Nicolas Pépé
Villarreal CF · FWRW #19 · Côte d'Ivoire · Group E 71Rating55Caps12Goals€5.0MValue31Age190Height
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Club season 2025/26 La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League
36
Apps
26
Starts
2,396
Minutes
8
Goals
8
Assists
4
Yellow
0
Red
International
55
Caps
12
Goals
Club career totals
74
Career apps
11
Career goals
Form
La Liga Player of the Month August 2025
Date of birth1995-05-29 (age 31) NationalityCôte d'Ivoire ClubVillarreal CF · Spain LeagueLa Liga PositionFW · Right wing · #19 Height190 cm Preferred footleft Market value€5.0M
Born in Mantes-la-Jolie to Ivorian parents and raised in Paris, Nicolas Pépé started as a goalkeeper before blossoming as a winger at Angers and then Lille under Marcelo Bielsa's scouting. In 2019 Arsenal signed him for a club-record fee of around 80 million euros. After spells in France and Turkey he reinvented himself at Villarreal, even winning a La Liga Player of the Month award. A 2023 AFCON champion, the explosive winger remains a star attacker for the Elephants.
- Arsenal's record signing in 2019 at around 80 million euros
- Began his career as a goalkeeper until age 14
- Won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast
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