Club Career Summary

Saint-Etienne (2013-2015)

Having been part of their youth system since 2011, at 16, Allan Saint-Maximin debuted for Les Verts during the 13/14 campaign, tasting Ligue 1 and Europa League action as part of a busy season for the club, with the Frenchman only making 5 senior appearances, in addition to playing for the U19 team on a regular basis.

The 14/15 campaign was another one to ease him into senior football, Saint-Maximin amassing 12 appearances in total across all competitions, but only completing 90 minutes once. However, he did manage 2 assists in the little play time he got.

AS Monaco (2015-2017)



Allan signed for Monaco in July 2015 for a fee of £4.5m, but only made 1 league appearance in two seasons. Rather, he was loaned to Hannover (15/16) and Bastia (16/17) before transferring to OGC Nice.

The winger’s time in Germany was mixed, to say the least. Amassing a steady 15 league appearances and scoring 1 goal, he was mainly used as an impact sub, taking to the field as either a left winger, right winger or a 10 in an effort to cause disruptions when coming on.

However, off the pitch matters came to the fore in April 2016 when he crashed his car into a tram, injuring a passenger, and showing a fake license obtained from Bulgaria to the police. That, coupled with the fact he only made 1 league appearance after February, and it’s fair to say Saint-Maximin needed to make his next loan more impactful for football reasons.

His season at Bastia in 16/17 was a much more successful one on an individual level, if not as a team, with the Corsican club having played out a relegation campaign, finishing rock bottom of Ligue 1.

For Saint-Maximin, however, it was his first season as a first team regular. He only missed 4 league games, 1 of those due to a red card suspension. His goal contribution of 6, split equally between goals and assists, was a career best to date. He began to build a reputation as an excellent dribbler, exciting fans yet frustrating them in equal measure with a lack of end product.

OGC NICE (2017-2019)



Joining Lucien Favre’s side on August 7 2017 for a £9m fee, Saint-Maximin played 40 games in all competitions during 17/18, including Champions League qualifiers against Napoli and 4 games in the Europa League after Napoli dispatched Nice 4-0 on aggregate.

This time around he managed 14 goal contributions, 5 goals and 9 assists as Nice finished 8th in the league and reached the Europa League round 32.

18/19 saw a change of managers at Nice, with ex-Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira taking his first European managerial job, replacing a Favre headed for Borussia Dortmund. Vieira’s much more defensive style impacted Nice’s season in terms of goals, scoring just 30 (20 from open play) and conceding 35. Favre’s 17/18 campaign, by contrast, saw a league haul of GF 53, GA 52.