African Players in the Ligue 2

1,454 players all-time · 75 now · 25 clubs

2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

Playing in the Ligue 2 now (75)

Player	Nation	Club	Position
Mbaye Niang	Senegal	USL Dunkerque	Forward
Bouna Sarr	Senegal	FC Metz	Wing half
Alban Lafont	Burkina Faso	FC Nantes	Goalkeeper
Moses Simon	Nigeria	FC Nantes	Forward
Aymen Abdennour	Tunisia	Rodez AF	Defender
Jean-Charles Castelletto	Cameroon	FC Nantes	Centre-back
Benjamin Moukandjo	Cameroon	Valenciennes F.C.	Forward
Samuel Moutoussamy	DR Congo	FC Nantes	Midfielder
Bruno Ecuele Manga	Gabon	Dijon FCO	Defender
Mostafa Mohamed	Egypt	FC Nantes	Forward
Nathanaël Mbuku	DR Congo	Stade de Reims	Forward
Yehvann Diouf	Senegal	Stade de Reims	Goalkeeper
El Bilal Touré	Ivory Coast	Stade de Reims	Forward
Didier Ibrahim Ndong	Gabon	Dijon FCO	Midfielder
Denis Bouanga	Gabon	AS Saint-Étienne	Midfielder
Lloyd Palun	Gabon	SC Bastia	Midfielder
Adolphe Teikeu	Cameroon	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Defender
Willy Semedo	Cape Verde	Grenoble Foot 38	Midfielder
Jonathan Kodjia	Ivory Coast	F.C. Annecy	Forward
Dennis Appiah	Ghana	FC Nantes	Defender
Marshall Munetsi	Zimbabwe	Stade de Reims	Midfielder
Youcef Belaïli	Algeria	A.C. Ajaccio	Wing half
Yanis Begraoui	Morocco	Foot club de Pau	Forward
Alexandre Oukidja	Algeria	FC Metz	Goalkeeper
Yoann Touzghar	Tunisia	A.C. Ajaccio	Forward
Jordan Adeoti	Benin	Stade Lavallois	Defensive midfielder
Boubakar Kouyaté	Mali	FC Metz	Centre-back
Marvin Baudry	Congo	Stade Lavallois	Centre-back
Charles Traoré	Mali	FC Nantes	Defender
Farid Boulaya	Algeria	FC Metz	Midfielder
Jim Allevinah	Gabon	Clermont Foot 63	Forward
Mamadou Samassa	Mali	Stade Lavallois	Goalkeeper
Joseph Okumu	Kenya	Stade de Reims	Defender
Fodé Doucouré	Mali	Red Star F.C.	Defender
Aïmen Moueffek	Morocco	AS Saint-Étienne	Full-back
Alexandre Mendy	Guinea-Bissau	Montpellier Hérault Sport Club	Forward
Naoufel El Hannach	Morocco	Montpellier Hérault Sport Club	Defender
Jeannette Yango	Cameroon	En Avant de Guingamp	Midfielder
Faiz Mattoir	Comoros	A.C. Ajaccio	Forward
Maxime Spano	Algeria	Valenciennes F.C.	Defender
William Bianda	Cameroon	Stade Lavallois	Defender
Chris Bedia	Ivory Coast	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Forward
Pape Paye	Senegal	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Full-back
Xavier Kouassi	Ivory Coast	Foot club de Pau	Midfielder
Yann Kitala	DR Congo	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Forward
Mamadou Diallo	Guinea	Grenoble Foot 38	Forward
Vital Nsimba	DR Congo	Clermont Foot 63	Defender
Abdoulaye Sylla	Guinea	FC Nantes	Defender
Salem M'Bakata	DR Congo	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Midfielder
Junior Kadile	DR Congo	Stade Lavallois	Forward
Amin Cherni	Tunisia	Stade Lavallois	Full-back
Malik Tchokounté	Guinea	Stade Lavallois	Forward
Godson Kyeremeh	Ghana	F.C. Annecy	Midfielder
Achille Anani	Ivory Coast	Grenoble Foot 38	Forward
Edson Seidou	Ivory Coast	Stade Lavallois	Full-back
Brandon Agounon	Benin	US Orléans	Midfielder
Ousmane Sidibé	Guinea	AS Béziers	Defender
Moussa Guel	Ivory Coast	Valenciennes F.C.	Forward
Omar Sadik	Morocco	Foot club de Pau
Yasser Baldé	Guinea	Stade Lavallois	Centre-back
François-Xavier Fumu Tamuzo	DR Congo	Stade Lavallois	Central midfielder
Yaya Soumaré	Senegal	US Orléans	Wing half
Edmilson Correia	Guinea-Bissau	AS Saint-Étienne	Wing half
Merwan Ifnaoui	Morocco	Red Star F.C.	Attacking midfielder
Mamadou Camara	Senegal	A.S. Nancy-Lorraine
Mohamed Guindo	Mali	Clermont Foot 63	Forward
Ryan Ferhaoui	Algeria	Stade Lavallois	Attacking midfielder
Jason Tré	Ivory Coast	Stade Lavallois	Full-back
Tanguy Ahile	Ivory Coast	En Avant de Guingamp
Kader N'Chobi	Ivory Coast	Stade Lavallois	Forward
Rayanne Fabre	Tunisia	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Centre-back
Mélissa Vieux	Morocco	Clermont Foot 63	Midfielder
Irvyn Lomami	DR Congo	Stade Lavallois	Defender
Noa Mupemba	DR Congo	Stade Lavallois	Centre-forward
Loïs Martins	Algeria	Stade Lavallois	Playmaker

Where they come from

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By nationality

Nation	All-time	Now
Senegalese players in the Ligue 2	191	6
Algerian players in the Ligue 2	173	6
Cameroonian players in the Ligue 2	139	5
Moroccan players in the Ligue 2	135	6
Ivorian players in the Ligue 2	131	10
Malian players in the Ligue 2	101	5
DR Congo players in the Ligue 2	86	9
Guinean players in the Ligue 2	65	5
Congolese players in the Ligue 2	53	1
Tunisian players in the Ligue 2	47	4
Togolese players in the Ligue 2	38	0
Beninese players in the Ligue 2	33	2
Ghanaian players in the Ligue 2	30	2
Nigerian players in the Ligue 2	25	1
Burkinabé players in the Ligue 2	25	1
Gabonese players in the Ligue 2	25	5
Comorian players in the Ligue 2	19	1
Malagasy players in the Ligue 2	17	0
Mauritanian players in the Ligue 2	17	0
Central African players in the Ligue 2	15	0
Cape Verdean players in the Ligue 2	14	1
Bissau-Guinean players in the Ligue 2	11	2
Chadian players in the Ligue 2	10	0
Nigerien players in the Ligue 2	8	0
Gambian players in the Ligue 2	6	0
Angolan players in the Ligue 2	6	0
Liberian players in the Ligue 2	6	0
Egyptian players in the Ligue 2	5	1
Mauritian players in the Ligue 2	5	0
South African players in the Ligue 2	4	0
Zimbabwean players in the Ligue 2	4	1
Equatoguinean players in the Ligue 2	3	0
Zambian players in the Ligue 2	3	0
Kenya	2	1