Wylan Jean-Claude Cyprien (born 28 January 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Parma.

Wylan Cyprien
Cyprien playing for Nice in 2018
Personal information
Full name Wylan Jean-Claude Cyprien[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Parma
Number 25
Youth career
2006–2008 Paris FC
2008–2012 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Lens 103 (10)
2016–2021 Nice 94 (21)
2020–2021Parma (loan) 13 (0)
2021– Parma 18 (2)
2021–2022Nantes (loan) 24 (2)
2022–2023Sion (loan) 18 (3)
International career
2010–2011 France U16 9 (2)
2012–2013 France U18 5 (0)
2013 France U19 3 (0)
2016 France U21 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2016

Early life

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Born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France on 28 January 1995, Cyprien moved to metropolitan France at a young age.[2]

Club career

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Cyprien with Lens in December 2014

Lens

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Cyprien began his youth career at Paris FC, before moving to Lens in 2008.[2] He is a graduate of the Lens youth academy and made his debut for the first team in 2012. He passed through the youth ranks in July 2012. He helped Lens win promotion to Ligue 1, following a second place finish during the 2013–14 Ligue 2 season.[3] The following campaign, Cyprien scored two goals and set up a further two, as Lens finished last and went straight back down to the second division.[3] He made over 100 appearances for Lens, before his transfer to Nice in 2016.[2]

Nice

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On 27 July 2016, Ligue 1 club Nice reached an agreement with Lens for the transfer of Cyprien.[4] The transfer fee was a reported €5m.[3] He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the Ligue 1 season, coming on as a second-half substitute for Vincent Marcel in a 1–0 victory over Rennes.[5]

Cyprien's first goal for the club came in the Europa League on 29 September 2016, a consolation goal in his side's 5–2 defeat to Russian club Krasnodar in the group stage of the competition.[6]

On 10 March 2017, Cyprien picked up an ACL injury in a Ligue 1 match against SM Caen, a game that finished 2–2, and he was ruled out a day later for the remainder of the season.[7]

Cyprien spent much of the first-half of the 2017–18 campaign on the sidelines and he eventually appeared in just 946 minutes of Ligue 1 action.[3] On 2 March 2018, Cyprien assisted Mario Balotelli's opening goal and scored the winning goal with a volley in Nice's Ligue 1 2–1 home win over Lille OSC.[8]

2019–20 season

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Cyprien made his season debut in the first round of Ligue 1 fixtures against Amiens on 10 August 2019, assisting Dante's winning goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time.[9] A week later, he scored his first goal of the season, converting from the penalty spot, before assisting Ignatius Ganago for the game winning goal over Nîmes.[10]

On 18 October, Cyprien picked up two yellow cards and was sent off in a 4–1 home loss to reigning champions PSG.[11] Two months later on 7 December, Cyprien scored two goals and earned man of the match honours as Nice defeated FC Metz in the 17th round of Ligue 1 fixtures by a score of 4–1.[12]

Parma

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On 5 October 2020, Cyprien signed with Parma. He joined the Serie A side on a season-long loan, potentially to become a permanent deal running until June 2025 upon the meeting of performance-based objectives.[13]

Loan to Nantes

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The transfer to Parma became permanent at the end of the season. On 24 June 2021, he was loaned to FC Nantes for the 2021–22 season.[14]

Loan to Sion

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On 9 August 2022, Cyprien joined Sion in Switzerland on loan with an option to buy.[15]

International career

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Cyprien is a former France youth international, having been capped at U16, U18, U19 and U21 levels.

Career statistics

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As of 1 October 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lens 2012–13 Ligue 2 12 0 3 0 0 0 15 0
2013–14 23 1 4 0 1 0 28 1
2014–15 Ligue 1 33 2 1 0 1 0 35 2
2015–16 Ligue 2 34 6 0 0 1 0 35 6
Total 102 9 8 0 3 0 113 9
Nice 2016–17 Ligue 1 29 8 1 0 0 0 4[c] 1 34 9
2017–18 16 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 21 2
2018–19 29 4 1 0 0 0 30 4
2019–20 20 7 3 0 1 1 24 8
Total 94 21 5 0 3 1 7 1 109 23
Parma 2020–21 Serie A 13 0 2 0 15 0
Nantes (loan) 2021–22 Ligue 1 24 2 5 0 29 2
Sion (loan) 2022–23 Swiss Super League 0 0 1 0 1 0
Career total 233 32 21 0 6 1 7 1 267 34

Honours

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Nantes

Parma

References

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  1. ^ "Entreprise WYCY Sport à Nice (06000)" [Company WYCY Sport in Nice (06000)]. Figaro Entreprises (in French). Société du Figaro. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
    "Wylan Cyprien". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Wylan Cyprien". Football Whispers. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Who is Wylan Cyprien?". Outside of the Boot. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Accord trouvé pour Wylan Cyprien" [Agreement was reached for Cyprien]. OGC Nice (in French). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. ^ "OGC Nice 1:0 Stade Rennais FC". Ligue 1 (in French). 14 August 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Krasnodar 5-2 Nice". UEFA. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. ^ "ACL Injury Causes Wylan Cyprien to Miss Remainder of Nice's Season". beIN Sports. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Balotelli strikes as Nice take down Lille". www.ligue1.com. 2 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Nice 2-1 Amiens". Sky Sports. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  10. ^ "NÎMES VS. NICE 1 - 2". Soccerway. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  11. ^ "OGC Nice 1:4 Paris Saint-Germain". Ligue 1 (in French). 18 October 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Two Wylan Cyprien goals set OGC Nice on course for a resounding 4-1 home win over FC Metz on Saturday". Ligue 1. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Wylan Cyprien is a Parma Calcio player". Parma Calcio 1913. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. ^ "WYLAN CYPRIEN SENT ON LOAN TO NANTES". Parma. 24 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Wylan Cyprien rejoint le FC Sion !" (in French). Sion. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  16. ^ Wylan Cyprien at Soccerway
  17. ^ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 - 2022 - FINALE". fff.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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