Career record
Mathieu Valbuena is a attacking midfielder, born 28 September 1984, listed at 167 cm, and holds France citizenship. The club record here runs 2004–2026 across 10 clubs, 606 appearances and 89 goals.
The longest stay was Olympique de Marseille, 8 years from 2006 to 2014 and 242 appearances. Olympique de Marseille accounts for the most football: 242 appearances of the 606 on record. The best scoring rate came at Apollon Limassol FC — 7 in 33, a goal every 4.7 games. Across 22 years there were 9 moves, roughly one every 2.4 seasons. At senior international level the record is 52 caps and 8 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Libourne | 2004–2006 | 55 | 10 |
| Olympique de Marseille | 2006–2014 | 242 | 27 |
| FC Dinamo Moscow | 2014–2015 | 29 | 6 |
| Olympique Lyonnais | 2015–2017 | 56 | 9 |
| Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 2017–2019 | 51 | 10 |
| Olympiacos F.C. | 2019–2023 | 98 | 14 |
| Apollon Limassol FC | 2023–2024 | 33 | 7 |
| Athens Kallithea F.C. | 2024–2025 | 32 | 3 |
| Olympiacos B | 2025–2026 | 10 | 3 |
| St. Lucia F.C. | 2026 | 0 | 0 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France men's national association football team | 2010–2015 | 52 | 8 |
His clubs, in this archive
The archive covers 8 of the seasons Mathieu Valbuena spent at Olympique de Marseille, 2006/07 to 2013/14. Olympique de Marseille won the Ligue 1 once in that span and finished in the top four six times, averaging 66 points a season. At Olympique Lyonnais, 2 covered seasons run 2015/16 to 2016/17, best finish 2nd in 2015/16. Those placings are recalculated from the individual results rather than copied from a table, so they can be read against any other club on this site.
| Season | Competition | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympique de Marseille, 2006/07–2013/14 | |||
| 2006/07 | Ligue 1 | 2nd of 20 | 64 |
| 2007/08 | Ligue 1 | 3rd of 20 | 62 |
| 2008/09 | Ligue 1 | 2nd of 20 | 77 |
| 2009/10 | Ligue 1 | 1st of 20 | 78 |
| 2010/11 | Ligue 1 | 2nd of 20 | 68 |
| 2011/12 | Ligue 1 | 10th of 20 | 48 |
| 2012/13 | Ligue 1 | 2nd of 20 | 71 |
| 2013/14 | Ligue 1 | 6th of 20 | 60 |
| Olympique Lyonnais, 2015/16–2016/17 | |||
| 2015/16 | Ligue 1 | 2nd of 20 | 65 |
| 2016/17 | Ligue 1 | 4th of 20 | 67 |
Only the seasons this archive holds are listed — it begins in 2000/01 and covers league matches in the five competitions named above, so a career that started earlier or ran through other leagues shows a gap here rather than a blank.
How this page is put together
The career table above is the structured record held on Wikidata under a public-domain licence, read once and cached, not queried while you are reading. The player is bound to that record by date of birth rather than by name: a name search returns the wrong Klose and three different Robinhos, and a page carrying somebody else’s links cannot afford that.
Compare any two clubs he played for with the head-to-head tool, or read the records these seasons feed into.
Frequently asked
When and where was Mathieu Valbuena born?
28 September 1984, and holds France citizenship.
Which clubs did Mathieu Valbuena play for?
10 on record: FC Libourne, Olympique de Marseille, FC Dinamo Moscow, Olympique Lyonnais, Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Olympiacos F.C., Apollon Limassol FC, Athens Kallithea F.C.….
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
10 of them, at 2 clubs. The archive runs from 2000/01 and covers the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, so seasons outside that window or in other leagues are not counted.
How long did the career last?
From 2004 to 2026 on the club record here, 22 years across 10 clubs in 1 of the five leagues this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
Ligue 1. Those are the ones his clubs played in during the seasons the archive holds; the rest of the career is listed above but has no placings beside it.
Where do these figures come from?
The career record is the structured data held for this player on Wikidata, which is public-domain. The league placings and points beside it are not: those are recalculated here from every individual result in the archive, which is why they can be compared with any other club or season on this site.