 Schneiderlin with France in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Morgan Fernand Gérard Schneiderlin[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1989[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Obernai, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2005 | Strasbourg | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Strasbourg B | 37 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Strasbourg | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Southampton | 231 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Manchester United | 32 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Everton | 73 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Nice | 48 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Konyaspor | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | A.E. Kifisia | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 447 | (24) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | France U16 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | France U17 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | France U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | France U19 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | France U20 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | France U21 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | France | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Morgan Fernand Gérard Schneiderlin (French pronunciation: [mɔʁgan ʃnedɛʁlɛ̃];[5] born 8 November 1989) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Schneiderlin began his career with Strasbourg, before moving to England to join Southampton in June 2008. He made 261 appearances across all competitions in seven seasons at the club, and was in the teams which earned consecutive promotions to reach the Premier League. He joined Manchester United for a potential £27 million fee in July 2015,[6] but left for Everton in January 2017 for a fee of up to £24 million. He joined Nice in June 2020.
After representing France at all levels from under-16 onwards, Schneiderlin made his senior international debut in 2014. He was included in their squads for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.
- ^ "Morgan Schneiderlin: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Profile of Morgan Schneiderlin".
- ^ Innes, Richard (14 July 2015). "Manchester United new boy Morgan Schneiderlin is top of the Premier League's defensive stats". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "How to pronounce Morgan Schneiderlin". Forvo. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Manchester United get Southampton's Morgan Schneiderlin for £24m". The Guardian. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2020.