# List of French football transfers winter 2012

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2012 winter transfer window. The winter transfer window opened on 1 January 2012, although a few transfers took place prior to that date, and closed at midnight on 31 January 2012. 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 |
| 8 December 2011 | Bennard Yao Kumordzi | Panionios | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 20 December 2011 | Hakeem Achour | Ivry | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 21 December 2011 | Ludovic Delporte | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | Angers | Free |
| 29 December 2011 | Sébastien Puygrenier | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Nancy | Loan |
| 29 December 2011 | Mariano | Fluminense | Bordeaux | €3m |
| 29 December 2011 | Abel Khaled | Épinal | Brest | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2012 | Emmanuel Koné | Cluj | Sedan | Free |
| 2 January 2012 | Yohan Mollo | Granada | Nancy | Loan |
| 2 January 2012 | Koro Issa Koné | Spartak Trnava | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2012 | Aurélien Montaroup | Dinamo Minsk | Caen | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2012 | Eduardo | Lens | Ajaccio | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2012 | Christophe Mandanne | Dijon | Guingamp | Loan |
| 4 January 2012 | Daniel Yeboah | ASEC Mimosas | Dijon | Free |
| 4 January 2012 | Alexandre Cuvillier | Nancy | Lens | Loan |
| 5 January 2012 | Thomas Kahlenberg | VfL Wolfsburg | Evian | Loan |
| 5 January 2012 | Andreas Govas | Kavala | Troyes | Free |
| 6 January 2012 | Moustapha Bayal Sall | Saint-Étienne | Nancy | Loan |
| 9 January 2012 | Jonathan Roufosse | Cannes | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 9 January 2012 | Mamadou Mara | Dijon | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 9 January 2012 | Quentin Pereira | Sochaux | Reims | Free |
| 10 January 2012 | Loïck Landre | Paris Saint-Germain | Clermont | Loan |
| 10 January 2012 | Maurice Dalé | Nantes | Arles-Avignon | Loan |
| 10 January 2012 | Idriss Saadi | Saint-Étienne | Reims | Loan |
| 10 January 2012 | Mohamed Yattara | Lyon | Arles-Avignon | Loan |
| 11 January 2012 | Richard Soumah | Brest | Angers | Loan |
| 11 January 2012 | Gaël Kakuta | Chelsea | Dijon | Loan |
| 12 January 2012 | Maxwell | Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain | €7m |
| 12 January 2012 | Pape Abdou Camara | Standard Liège | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2012 | Dusan Djurić | Zürich | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2012 | Zie Diabaté | Dinamo București | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2012 | Ludovic Obraniak | Lille | Bordeaux | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2012 | Ronan Le Crom | Nancy | Paris Saint-Germain | Free |
| 16 January 2012 | Thierry Doubai | Udinese | Sochaux | Loan |
| 17 January 2012 | Grégory Cerdan | Unattached | Guingamp | Free |
| 17 January 2012 | Kévin Anin | Sochaux | Nice | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2012 | Yaya Banana | Espérance | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2012 | Benjamin Morel | Caen | Clermont | Free |
| 18 January 2012 | Abdoulwhaid Sissoko | Udinese | Brest | Loan |
| 18 January 2012 | Massamba Sambou | Unattached | Châteauroux | Free |
| 18 January 2012 | Stéphane Besle | Neuchâtel Xamax | Metz | Free |
| 18 January 2012 | Danijel Aleksić | Genoa | Saint-Étienne | Free |
| 19 January 2012 | Gary Kagelmacher | Beerschot | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2012 | Nolan Roux | Brest | Lille | €8m |
| 20 January 2012 | John Jairo Ruiz | Saprissa | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2012 | Mehdi Courgnaud | Dijon | Arles-Avignon | Loan |
| 23 January 2012 | Andreas Wolf | Werder Bremen | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2012 | Felipe Saad | Evian | Ajaccio | Free |
| 23 January 2012 | Olivier Kapo | Al Ahli | Auxerre | Free |
| 25 January 2012 | Thierry Steimetz | Amnéville | Metz | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2012 | Alexandre Alphonse | Zürich | Brest | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2012 | Mevlüt Erdinç | Paris Saint-Germain | Rennes | €7.5m |
| 26 January 2012 | Jonathan Lacourt | Bastia | Châteauroux | Free |
| 26 January 2012 | Guillaume Loriot | Valenciennes | Boulogne | Free |
| 26 January 2012 | Mauro Cetto | Palermo | Lille | Loan |
| 26 January 2012 | Vincent Acapandié | Auxerre | Arles-Avignon | Loan |
| 26 January 2012 | Lamine Gassama | Lyon | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2012 | Ouwo Moussa Maazou | CSKA Moscow | Le Mans | Loan |
| 26 January 2012 | Serge Aurier | Lens | Toulouse | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2012 | Ibrahima Touré | Ajman Club | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2012 | Nacer Barazite | Austria Wien | AS Monaco | Free |
| 27 January 2012 | Alex | Chelsea | Paris Saint-Germain | €5m |
| 27 January 2012 | Jimmy Mainfroi | Unattached | Amiens | Free |
| 27 January 2012 | Ladislas Douniama | Guingamp | Lorient | Free |
| 28 January 2012 | Danijel Subašić | Hajduk Split | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2012 | Elliot Grandin | Blackpool | Angers | Loan |
| 30 January 2012 | Distel Zola | Nancy | Le Havre | Loan |
| 30 January 2012 | King Osanga | Étoile du Sahel | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2012 | Marc Zoro | Benfica | Angers | Free |
| 30 January 2012 | Stanislas Oliveira | Sedan | Boulogne | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2012 | Bengali-Fodé Koita | Montpellier | Lens | Loan |
| 30 January 2012 | Ammar Jemal | Young Boys | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | Diafra Sakho | Metz | Boulogne | Loan |
| 31 January 2012 | Georges Mandjeck | Rennes | Auxerre | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | Alexandros Tziolis | Racing de Santander | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | Nabil Dirar | Club Brugge | AS Monaco | €7.5m |
| 31 January 2012 | Andy Delort | Ajaccio | Metz | Loan |
| 31 January 2012 | Damien Le Tallec | Borussia Dortmund | Nantes | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | Jonathan Brison | Nancy | Saint-Étienne | €300k |
| 31 January 2012 | Wesley Lautoa | Sedan | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | Billy Ketkeophomphone | Sion | Tours | Free |
| 31 January 2012 | David Gigliotti | Arles-Avignon | Ajaccio | Free |
| 31 January 2012 | Thiago Motta | Internazionale | Paris Saint-Germain | €10m |
| 31 January 2012 | Giorgios Tzavelas | Eintracht Frankfurt | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | Vladimir Koman | Sampdoria | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2012 | Mamadou Wague | Le Mans | Metz | Free |
* ^1 Player who signed with club before 1 January officially joined his new club on 1 January 2012, while player who joined after 1 January joined his new club following his signature of the contract.