Laurent Abergel

Laurent Abergel
Abergel in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-01) 1 February 1993
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defensive midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
Nice
Number 19
Youth career
–2012 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Marseille B 40 (2)
2014–2015 Marseille 1 (0)
2014 → Ajaccio B (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Ajaccio (loan) 17 (0)
2015–2017 Ajaccio 59 (2)
2017–2019 Nancy 60 (2)
2019–2026 Lorient 219 (9)
2026– Nice 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2026

Laurent Abergel (born 1 February 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice.[2]

Career

Abergel, born to Jewish parents, is a youth exponent from Marseille. On 25 June 2013, he signed a three-year deal with Marseille.[3] In July 2013, he was promoted to the first team. He made his professional debut for Marseille on 5 January 2014 in a Coupe de France game against Reims entering the field after 105 minutes as a substitute for Kassim Abdallah.[4]

He was loaned out to Ligue 2 side AC Ajaccio for the 2014–15 season.[5]

On 31 July 2015, Abergel signed a two-year contract with Ajaccio.[6]

On 8 July 2017, after the expiration of his contract with Ajaccio, Abergel signed with Nancy on a three-year contract.[7]

In July 2019, Abergel joined Ligue 2 club Lorient on a three-year contract.[1]

On 2 July 2026, Abergel moved to Nice in Ligue 1.[8]

Career statistics

As of 10 May 2025[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marseille B 2012–13 CFA 2 22 1 — — — 22 1
2013–14 CFA 2 17 1 — — — 17 1
2014–15 CFA 2 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 40 2 — — — 40 1
Marseille 2013–14 Ligue 1 1010000 020
Ajaccio B (loan) 2014–15 CFA 2 2 0 — — — 2 0
Ajaccio (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 2 1702020—210
Ajaccio 2015–16 Ligue 2 2213000—251
2016–17 Ligue 2 3712010—401
Total 7627030—862
Nancy 2017–18 Ligue 2 3112020—351
2018–19 Ligue 2 2913000—321
Total 6025020—672
Lorient 2019–20 Ligue 2 2524010—302
2020–21 Ligue 1 38320——403
2021–22 Ligue 1 34010——350
2022–23 Ligue 1 29020——310
2023–24 Ligue 1 33 2 1 0 — — 34 2
2024–25 Ligue 2 32 1 1 0 — — 33 1
Total 191811010—2038
Career total 38714260800042114

Honours

Lorient

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Transferts : Laurent Abergel quitte Nancy pour Lorient". L'Équipe (in French). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 Laurent Abergel at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Laurent Abergel a signé pro". 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Olympique Marseille vs. Reims - 5 January 2014 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Laurent Abergel arrive" (in French). ac-ajaccio.com. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Laurent Abergel est blanc et rouge (in French)". ac-ajaccio.com. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Abergel a signé (in French)". asnl.net. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Laurent Abergel signs for Nice". OGC Nice. 2 July 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Lacaille, Tom (10 May 2025). "Lorient champion de Ligue 2, Martigues relégué en National, Guingamp jouera les play-offs de montée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Alvarez, Bruno (12 May 2025). "Trophées UNFP. Dembélé, Doué, Luis Enrique… Le palmarès complet des meilleurs de la saison de L1". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2025.