PLAYER PROFILE

Nicolas Pépé.

Villarreal CF · Ivory Coast

Matrix 29677

At a glance

Full name: Nicolas Pépé
Born: 29 May 1995
Age today: 31
Nationality: Ivory Coast

Career by season

290 recorded appearances

Nicolas Pépé appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
26/27	UEFA Champions League	Villarreal CF	1	0	0	0	31	0
26/27	La Liga	Villarreal CF	7	5	2	0	495	1
26/27	Copa del Rey	Villarreal CF	1	1	1	0	90	0
26/27	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	0	0	151	0
25/26	UEFA Champions League	Villarreal CF	8	8	0	1	611	1
25/26	La Liga	Villarreal CF	36	26	8	10	2,397	4
25/26	International Friendly Games	Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	1	1	124	0
2026	FIFA World Cup	Côte d'Ivoire	4	3	2	1	236	1
25/26	Copa del Rey	Villarreal CF	2	2	0	0	175	0
24/25	La Liga	Villarreal CF	28	15	3	6	1,497	2
24/25	International Friendly Games	Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	0	0	144	0
24/25	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Côte d'Ivoire	1	1	1	0	85	0
23/24	World Cup Qual. CAF	Côte d'Ivoire	5	3	0	0	204	1
23/24	Türkiye Kupası	Trabzonspor	4	1	1	0	133	0
23/24	Trendyol Süper Lig	Trabzonspor	19	13	5	3	1,132	0
23/24	International Friendly Games	Côte d'Ivoire	2	1	0	0	75	0
2024	Africa Cup of Nations	Côte d'Ivoire	5	2	0	1	217	0
22/23	UEFA Conference League	OGC Nice	8	5	2	0	526	1
22/23	Ligue 1	OGC Nice	19	17	6	1	1,529	2
22/23	International Friendly Games	Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	1	1	182	1
22/23	Coupe de France	OGC Nice	1	1	0	0	90	0
21/22	Premier League	Arsenal FC	20	5	1	2	681	0
21/22	International Friendly Games	Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	1	0	129	0
21/22	EFL Cup	Arsenal FC	3	3	2	4	270	0
2022	Africa Cup of Nations	Côte d'Ivoire	4	3	2	1	314	0
20/21	UEFA Europa League	Arsenal FC	13	10	6	4	902	0
20/21	Premier League	Arsenal FC	29	16	10	1	1,698	1 / 1 red
20/21	International Friendly Games	Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	0	0	169	0
20/21	FA Cup	Arsenal FC	2	2	0	0	195	0
20/21	EFL Cup	Arsenal FC	3	2	0	0	221	0
19/20	World Cup Qual. CAF	Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	1	0	131	0
19/20	UEFA Europa League	Arsenal FC	6	2	2	2	294	0
19/20	Premier League	Arsenal FC	31	22	5	6	2,021	4
19/20	International Friendly Games	Côte d'Ivoire	1	1	1	0	90	0
19/20	FA Cup	Arsenal FC	5	5	1	2	411	0
19/20	Africa Cup of Nations Qual.	Côte d'Ivoire	5	5	0	0	434	0

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Nicolas Pépé match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
28 Aug 2022	Ligue 1	OGC Nice v Olympique Marseille	0 – 3	90
22 May 2022	Premier League	Arsenal FC v Everton FCSubstitute, on 78′	5 – 1	12
16 May 2022	Premier League	Newcastle United v Arsenal FCSubstitute, on 73′	2 – 0	17
08 May 2022	Premier League	Arsenal FC v Leeds UnitedSubstitute, on 68′	2 – 1	22
16 Apr 2022	Premier League	Southampton FC v Arsenal FCSubstitute, on 70′	1 – 0	20
09 Apr 2022	Premier League	Arsenal FC v Brighton & Hove AlbionSubstitute, on 74′	1 – 2	16
29 Mar 2022	International Friendly Games	England v Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 0	45
25 Mar 2022	International Friendly Games	France v Côte d'Ivoire	2 – 1	84	1
19 Mar 2022	Premier League	Aston Villa v Arsenal FCSubstitute, on 69′	0 – 1	21
16 Mar 2022	Premier League	Arsenal FC v Liverpool FCSubstitute, on 74′	0 – 2	16
13 Mar 2022	Premier League	Arsenal FC v Leicester CitySubstitute, on 85′	2 – 0	5
06 Mar 2022	Premier League	Watford FC v Arsenal FCSubstitute, on 73′	2 – 3	17
24 Feb 2022	Premier League	Arsenal FC v Wolverhampton WanderersSubstitute, on 71′	2 – 1	19	1
19 Feb 2022	Premier League	Arsenal FC v Brentford FCSubstitute, on 75′	2 – 1	15
26 Jan 2022	Africa Cup of Nations	Côte d'Ivoire v Egypt	0 – 0	120
20 Jan 2022	Africa Cup of Nations	Côte d'Ivoire v Algeria	3 – 1	85	1
16 Jan 2022	Africa Cup of Nations	Côte d'Ivoire v Sierra Leone	2 – 2	90	1
12 Jan 2022	Africa Cup of Nations	Equatorial Guinea v Côte d'IvoireSubstitute, on 71′	0 – 1	19
26 Dec 2021	Premier League	Norwich City v Arsenal FCSubstitute, on 78′	0 – 5	12
21 Dec 2021	EFL Cup	Arsenal FC v Sunderland AFC	5 – 1	90	1

Career transfers

10 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Nicolas Pépé career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
04 Aug 2024	Trabzonspor	Villarreal CF	Transfer	Free
08 Sep 2023	Arsenal FC	Trabzonspor	Transfer	Free
30 Jun 2023	OGC Nice	Arsenal FC	Loan return
25 Aug 2022	Arsenal FC	OGC Nice	Loan	—
01 Aug 2019	LOSC Lille	Arsenal FC	Transfer	€80m
01 Jul 2017	Angers SCO	LOSC Lille	Transfer	€18m
30 Jun 2016	US Orléans	Angers SCO	Loan return
02 Jul 2015	Angers SCO	US Orléans	Loan	—
01 Jul 2015	Angers SCO B	Angers SCO	Internal move	—
01 Jul 2013	Stade Poitevin FC	Angers SCO B	Transfer	Free

Contracts and market values are not available yet.