| General |
| Steven Nzonzi | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Steven N'kemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi | |
| Date of birth: | 15 December 1988 | |
| Place of birth: | La Garenne-Colombes,  France
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| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |
| Playing position: | Defensive midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Sepahan
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| Number: | 15 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1998–1999 1999–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 |
Racing Paris Paris Saint-Germain CA Lisieux Caen Beauvais Amiens
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 2009–2012 2012–2015 2015–2018 2018–2021 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2023 2023–2024 2024– |
Amiens Blackburn Rovers Stoke City Sevilla Roma → Galatasaray (loan) → Rennes (loan) Al-Rayyan Konyaspor Sepahan
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37 (1) 86 (5) 109 (6) 90 (6) 30 (1) 10 (0) 39 (1) 39 (2) 33 (4) 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 2009–2010 2017–2020 |
France U21 France
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6 (0) 20 (0) |
Steven Nkemboanza Mike Christopher Nzonzi (born 15 December 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Persian Gulf Pro League club Sepahan.
He began his career with Ligue 2 side Amiens, impressing enough to earn a move to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in 2009 for £650,000. He spent three years at Ewood Park which ended with Rovers being relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season. He remained in the Premier League however, joining Stoke City for £3 million. At Stoke, Nzonzi established himself as a key member of the squad under Tony Pulis and then under Mark Hughes, where his performances during the 2014–15 earned him the Player of the Year award. He joined Spanish side Sevilla for a fee of £7 million in July 2015, and won the UEFA Europa League in his first season. Nzonzi joined Italian club Roma in 2018, where he played a season before being loaned to Galatasaray in Turkey and Rennes in France the following two seasons. In 2021, he signed for Qatari side Al-Rayyan, and two years later he returned to Turkey, signing for Konyaspor.
Nzonzi represented France at under-21 level. He turned down the chance to represent his ancestral DR Congo at senior international level, and was unsuccessful in his attempt to become eligible to play for England. In November 2017, he made his debut for the senior France squad, and he was part of their team that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Honours[]
Club[]
Sevilla
International[]
France
Individual[]
- Blackburn Rovers Player of the Year: 2009–10
- Stoke City Player of the Year: 2014–15
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2015–16
- La Liga Player of the Month: January 2017
Orders
- Knight of the Legion of Honour: 2018
External links[]
Template:Sepahan S.C. squad
| France
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| France – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Winners |
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1. Lloris (c)
2. Pavard
3. Kimpembe
4. Varane
5. Umtiti
6. Pogba
7. Griezmann
8. Lemar
9. Giroud
10. Mbappé
11. Dembélé
12. Tolisso
13. Kanté
14. Matuidi
15. Nzonzi
16. Mandanda
17. Rami
18. Fekir
19. Sidibé
20. Thauvin
21. Hernández
22. Mendy
23. Areola
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