Nicolas Pépé

Villarreal

Born on : May 29, 1995 (31 years) at Mantes-la-Jolie

Nationality : Ivory Coast France

Height : 1m83

Weight : 73 kg

Best foot : Left foot

Number of international caps : 58 (14 goals)

First cap : vs France 15/11/2016

First international goal : vs Togo 24/03/2018

2026
2024
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016

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Current season statistics (2026/2027)

0 Impacting goals 0 Goals

0 Impacting assists 0 Assists

0 Played matches 0 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Right Winger	57%
Other positions
Striker	24%

Pépé's career statisticsLast updated on 27/07/2026 at 20:40

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2026/2027

2025/2026

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Villarreal	La Liga EA Sports	35	8	8	296	35	7	2371	19	74%	12	92%	4	57%	17%	26%
Villarreal	Champions League	8		1		14		608	19	100%		100%	1	0%	13%	88%
Villarreal	Copa del Rey	2				2		174	19	100%		67%		0%	50%	50%
Ivory Coast	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	3					3	157	19	67%	2	75%	1	67%	33%	0%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	3	1	1	125		2	125	26	33%	2	100%		100%	0%	0%
Ivory Coast	World Cup	4	2	1	117	3	2	234	19	75%	1	100%	1	50%	0%	50%

2024/2025

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Villarreal	La Liga EA Sports	28	3	6	500	23	6	1501	19	54%	13	74%	3	64%	18%	18%
Villarreal	Copa del Rey								19		1	0%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	1	1		84	1		84	0	100%	1	17%		100%	0%	0%
Ivory Coast	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	1					1	45	19	100%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	2				1	1	142	10	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%

2023/2024

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Trabzonspor	Trendyol Süper Lig	19	5	3	224	20	5	1121	19	68%	6	56%	58%	16%	26%
Trabzonspor	Ziraat Türkiye Kupasi	4	1		136	3	2	136	19	25%	3	57%	75%	0%	25%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup	5				1	1	221	19	40%	5	71%	40%	20%	40%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	2						75	19	50%	1	100%	50%	50%	0%
Ivory Coast	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	1					1	3	19	0%	2	25%	0%	100%	0%

2022/2023

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Nice	Ligue 1 Uber Eats	19	6		254	17	4	1525	29	89%	2	54%	2	32%	37%	32%
Nice	Europa Conference League	8	2		264	8	1	528	29	63%	3	73%	1	38%	38%	25%
Nice	French Cup	1				1		90	9	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	3	1	1	182	3	1	182	19	67%	2	75%	1	67%	0%	33%

2021/2022

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Arsenal	Premier League	20	1	2	696	9	8	696	19	25%	30	53%	60%	10%	30%
Arsenal	Carabao Cup	3	2	4	135	1	2	270	19	100%		50%	100%	0%	0%
Ivory Coast	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	3	1		133	1	1	133	0	33%	2	50%	67%	0%	33%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup	4	2	1	157	3	2	314	19	75%	1	100%	50%	50%	0%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	2	1		128	3		128	19	100%		100%	0%	0%	100%

2020/2021

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Arsenal	Premier League	29	10	2	162	21	7	1617	19	55%	19	76%	1	1	41%	24%	34%
Arsenal	Carabao Cup	3				3	2	222	19	67%	1	100%			33%	33%	33%
Arsenal	Europa League	13	6	4	151	9	4	905	19	77%	4	93%			62%	23%	15%
Arsenal	Emirates FA Cup	2				1	1	194	19	100%		100%			50%	0%	50%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	2				1		167	19	100%		100%			0%	50%	50%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3				2	1	252	0	100%		75%			67%	33%	0%

2019/2020

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Arsenal	Premier League	31	5	6	402	30	7	2010	19	71%	15	82%	4	42%	29%	29%
Arsenal	Europa League	6	2	2	149	3	3	298	19	33%	5	75%		67%	17%	17%
Arsenal	Carabao Cup								19		1	0%
Arsenal	FA Cup	5	1	2	409	2	2	409	19	100%	1	83%		100%	0%	0%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	1	1		90	1		90	19	100%		33%		100%	0%	0%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2				2	1	180	0	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%

2018/2019

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Lille	Ligue 1 Conforama	38	22	11	151	28	15	3329	19	97%	1	100%	1	58%	24%	18%
Lille	Coupe de la Ligue	1				1		26	19	0%	1	100%		0%	0%	100%
Lille	French Cup	2	1	1	180	2	1	180	10	100%	1	67%		50%	0%	50%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	3	1		254	2	1	254	0	100%	1	60%		67%	33%	0%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	1				1		90	0	100%	2	33%		0%	0%	100%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup	3				1	2	247	19	100%	2	60%		67%	0%	33%
Ivory Coast B	Friendlies	1		1		1		51	19	100%				100%	0%	0%

2017/2018

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Lille	Ligue 1 Conforama	36	13	5	218	50	4	2839	19	86%	7	95%	5	25%	22%	53%
Lille	French Cup	2	1		112	2		112	19	50%	1	100%		50%	0%	50%
Ivory Coast	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone								10		1	0%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	2	3		50	3		150	11	100%		100%		50%	50%	0%

2016/2017

Angers

441

626

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Angers	Ligue 1	33	3	1	441	17	9	1324	19	33%	22	87%	2	36%	15%	48%
Angers	Coupe de la Ligue	1						39	19	0%	1	100%	1	0%	0%	100%
Angers	French Cup	5		1		1	2	283	19	60%	2	83%		80%	0%	20%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	1					1	5	22	0%	1	50%		0%	100%	0%
Ivory Coast	Friendlies	5				5	2	224	2	60%	2	100%		60%	20%	20%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup								2		1	0%
Ivory Coast	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	1						3	0	0%	1	100%		0%	0%	100%

2015/2016

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Orléans	National	29	7	261	23	9	1826	19	69%	9	85%	3	41%	41%	17%
Orléans	Coupe de la Ligue	1			2		90	19	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Orléans	French Cup	3	2	111	3	1	221	19	67%	1	100%	1	67%	0%	33%

2014/2015

Angers

118

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Angers	Coupe de la Ligue	1			1		18	33	0%	1	50%	1	0%	0%	100%
Angers	French Cup	2	3	50	2	1	151	0	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Angers	Ligue 2	7				4	184	33	14%	6	18%		57%	43%	0%
Angers B	Championnat de France Amateur 2	22	6	300	24	8	1801	0	91%	2		3	41%	27%	32%

2013/2014

Angers B

376

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Angers B	Championnat de France Amateur 2	19	3		376		16	3	1127	0	53%	9	73%	2		21%	37%	42%

2012/2013

Poitiers

261

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Poitiers	Championnat de France Amateur 2	9	2		261		7	4	522	0	56%	4	35%			11%	67%	22%

Total

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Notes

Overall

71/100

Physical

13/20

Mental

13/20

Technical

14/20

Offense

14/20

Defense

7/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

offensive midfielder's Position World Ranking97

offensive midfielder's Position National Ranking (Ivory Coast)4

Rankings updated on 25/07/2026

Player's titles

Victories

FA Cup	1	2020
CAF Nations Cup	1	2023

Runner-ups

Ligue 1	1	2019
Ligue 3	1	2016
French Cup	1	2017
Turkish Cup	1	2024

Rewards

Victories

Ligue 1 Team of the Year	1	2019
Prix Marc-Vivien Foé of the Best African Player in Ligue 1	1	2019

Transfers

04/08/24 >	Villarreal	Free
08/09/23 > 01/07/24	Trabzonspor	Free
25/08/22 > 01/07/23	Nice	Loan
01/08/19 > 08/09/23	Arsenal	80 M€
21/06/17 > 01/08/19	Lille	18 M€
01/07/15 > 01/07/16	Orléans	Loan
01/07/14 > 21/06/17	Angers	Free
01/07/13 > 01/07/14	Angers B	Free
01/07/12 > 01/07/13	Poitiers

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Player career by clubLast updated on 23/07/2026 at 03:47

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Angers	49	6	2	333	1999	4		35%17	43%21	41%20
Angers B	41	9		325	2928	5		73%30	32%13	37%15
Arsenal	112	27	22	245	6621	5	1	60%67	53%59	27%30
Ivory Coast	58	14	4	250	3505	3		71%41	52%30	26%15
Ivory Coast B	1		1		51			100%1	100%1	0%0
Lille	79	37	17	175	6486	6		90%71	42%33	37%29
Nice	28	8		268	2143	3		82%23	32%9	32%9
Orléans	33	9		237	2137	4		70%23	42%14	21%7
Poitiers	9	2		261	522			56%5	11%1	22%2
Trabzonspor	23	6	3	210	1257			61%14	61%14	26%6
Villarreal	73	11	15	423	4654	8		70%51	52%38	30%22

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Guingamp	7	4	1	3
Newcastle	5	4	1	2
Montpellier	7	3	4	0
Strasbourg	7	1	0	1
Toulouse FC	6	2	3	0
Bordeaux	6	3	0	1
Leicester	6	4	1	0
Leeds United	4	3	0	1
CA Bastia	3	3	0	0
Norwich City	3	3	0	1
Southampton	7	3	1	0
Nice	6	2	1	2
Caen	6	5	2	3
Brighton	5	1	3	0
SO Cholet	4	1	0	0
Châteauroux B	4	2	0	0
F. Karagümrük	4	3	1	1
Espanyol	4	4	1	1
AC Ajaccio	3	2	0	0
Girona	3	2	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Paris SG	9	8	18
Monaco	6	5	9
Rennes	8	5	12
Man City	6	5	11
Marseille	7	4	14
Real Madrid	4	4	9
Liverpool	6	4	12
Nantes	7	3	12
Nice	6	3	6
Angers	6	3	6
FC Barcelona	4	3	13
Aston Villa	5	3	7
Brighton	5	3	6
Olympiacos	4	2	4
Toulouse FC	6	2	8
Montpellier	7	2	6
Bordeaux	6	2	4
Guingamp	7	2	4
Lyon	7	2	12
Strasbourg	7	2	6

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2026/2027	Villarreal	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2025/2026	Villarreal	44%	38%	45	75%	25%	4	-
2024/2025	Villarreal	64%	18%	28	25%	33%	12	Extremely positive
2023/2024	Trabzonspor	61%	26%	23	59%	35%	17	Very slightly positive
2022/2023	Nice	32%	32%	28	58%	16%	19	Very negative
2021/2022	Arsenal	65%	26%	23	50%	41%	22	Slightly positive
2020/2021	Arsenal	47%	30%	47	64%	27%	11	Slightly negative
2019/2020	Arsenal	52%	24%	42	25%	17%	12	Very positive
2018/2019	Lille	56%	22%	41	100%	0%	1	-
2017/2018	Lille	26%	53%	38	25%	25%	4	-
2016/2017	Angers	41%	46%	39	33%	33%	6	-
2015/2016	Orléans	42%	21%	33	40%	20%	5	-
2014/2015	Angers	50%	20%	10	47%	31%	32	Very slightly positive
2013/2014	Angers B	21%	42%	19	43%	29%	7	Extremely negative
2012/2013	Poitiers	11%	22%	9	38%	29%	21	Extremely negative

Key figures

Pépé has won for the national team the last 5 at home matches

The player hasn't lost for the national team any of the last 6 at home matches

Pépé hasn't scored away from home in non-league and non-national team competition for 572 minutes.

The player hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 7 away from home matches

The player hasn't scored in non-league and non-national team competition for 932 minutes.

He has lost in non-league and non-national team competition the last 4 matches

He hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 11 matches

The player hasn't scored at home in non-league and non-national team competition for 812 minutes.

The player hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Games	Score	First times
Poitiers
15/12/2012	Poitiers - SO Cholet	1 - 1	First match with the club
12/01/2013	Poitiers - Angers B	0 - 2	First loss
09/02/2013	Châtellerault - Poitiers	0 - 0	First start
18/05/2013	Poitiers - Nantes B	3 - 1	First victory, first goal
Angers B
24/08/2013	Angers B - Châteauroux B	2 - 3	First match with the club, first loss
21/12/2013	Angers B - Le Poiré/Vie B	1 - 1	First start
15/03/2014	Angers B - La Roche VF	4 - 0	First victory
22/03/2014	Saumur - Angers B	0 - 2	First goal
02/05/2015	Vertou - Angers B	3 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals
Angers
26/08/2014	Angers - Arles-Avignon	1 - 2	First match with the club, first loss
15/11/2014	Argentré-du-Plessis - Angers	0 - 10	First start, first victory, first goal, first time scoring 2 goals, first time scoring 3 goals
Orléans
07/08/2015	Orléans - CA Bastia	2 - 0	First match with the club, first victory
11/08/2015	Orléans - Tours	1 - 2	First start, first loss
16/10/2015	Orléans - Épinal	3 - 2	First goal
Lille
20/08/2017	Lille - Caen	0 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first loss
05/11/2017	Metz - Lille	0 - 3	First victory, first goal, first time scoring 2 goals
15/09/2018	Amiens - Lille	2 - 3	First time scoring 3 goals
Arsenal
11/08/2019	Newcastle - Arsenal	0 - 1	First match with the club, first victory
24/08/2019	Liverpool - Arsenal	3 - 1	First start, first loss
22/09/2019	Arsenal - Aston Villa	3 - 2	First goal
24/10/2019	Arsenal - Guimarães	3 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals
22/11/2020	Leeds United - Arsenal	0 - 0	First red card
Nice
28/08/2022	Nice - Marseille	0 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first loss
31/08/2022	Lille - Nice	1 - 2	First victory, first goal
11/01/2023	Nice - Montpellier	6 - 1	First time scoring 2 goals
Trabzonspor
23/10/2023	Trabzonspor - Alanyaspor	1 - 0	First match with the club, first victory
04/11/2023	Fenerbahçe - Trabzonspor	2 - 3	First start, first goal
03/12/2023	Trabzonspor - Kayserispor	0 - 1	First loss
Villarreal
19/08/2024	Villarreal - Atlético	2 - 2	First match with the club
23/08/2024	Sevilla FC - Villarreal	1 - 2	First start, first victory
22/09/2024	Villarreal - FC Barcelona	1 - 5	First loss
30/09/2024	Villarreal - Las Palmas	3 - 1	First goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 23/07/2026 at 03:47

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Ligue 1	Ligue 1	126	44	205	17	9017	76%96		39%49	23%29	38%48
French Cup	French Cup	15	7	148	2	1037	73%11		60%9		40%6
Coupe de la Ligue	Coupe de la Ligue	4				173	25%1				100%4
Ligue 2	Ligue 2	7				184	14%1		57%4	43%3
Ligue 3	Ligue 3	29	7	261		1826	69%20		41%12	41%12	17%5
National 3	National 3	50	11	314		3450	70%35		28%14	38%19	34%17
Süper Lig	Süper Lig	19	5	224	3	1121	68%13		58%11	16%3	26%5
Turkish Cup	Turkish Cup	4	1	136		136	25%1		75%3		25%1
La Liga	La Liga	63	11	352	14	3872	65%41		60%38	17%11	22%14
Copa del Rey	Copa del Rey	2				174	100%2			50%1	50%1
Premier League	Premier League	80	16	270	10	4323	54%43	1	46%37	23%18	31%25
FA Cup	FA Cup	7	1	603	2	603	100%7		86%6		14%1
League Cup	League Cup	6	2	246	4	492	83%5		67%4	17%1	17%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	25	7	204	3	1429	72%18		48%12	24%6	28%7
World Cup	World Cup	4	2	117	1	234	75%3		50%2		50%2
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	12	2	391	1	782	67%8		50%6	25%3	25%3
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	8	1	338		338	50%4		63%5	25%2	13%1
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	10	2	387		773	90%9		60%6	20%2	20%2
Champions League	Champions League	8			1	608	100%8			13%1	88%7
Europa League	Europa League	19	8	150	6	1203	63%12		63%12	21%4	16%3
ECL	Europa Conference League	8	2	264		528	63%5		38%3	38%3	25%2

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2025/2026	Villarreal	1	3	72	38	22	6	10	72	46
2024/2025	Villarreal	1	5	70	38	20	10	8	71	51
2023/2024	Trabzonspor	1	3	67	38	21	4	13	69	50
2022/2023	Nice	1	9	58	38	15	13	10	48	37
2021/2022	Arsenal	1	5	69	38	22	3	13	61	48
2020/2021	Arsenal	1	8	61	38	18	7	13	55	39
2019/2020	Arsenal	1	8	56	38	14	14	10	56	48
2018/2019	Lille	1	2	75	38	22	9	7	68	33
2017/2018	Lille	1	17	38	38	10	8	20	41	67
2016/2017	Angers	1	12	46	38	13	7	18	40	49
2015/2016	Orléans	3	2	56	34	14	14	6	50	37
2014/2015	Angers	2	3	64	38	18	10	10	47	30
2013/2014	Angers B	5	12	41	19	5	7	7	27	27
2012/2013	Poitiers	5	9	57	26	6	13	7	22	31

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