Ligue 2
|
0:1 | |
Nancy
Montpellier HSC
Ligue 2
|
0:1 | |
Montpellier HSC
Dijon
Ligue 2
|
1:1 | |
Montpellier HSC
Grenoble
Ligue 2
|
2:1 | |
Annecy
Montpellier HSC
Ligue 2
|
0:0 | |
Montpellier HSC
Estac Troyes
Ligue 2
|
2:2 |
Season statistics
16
Matches
16
In the starting XI
1
Goals
0
Assists
534
Minutes
| Competition | Season | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ligue 2 | 2025 | 9 |
| Ligue 2 | 2026 | 7 |
About the player
Nicolas Pays' route to Ligue 1 ran through the French regional leagues. After coming through Clermont Foot 63's youth setup and a season with the club's reserve side, he stepped back down to Régional 1 with US Blavozy in 2022-2023, where he won the Coupe de la Haute-Loire before returning to Le Puy Foot 43 for a season and a half in Championnat National 2.
Montpellier HSC signed him as a free agent the following month, and he put pen to paper on his first professional contract, running to June 2027. The jump from fourth-tier football to Ligue 1 came quickly: he made his top-flight debut on 9 February 2025, coming on as a substitute in a 2-0 defeat to RC Strasbourg.
Career path
- 2025 — 2027 — now Montpellier HSC 49 matches
- 2026 Montpellier HSC B 2 matches
- 2024 — 2025 Le Puy-en-Velay FC 49 matches
- 2021 — 2022 Clermont Foot 63 U19 12 matches
- 2022 Clermont Foot 63 B 8 matches
Career
| Season | Club | Competition | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/27 | Montpellier HSC | Ligue 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 534 |
| 25/26 | Montpellier HSC | Ligue 2 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 333 |
| 25/26 | Montpellier HSC | Coupe de France | 4 | 1 | 2 | 311 |
| 25/26 | Montpellier HSC B | Championnat National 2 - Groupe H | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| 24/25 | Le Puy-en-Velay FC | Championnat National 1 - Groupe A | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 109 |
| 24/25 | Montpellier HSC | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 445 |
| 24/25 | Le Puy-en-Velay FC | Coupe de France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 497 |
| 23/24 | Le Puy-en-Velay FC | Championnat National 1 - Groupe A | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 040 |
| 23/24 | Le Puy-en-Velay FC | Coupe de France | 7 | 2 | 1 | 111 |
| 21/22 | Clermont Foot 63 U19 | Championnat National U19 - Groupe B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 377 |
| 21/22 | Clermont Foot 63 B | Championnat National 3 - Groupe K (-2024) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 406 |
| 20/21 | Clermont Foot 63 U19 | Championnat National U19 - Groupe B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Total | Montpellier HSC | 49 | 6 | 3 | 3 623 | |
| Total | Le Puy-en-Velay FC | 49 | 13 | 2 | 2 757 | |
| Total | Clermont Foot 63 U19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 408 | |
| Total | Clermont Foot 63 B | 8 | 1 | 0 | 406 | |
| Total | Montpellier HSC B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
Transfers
Transfers- 24/25 Le Puy Foot Montpellier
- 23/24 US Blavozy Le Puy Foot
- 22/23 Clermont U19 US Blavozy
- 20/21 Clermont 63 U17 Clermont U19
- 19/20 Clermont For. Clermont 63 U17
- 18/19 Le Puy Foot Jgd Clermont For.
