Frédéric Guilbert

Frédéric Guilbert
Personal information
Full name Frédéric Georges Claude Auguste Guilbert[1]
Date of birth (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994[2]
Place of birth Valognes,[3] Manche, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 24
Youth career
2000–2008 AS Valognes
2008–2012 Caen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Caen II 2 (0)
2013–2014 AS Cherbourg 28 (1)
2014–2016 Bordeaux II 21 (0)
2015–2017 Bordeaux 36 (0)
2016–2017 → Caen (loan) 23 (0)
2017–2019 Caen 55 (1)
2019–2023 Aston Villa 25 (0)
2019 → Caen (loan) 15 (1)
2021–2022 → Strasbourg (loan) 46 (1)
2023–2024 Strasbourg 50 (2)
2024–2026 Lecce 31 (0)
2026– Nantes 7 (0)
International career
2015 France U21 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 May 2026

Frédéric Georges Claude Auguste Guilbert (French pronunciation: [fʁedeʁik ɡilbɛʁ]; born 24 December 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 2 club Nantes.

A product of the Caen youth system, he has played mainly in France for AS Cherbourg, Bordeaux and Strasbourg, as well as a spell with English side Aston Villa and Italian club Lecce.

He has a single cap for the France U21 national team.

Club career

Bordeaux

Guilbert joined Bordeaux in 2014 from Cherbourg. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 5 April 2015 in a 2–1 home win against Lens replacing Thomas Touré after 79 minutes.[4]

SM Caen

On 28 July 2017, Guilbert transferred to Caen after completing a loan spell during the 2016–17 season.[5]

Guilbert was known for being a proficient and hard tackler with an average of 3.1 clearances and 2.9 tackles per game respectively throughout his final season with the club.[6] He finished his time with Caen having amassed 106 appearances over three seasons.[7]

Aston Villa

On 31 January 2019, Guilbert signed for Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, but would remain at Caen on loan until the end of the season.[8] He scored his first goal for Villa in an EFL Cup tie against Crewe Alexandra on 27 August 2019.[9] He would go onto score his second goal for Aston Villa in the EFL Cup semi-final match against Leicester City on 8 January 2020.

Guilbert's Villa career started positively, described by Paul Doyle in The Guardian as "solid defensively and a regular threat going forward."[10] However, following a knee injury and then the subsequent arrival of Matty Cash in September 2020, Guilbert's appearances for the club were limited.[11]

Strasbourg (loan)

On 31 January 2021, Guilbert returned to France, signing for Ligue 1 side Strasbourg on loan for the rest of the season.[12] Guilbert made his Strasbourg debut on 10 February 2021 in a 2–0 home defeat to Montpellier in the Coupe de France.[13] On 3 March 2021, Guilbert scored his first goal for Strasbourg, a late winner in a 1–0 home victory over Monaco in Ligue 1.[14] After returning to Villa from his loan spell for pre-season, on 31 August 2021, Guilbert returned to Strasbourg on loan for the 2021–22 season.[15]

Guilbert stayed at Villa following the summer transfer window of 2022. In September 2022, Aston Villa submitted their 25-player Premier League squad for the 2022–23 season, in which Guilbert was selected, despite rumours in a local newspaper that he had been instructed to train with the under-21s rather than the senior squad.[16]

Strasbourg

On 17 January 2023, after not having made a senior competitive appearance for Aston Villa since August 2021, Guilbert signed for Strasbourg on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee.[17] Guilbert himself stated that it was a free transfer, with his Villa contract being terminated by mutual consent.[18]

Lecce

On 27 August 2024, Lecce announced that they had signed Guilbert to a two-year contract on a free transfer from Strasbourg, with an option for a third year.[19] Guilbert was Lecce's starting right-back in the 2024–25 season, but was not included in Lecce's 2025–26 Serie A squad as Danilo Veiga took over the spot. On 23 January 2026, the contract was terminated by mutual consent.[20]

Nantes

On 28 January 2026, Guilbert signed with Nantes until the end of the 2025–26 season.[21]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 May 2026[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Caen II 2011–12 CFA 1000———10
2012–13 CFA 1000———10
Total 200000000020
AS Cherbourg 2013–14 CFA 28010———290
Bordeaux 2014–15 Ligue 1 300000——30
2015–16 Ligue 1 300103060—400
2016–17 Ligue 1 300000——30
Total 36010306000460
Caen 2017–18 Ligue 1 3614020——421
2018–19 Ligue 1 3413010——381
Total 932904000001062
Aston Villa 2019–20 Premier League 2500042——292
2020–21 Premier League 000020——20
2021–22 Premier League 000011——11
Total 25000730000323
Caen (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 1 2302010——260
Strasbourg (loan) 2020–21 Ligue 1 13110——00141
2021–22 Ligue 1 18000——00180
Total 31110000000321
Strasbourg 2022–23 Ligue 1 18000———180
2023–24 Ligue 1 32240———362
Total 50240000000542
Lecce 2024–25 Serie A 31010———320
Nantes 2025–26 Ligue 1 70————70
Career total 303517014360003358

Honours

Aston Villa

References

  1. ↑ "Frédéric Georges Claude Auguste Guilbert". Verif. Altares-D&B. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Frederic Guilbert: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Frédéric Guilbert". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bordeaux vs Lens – 5 April 2015". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Frédéric Guilbert moves to SM Caen". FC Girondins de Bordeaux. 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ↑ Jirobe, Mark (29 May 2019). "What Aston Villa Fans Can Expect from Frederic Guilbert". Onefootball. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  7. 1 2 Frédéric Guilbert at Soccerway
  8. ↑ "Transfer news: Frederic Guilbert joins Aston Villa". Aston Villa F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Crewe 1–6 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Aston Villa's Frédéric Guilbert: 'I was told I'd be a third-rate player, at best'". The Guardian. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Forgotten Aston Villa man admits 'past is in the past' ahead of pre-season". BirminghamLive. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Guilbert moves on loan to Strasbourg". Aston Villa Official Site. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Strasbourg vs. Montpellier - Football". ESPN. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Stratmann, Edward (4 March 2021). "Monaco's remarkable run ends against Strasbourg". Monaco Tribune. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  15. ↑ Club, Aston Villa Football (31 August 2021). "Frédéric Guilbert joins Strasbourg on loan". Aston Villa Football Club. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  16. ↑ Preece, Ashley (14 September 2022). "Aston Villa name Premier League squad and include Frederic Guilbert". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Guilbert departs Aston Villa". Aston Villa Football Club. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  18. ↑ Preece, Ashley (17 January 2023). "Frederic Guilbert finally leaves Aston Villa to secure return to France". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "U.S. Lecce". U.S. Lecce (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  20. ↑ "Risoluzione consensuale con Guilbert" (in Italian). US Lecce. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  21. ↑ "Frédéric Guilbert est Nantais !" [Frédéric Guilbert is from Nantes!] (in French). FC Nantes. 28 January 2026. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  22. ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 March 2020). "Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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