# List of French football transfers summer 2011

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2011 summer transfer window. The summer transfer window opened on 9 June 2011 and closed at midnight on 31 August 2011. Only moves involving Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs are listed. Players without a club may join one at any time, either during or in between transfer windows.

## Transfers

| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 27 April 2011 | Thomas Guerbert | Luzenac | Dijon | Free |
| 5 May 2011 | Akim Orinel | Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | Châteauroux | Free |
| 18 May 2011 | Mickaël Caradec | Bayonne | Châteauroux | Free |
| 19 May 2011 | Florian Makhedjouf | Paris Saint-Germain | Sedan | Free |
| 21 May 2011 | Antoine Jouan | Montpellier | Clermont | Free |
| 21 May 2011 | Guilherme Moreira | Budapest Honvéd | Clermont | Undisclosed |
| 23 May 2011 | Claudio Beauvue | Troyes | Châteauroux | Loan |
| 23 May 2011 | Régis Gurtner | Strasbourg | Boulogne | Free |
| 23 May 2011 | Diadié Diarra | Mantes | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 23 May 2011 | Oumar N'Diaye | Toulouse Croix-Daurade | Metz | Free |
| 24 May 2011 | Christopher Jouffreau | Changé | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 24 May 2011 | Ousmane N'Diaye | Lyon | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 24 May 2011 | Josuè Balamandji | Villemomble | Reims | Free |
| 25 May 2011 | Thiago Xavier | Châteauroux | Troyes | Undisclosed |
| 26 May 2011 | Jérôme Rothen | Unattached | Bastia | Free |
| 26 May 2011 | Ali Mathlouthi | Strasbourg | Lens | Undisclosed |
| 26 May 2011 | Cédric Avinel | Cannes | Clermont | Free |
| 28 May 2011 | Omar Kossoko | Amiens | Auxerre | Free |
| 28 May 2011 | Loïc Puyo | Auxerre | Amiens | Free |
| 29 May 2011 | Mathieu Duhamel | Troyes | Metz | Undisclosed |
| 29 May 2011 | Oumar Pouye | Evian | Angers | Free |
| 30 May 2011 | Benjamin Boulenger | Aulnoye-Aymeries | Boulogne | Free |
| 30 May 2011 | Hervé Bazile | Guingamp | Amiens | Free |
| 30 May 2011 | Bruce Abdoulaye | Clermont | Metz | Free |
| 30 May 2011 | Kévin Rimane | Paris Saint-Germain | Boulogne | Free |
| 31 May 2011 | Baptiste Reynet | Martigues | Dijon | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | Pierre Bouby | Evian | Metz | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | Pierre-Baptiste Baherlé | Lille | Boulogne | Free |
| 1 June 2011 | Grégory Thil | Boulogne | Dijon | Free |
| 2 June 2011 | Benoît Pedretti | Auxerre | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 2 June 2011 | Kévin Aubeneau | Niort | Laval | Free |
| 2 June 2011 | Téji Savanier | Montpellier | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 2 June 2011 | Hugo Rodriguez | Montpellier | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 2 June 2011 | Mohamed M'Changama | Nîmes | Amiens | Free |
| 3 June 2011 | Camel Meriem | Arles-Avignon | Nice | Free |
| 3 June 2011 | Florent Chaigneau | Le Poiré-sur-Vie | Lorient | Free |
| 3 June 2011 | Hamady Tamboura | Evian | Angers | Free |
| 3 June 2011 | Antoine Ponroy | Evian | Laval | Free |
| 4 June 2011 | Jordan Galtier | Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 6 June 2011 | Romain Armand | Montpellier | Clermont | Free |
| 6 June 2011 | Youri Coutin | Brest | Nantes | Free |
| 6 June 2011 | Ibrahim Sacko | Brest | Valenciennes | Free |
| 7 June 2011 | Ludovic Baal | Le Mans | Lens | Free |
| 7 June 2011 | Pedrinho | Académica de Coimbra | Lorient | Free |
| 8 June 2011 | Yohan Betsch | Strasbourg | Metz | Free |
| 9 June 2011 | Morgan Amalfitano | Lorient | Marseille | Free |
| 9 June 2011 | Eden Ben Basat | Hapoel Haifa | Brest | Free |
| 9 June 2011 | Matthieu Saunier | Bordeaux | Troyes | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2011 | Lionel Cappone | Lorient | Brest | Free |
| 9 June 2011 | Julien Féret | Nancy | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2011 | Jhon Culma | Maccabi Haifa | Brest | Free |
| 9 June 2011 | Henri Bedimo | Lens | Montpellier | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2011 | Frédéric Bulot | AS Monaco | Caen | Free |
| 10 June 2011 | Samuel Souprayen | Rennes | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2011 | Ulrich Ramé | Bordeaux | Sedan | Free |
| 11 June 2011 | Nicolas Douchez | Rennes | Paris Saint-Germain | Free |
| 11 June 2011 | Vlade Lazarevski | Astana | Amiens | Free |
| 12 June 2011 | Vincent Enyeama | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2011 | Kevin Gameiro | Lorient | Paris Saint-Germain | €11m |
| 13 June 2011 | Ronny Rodelin | Nantes | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2011 | Tristan Do | Strasbourg | Lorient | Free |
| 13 June 2011 | Mehdi Mostefa | Nîmes | Ajaccio | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2011 | Nicolas Fauvergue | Lille | Sedan | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2011 | Benoît Costil | Sedan | Rennes | Free |
| 15 June 2011 | Saber Khelifa | Espérance | Evian | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2011 | Kenny Lala | Paris | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2011 | Marco Rosenfelder | Strasbourg | Lens | Free |
| 16 June 2011 | Rudy Haddad | Châteauroux | Auxerre | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2011 | Fabrice Ehret | 1. FC Köln | Evian | Free |
| 16 June 2011 | Romain Ruffier | Unattached | Amiens | Free |
| 16 June 2011 | Lhadji Badiane | Rennes | Laval | Free |
| 16 June 2011 | Vincent Le Baron | Vannes | Laval | Free |
| 16 June 2011 | Éric Chelle | Lens | Istres | Free |
| 16 June 2011 | Aymen Abdennour | Étoile du Sahel | Toulouse | €450k |
| 17 June 2011 | Brice Jovial | Le Havre | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 17 June 2011 | Alexandre Cuvillier | Boulogne | Nancy | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2011 | Jérémy Morel | Lorient | Marseille | €2.5m |
| 20 June 2011 | Nicolas Pallois | Valenciennes | Laval | Loan |
| 20 June 2011 | Zakaria Diallo | Sporting Charleroi | Dijon | Free |
| 20 June 2011 | Mathieu Coutadeur | AS Monaco | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2011 | Mamadou Camara | Niort | Guingamp | Free |
| 21 June 2011 | Sébastien Roudet | Lens | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2011 | Vincent Bessat | Boulogne | Nantes | Free |
| 22 June 2011 | Pavle Ninkov | Red Star Belgrade | Toulouse | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2011 | Mamadou Doumbia | Istres | Le Mans | Free |
| 22 June 2011 | Julien Toudic | Caen | Lens | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2011 | Thorstein Helstad | Le Mans | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2011 | James Fanchone | Lorient | Le Havre | Free |
| 23 June 2011 | Lossémy Karaboué | Sedan | Nancy | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2011 | Marko Baša | Lokomotiv Moscow | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2011 | Nicolas Maurice-Belay | Sochaux | Bordeaux | Free |
| 24 June 2011 | Christophe Kerbrat | Plabennec | Guingamp | Free |
| 24 June 2011 | Ludovic Butelle | Lille | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 24 June 2011 | Marcel Essombé | Pacy Vallée-d'Eure | Châteauroux | Free |
| 24 June 2011 | Aurélien Capoue | Nantes | Boulogne | Free |
| 24 June 2011 | Florent Sinama Pongolle | Sporting | Saint-Étienne | Loan |
| 25 June 2011 | Thomas Gamiette | Reims | Tours | Free |
| 27 June 2011 | Paul Lasne | Bordeaux | Ajaccio | Free |
| 27 June 2011 | Pierre Ducasse | Bordeaux | Lens | Free |
| 27 June 2011 | Grégory Paisley | Nice | Guingamp | Free |
| 27 June 2011 | Mohammed Rabiu | Udinese | Evian | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2011 | Dimitri Payet | Saint-Étienne | Lille | €9m |
| 28 June 2011 | Bira Dembélé | Rennes | Sedan | Free |
| 28 June 2011 | Maurice Dalé | Unirea Urziceni | Nantes | Free |
| 28 June 2011 | Julien Quercia | Auxerre | Lorient | Free |
| 28 June 2011 | Franck Julienne | Rennes | Le Havre | Loan |
| 29 June 2011 | Umut Bulut | Trabzonspor | Toulouse | €4m |
| 29 June 2011 | Virgile Reset | Vannes | Boulogne | Free |
| 29 June 2011 | Kevin Gomis | Naval | Nice | Free |
| 29 June 2011 | Steven Mouyokolo | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Sochaux | Loan |
| 29 June 2011 | Nicolas N'Koulou | AS Monaco | Marseille | €3.5m |
| 29 June 2011 | David Rozehnal | Hamburger SV | Lille | €500k |
| 29 June 2011 | Abdoulaye Méïté | West Brom | Dijon | Free |
| 30 June 2011 | Senah Mango | Marseille | AS Monaco | Loan |
| 30 June 2011 | Sébastien Corchia | Le Mans | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2011 | Rémy Riou | Auxerre | Toulouse | Free |
| 30 June 2011 | Thomas Régnier | Mulhouse | Lille | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | Fatih Atik | Boulogne | Guingamp | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | Issam Jemâa | Lens | Auxerre | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2011 | Benjamin Gavanon | Nancy | Amiens | Free |
| 1 July 2011 | Yohan Hautcoeur | Le Mans | Châteauroux | Free |
| 4 July 2011 | Alou Diarra | Bordeaux | Marseille | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2011 | Ben Sahar | Espanyol | Auxerre | Loan |
| 4 July 2011 | Romain Ciaravino | Istres | Laval | Free |
| 4 July 2011 | Khaled Melliti | Club Africain | Istres | Free |
| 4 July 2011 | Landry N'Guemo | Nancy | Bordeaux | Free |
| 4 July 2011 | Younousse Sankharé | Paris Saint-Germain | Dijon | €1m |
| 5 July 2011 | Sidney Govou | Panathinaikos | Evian | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | Jerry Vandam | Lille | Caen | Loan |
| 5 July 2011 | Jérôme Leroy | Rennes | Evian | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | Gennaro Bracigliano | Nancy | Marseille | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | Samuel Bouhours | Le Mans | Ajaccio | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | Jérémie Aliadière | Unattached | Lorient | Free |
| 5 July 2011 | Jean-François Rivière | Ajaccio | Clermont | Free |
| 6 July 2011 | Brahim Bedbouda | MC Alger | Le Mans | Free |
| 6 July 2011 | Yacine Qasmi | Paris Saint-Germain | Rennes | Free |
| 7 July 2011 | Paulão | Braga | Saint-Étienne | Free |
| 7 July 2011 | Cheick Fantamady Diarra | Stade Malien | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2011 | Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif | JS Kabylie | Istres | Free |
| 7 July 2011 | Jonathan Pitroipa | Hamburger SV | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2011 | Jonathan Mensah | Udinese | Evian | Free |
| 8 July 2011 | Khalid Sekkat | Wydad Casablanca | Reims | Free |
| 9 July 2011 | Guillermo Ochoa | Club América | Ajaccio | Free |
| 9 July 2011 | Salif Sané | Bordeaux | Nancy | Loan |
| 11 July 2011 | Fabián Monzón | Boca Juniors | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2011 | Leyti N'Diaye | Marseille | Ajaccio | Loan |
| 11 July 2011 | Lucas Mareque | Independiente | Lorient | Free |
| 11 July 2011 | Stéphane Ruffier | AS Monaco | Saint-Étienne | €3m |
| 12 July 2011 | Emmanuel Rivière | Saint-Étienne | Toulouse | €6m |
| 12 July 2011 | Haminu Draman | Lokomotiv Moscow | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 12 July 2011 | Didier Digard | Middlesbrough | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2011 | Pierre-Alain Frau | Lille | Caen | Free |
| 13 July 2011 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Milan | Saint-Étienne | Loan |
| 14 July 2011 | Massamba Sambou | Atromitos | Troyes | Free |
| 14 July 2011 | Grégory Dutil | Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | Nîmes | Free |
| 14 July 2011 | Mamadou Diallo | Le Havre | Sedan | Free |
| 14 July 2011 | Michaël Fabre | Clermont | Lens | Loan |
| 16 July 2011 | Stéphane Dumont | Lille | AS Monaco | Free |
| 16 July 2011 | Papa Demba Camara | Étoile Lusitana | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2011 | Laurent Bonnart | AS Monaco | Lille | Free |
| 18 July 2011 | Guy N'dy Assembé | Nantes | Nancy | Free |
| 18 July 2011 | Luigi Pieroni | Standard Liège | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 19 July 2011 | Jessy Moulin | Saint-Étienne | Clermont | Loan |
| 19 July 2011 | Johann Carrasso | Rennes | AS Monaco | Loan |
| 19 July 2011 | Chris Mavinga | Liverpool | Rennes | €2m |
| 19 July 2011 | Sylvain Wiltord | Unattached | Nantes | Free |
| 19 July 2011 | Fabrice Pancrate | Larissa | Nantes | Free |
| 20 July 2011 | Freddy Drogba | Le Mans | Dijon | Free |
| 20 July 2011 | Eric Marester | Troyes | AS Monaco | Free |
| 21 July 2011 | Rudy Riou | Sporting Charleroi | Nantes | Free |
| 21 July 2011 | Edgar Salli | Sport de Garoua | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2011 | Daniel Wass | Benfica | Evian | Loan |
| 22 July 2011 | Damien Tibéri | Sedan | Ajaccio | Free |
| 22 July 2011 | Tripy Makonda | Paris Saint-Germain | Brest | €500k |
| 22 July 2011 | Khaled Souissi | Club Africain | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 22 July 2011 | Distel Zola | AS Monaco | Nancy | Free |
| 23 July 2011 | Léo Schwechlen | AS Monaco | Tours | Free |
| 24 July 2011 | Mustapha Yatabaré | Boulogne | Guingamp | Free |
| 25 July 2011 | Blaise Matuidi | Saint-Étienne | Paris Saint-Germain | €7.5m |
| 25 July 2011 | Bocundji Ca | Nancy | Reims | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2011 | Jérémy Menez | Roma | Paris Saint-Germain | €8m |
| 25 July 2011 | Romain Inez | Caen | Châteauroux | Free |
| 25 July 2011 | Milan Biševac | Valenciennes | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2011 | Jérémy Clément | Paris Saint-Germain | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2011 | Fayçal Fajr | Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | Caen | Free |
| 27 July 2011 | Olivier Veigneau | MSV Duisburg | Nantes | Free |
| 27 July 2011 | Hugo Cianci | Grenoble | Boulogne | Free |
| 28 July 2011 | Ismaël Gace | Nice | Boulogne | Free |
| 28 July 2011 | Mohamed Sissoko | Juventus | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2011 | Salvatore Sirigu | Palermo | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2011 | Ilan Araújo | Internacional | Ajaccio | Free |
| 28 July 2011 | Daisuke Matsui | Grenoble | Dijon | Free |
| 1 August 2011 | Jackson Mendy | Grenoble | Ajaccio | Free |
| 1 August 2011 | Mahamane Traoré | Nice | Metz | Loan |
| 1 August 2011 | Ibrahima Ba | Stade Tunisien | Istres | Free |
| 1 August 2011 | Thibault Moulin | Caen | Châteauroux | Loan |
| 2 August 2011 | Jean-Pascal Mignot | Auxerre | Saint-Étienne | €1.5m |
| 2 August 2011 | Vitorino Hilton | Marseille | Montpellier | Free |
| 3 August 2011 | Julien Outrebon | Strasbourg | Troyes | Free |
| 3 August 2011 | Cyriaque Louvion | Le Mans | Le Havre | Free |
| 3 August 2011 | Steed Malbranque | Sunderland | Saint-Étienne | Free |
| 4 August 2011 | Charley Fomen | Marseille | Clermont | Free |
| 4 August 2011 | Fabrice Abriel | Marseille | Nice | Free |
| 4 August 2011 | Gabriel Cichero | Caracas | Lens | Free |
| 6 August 2011 | Javier Pastore | Palermo | Paris Saint-Germain | €42m |
| 9 August 2011 | Ludovic Giuly | Paris Saint-Germain | AS Monaco | Free |
| 9 August 2011 | Toifilou Maoulida | Lens | Bastia | Free |
| 9 August 2011 | Kamel Ghilas | Hull City | Reims | Loan |
| 9 August 2011 | Kévin Diaz | AS Monaco | Metz | Loan |
| 10 August 2011 | Fabien Lemoine | Rennes | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 11 August 2011 | Marama Vahirua | Nancy | AS Monaco | Loan |
| 12 August 2011 | Joan Hartock | Lyon | Brest | Free |
| 12 August 2011 | Bakary Koné | Guingamp | Lyon | €2m |
| 15 August 2011 | Benjamin Moukandjo | AS Monaco | Nancy | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2011 | Franck Dja Djedje | Arles-Avignon | Nice | Free |
| 27 August 2011 | Diego Lugano | Fenerbahçe | Paris Saint-Germain | €3m |
| 29 August 2011 | Yonathan del Valle | Deportivo Táchira | Auxerre | Loan |
| 29 August 2011 | Cédric Mongongu | AS Monaco | Evian | Free |
| 29 August 2011 | Enzo Reale | Lyon | Boulogne | Loan |
| 29 August 2011 | Jean-Eudes Maurice | Paris Saint-Germain | Lens | Loan |
| 29 August 2011 | Floyd Ayité | Bordeaux | Angers | Loan |
| 30 August 2011 | Lionel Carole | Benfica | Sedan | Loan |
| 30 August 2011 | Modibo Diarra | Al-Wahda | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2011 | Hilaire Momi | Coton Sport | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2011 | Raphaël Caceres | Dijon | Troyes | Loan |
| 30 August 2011 | Damien Marcq | Caen | Dijon | Loan |
| 30 August 2011 | Mouhamadou Dabo | Sevilla | Lyon | €800k |
| 30 August 2011 | Ireneusz Jelen | Auxerre | Lille | Free |
| 30 August 2011 | Max Gradel | Leeds United | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2011 | Bănel Nicoliţă | Steaua București | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2011 | Youssouf Hadji | Nancy | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2011 | Thomas Mangani | AS Monaco | Nancy | Loan |
| 30 August 2011 | Daniel Niculae | AS Monaco | Nancy | Loan |
| 31 August 2011 | Christian Poulsen | Liverpool | Evian | Loan |
| 31 August 2011 | Abdoul Camara | Rennes | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | Laurent Agouazi | Boulogne | Istres | Free |
| 31 August 2011 | Innocent Emeghara | Grasshopper Zürich | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | Yohann Thuram-Ulien | AS Monaco | Troyes | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | Harry Novillo | Lyon | Le Havre | Loan |
| 31 August 2011 | Joe Cole | Liverpool | Lille | Loan |
| 31 August 2011 | Gilles Sunu | Arsenal | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | Joel Campbell | Arsenal | Lorient | Loan |
| 31 August 2011 | Rabiu Afolabi | Red Bull Salzburg | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | Sambou Yatabaré | Caen | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2011 | Granddi Ngoyi | Paris Saint-Germain | Nantes | Loan |
| 31 August 2011 | Gueïda Fofana | Le Havre | Lyon | €1.8m |
| 31 August 2011 | Lynel Kitambala | Lorient | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2011 | Frédéric Duplus | Sochaux | Guingamp | Loan |
* ^1 Player who signs with a club before the transfer window opened in June 2011 officially joined his new club on 1 July 2011, while a player who joins after the open of the transfer window will join his new club following his signature of the contract.