Matthis Abline

Matthis Abline
Abline with Nantes in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Angers, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 11
Youth career
2009–2014 Landemontais
2014–2018 Carquefou
2018–2020 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Rennes B 9 (4)
2021–2024 Rennes 19 (1)
2022 → Le Havre (loan) 16 (6)
2023 → Auxerre (loan) 19 (2)
2023–2024 → Nantes (loan) 22 (5)
2024–2026 Nantes 65 (15)
2026– Monaco 6 (1)
International career‡
2019 France U16 7 (4)
2019–2020 France U17 7 (5)
2021–2022 France U19 11 (6)
2022–2024 France U20 10 (5)
2022–2025 France U21 10 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025

Matthis Abline (born 28 March 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Monaco.

Early life

Abline was born in Angers and grew up in Landemont in the Loire Valley.

Club career

On 20 August 2020, Abline signed his first professional contract with Rennes. He made his professional debut for Rennes on 25 April 2021 in a 5–1 Ligue 1 win against Dijon. He scored his first goal against Rosenborg in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.

On 21 January 2022, Abline joined Le Havre on loan until the end of the season. On 25 August 2023, he signed for Ligue 1 club Nantes on a season-long loan with an option-to-buy for €6 million. On 3 July 2024, he signed for Nantes on a permanent deal for a club-record fee of €12 million (including bonuses), signing a four-year contract.

On 30 July 2026, Abline signed a five-year contract with Monaco. The transfer fee was reported to be in the region of 30 million euros, which became a new record-highest sale by Nantes.

Career statistics

As of match played 18 October 2026
Appearances by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coupe de France Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes B 2020–21 CFA 2 62——62
2021–22 CFA 2 32——32
Total 94——94
Rennes 2020–21 Ligue 1 1000—10
2021–22 Ligue 1 70002191
2022–23 Ligue 1 1110041152
Total 1910062253
Le Havre (loan) 2021–22 Ligue 2 16600—166
Auxerre (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 1 19231—223
Nantes (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 22520—245
Nantes 2024–25 Ligue 1 34922—3611
2025–26 Ligue 1 31622—338
Total 651544—6919
Monaco 2026–27 Ligue 1 61001071
Career total 15634957217241
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ↑ "Pépite U21 : Matthis Abline (AJ Auxerre/L1) > Du National 3 vers l'Elite ! | BILLION KEYS". billionkeys.com (in French). 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Matthis Abline : un nouveau".
  3. ↑ Anselmetti, Léo (25 April 2021). "Résultat et résumé Rennes - Dijon, Ligue 1 Uber Eats, 34e journée". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Matthis Abline at Soccerway
  5. ↑ "Matthis Abline (Rennes) en prêt au HAC jusqu'à la fin de la saison" (Press release) (in French). Le Havre. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Mangeard, Nicolas (25 August 2023). "FC Nantes. Matthis Abline officiellement prêté par le Stade Rennais avec une option d'achat". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Official | Nantes sign Matthis Abline from Rennes in club-record €12m deal - Get French Football News". 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Matthis Abline est Rouge & Blanc" [Matthis Abline is Red & White] (in French). AS Monaco FC. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Mercato : Matthis Abline quitte Nantes et rejoint officiellement l'AS Monaco" [Transfer news: Matthis Abline leaves Nantes and officially joins AS Monaco] (in French). L'Equipe. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Matthis Abline at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2021. Edit this at Wikidata