Samuel Grandsir

Samuel Grandsir
Grandsir with Caen in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Évreux, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Nea Salamina
Number 7
Youth career
2004–2009 Évreux AC
2009–2012 Évreux FC 27
2012–2016 Troyes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Troyes B 51 (6)
2016–2018 Troyes 82 (6)
2018–2021 Monaco 12 (0)
2019 → Strasbourg (loan) 8 (0)
2019–2020 → Brest (loan) 24 (3)
2021–2022 LA Galaxy 67 (6)
2023–2025 Le Havre 43 (3)
2025 Caen 9 (1)
2026– Nea Salamina 4 (4)
International career‡
2017–2018 France U21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 July 2019

Samuel Grandsir (born 14 August 1996) is a French-Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Nea Salamina.

Youth career

Grandsir started his youth career in his hometown, Évreux.[citation needed] He eventually moved to the youth team of Troyes.[citation needed]

Club career

After spending time with the youth team and reserve team, Grandsir signed with the Troyes senior team in 2016.[citation needed]

Garnering attention from other clubs after several impressive seasons, he moved to Monaco for €5.250m in 2018.[citation needed] Grandsir went on loan from Monaco to Strasbourg in January 2019 followed by another loan to Brest for the 2019–20 season.

On 11 March 2021, Grandsir signed with Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. On 23 January 2023, Grandsir returned to his native France to join Ligue 2 leaders Le Havre on a contract until the end of the season.

On 2 February 2025, Grandsir signed with Caen in Ligue 2.

International career

Born in France, Grandsir holds French and Senegalese nationalities. He represented France at the youth international level.

Career statistics

As of match played on 21 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Troyes B 2013–14 CFA 2 51————51
2014–15 CFA 202————202
2015–16 CFA 263————263
Total 51600000000516
Troyes 2015–16 Ligue 1 1400000—00140
2016–17 Ligue 2 3232110—20374
2017–18 Ligue 1 3633010—00403
Total 82651200020917
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 12010103110181
2020–21 Ligue 1 000000000000
Total 12010103110181
Strasbourg (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 801000——90
Brest (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 2431022——275
LA Galaxy 2021 MLS 3430000——343
2022 MLS 3334021——394
Total 67640210000737
Le Havre 2022–23 Ligue 2 14200———142
2023–24 Ligue 1 23120———251
2024–25 Ligue 1 4010———50
Total 41330——00443
Career total 2852415173313031329
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in the Coupe de la Ligue
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance in the Trophée des Champions
  5. ↑ Appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs

Honours

Strasbourg

References

  1. ↑ "Stade brestois. Qui est Samuel Grandsir, le nouvel attaquant finistérien ?". Ouest-France (in French). Ouest-France. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Samuel Grandsir". LA Galaxy. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Guerra:SAMUEL GRANDSIR ARRIVE EN PRÊT" (in French). RC Strasbourg Alsace. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Sigal, Jonathan (11 March 2021). "LA Galaxy sign French winger Samuel Grandsir from AS Monaco". MLS Official Website. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "LA Galaxy Transfer Midfielder Samuel Grandsir to Ligue 2 Side Le Havre AC". www.lagalaxy.com. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Samuel Grandsir, nouveau Ciel&Marine !". www.hac-foot.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Samuel Grandsir s'engage avec le Stade Malherbe Caen" [Samuel Grandsir signs with Stade Malherbe Caen] (in French). Caen. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Wane, Ghaly (20 January 2019). "Un grand espoir français opte pour le Sénégal !".
  9. ↑ "Samuel GRANDSIR -".
  10. ↑ Samuel Grandsir at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  11. ↑ Kumar, Suhith (31 March 2019). "Coupe de la Ligue final BKT: Strasbourg secures trophy with shootout win". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.