Paulin Puel

Paulin Puel
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
2003–2008 Lille
2008–2012 Lyon
2012–2014 Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Nice B 24 (6)
2014–2017 Nice 14 (0)
2018 Monaco B 3 (0)
2018–2021 Avranches 31 (3)
2018–2020 Avranches B 15 (9)
2021 Castelldefels 9 (1)
2021–2024 RC Grasse 45 (5)
International career
2015 France U19 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 July 2024

Paulin Puel (born 9 May 1997) is a French footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in Nice, Puel spent his youth career at Lille, Lyon and OGC Nice, all under the management of his father Claude. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 20 April 2014 against AS Monaco, replacing Valentin Eysseric after 88 minutes in a 1–0 away defeat.[1]

After some months at Monaco, where he was mainly in the youth team and played a small part in the reserve team, Puel joined Avranches of the third-tier Championnat National in August 2018.[2]

Personal life

Puel is the son of the French manager and former footballer Claude Puel, and younger brother of the footballer Grégoire Puel. All three were colleagues at Nice.[3]

Career statistics

As of 20 September 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Continental Others Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice 2013–14 Ligue 1 200000——20
Ligue 1 2014–15 100000——10
Ligue 1 2015–16 1100020——130
Total 14000200000160
Nice B 2013–14 CFA 30————30
CFA 2014–15 136————136
CFA 2015–16 30————30
CFA 2016–17 50————50
Total 24600000000246
Monaco B 2017–18 National 2 30————30
Avranches 2018–19 National 26320———283
2019–20 2000———20
Total 28320———303
Avranches B 2018–19 National 3 11————11
2019–20 31————31
Total 32————32
Career total 7211202000007611

References

  1. ↑ "Monaco vs. Nice - 20 April 2014". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Tavares, Nicolas (3 August 2018). "Football. US Avranches (National) : Paulin Puel, diamant brut à polir" [Football. US Avranches (National): Paulin Puel, a rough diamond to polish]. Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Clayton, Mark (25 October 2017). "Who is Claude Puel? All you need to know about man set to be City's next boss". Leicester Mercury.