# List of French football transfers summer 2009

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2009 summer transfer window. The summer transfer window opened on 1 July 2009 and closed midnight on 1 September 2009. 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 |
| 16 May 2009 | Anthony Ouasfane | Toulouse | Angers | Free |
| 23 May 2009 | Eduardo dos Santos | Guingamp | Lens | €3m |
| 24 May 2009 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Milan | Lille | Loan |
| 25 May 2009 | Thomas Mienniel | Clermont | Angers | Free |
| 26 May 2009 | Hamdi Kasraoui | Espérance | Lens | Free |
| 28 May 2009 | Yoann Gourcuff | Milan | Bordeaux | €15m |
| 28 May 2009 | Valter Birsa | Sochaux | Auxerre | Undisclosed |
| 28 May 2009 | Ladislas Douniama | Orléans | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 30 May 2009 | Tenema N'Diaye | Tours | Nantes | Free |
| 1 June 2009 | Gaëtan Charbonnier | Paris Saint-Germain | Amiens | Free |
| 2 June 2009 | Bocundji Cá | Tours | Nancy | Undisclosed |
| 2 June 2009 | Fabrice Do Marcolino | Angers | Laval | Free |
| 2 June 2009 | Adrien Regattin | Sète | Toulouse | Free |
| 3 June 2009 | Jordan Lotiès | Dijon | Nancy | Free |
| 3 June 2009 | Jérôme Lebouc | Vannes | Laval | Free |
| 4 June 2009 | Maxime Baca | Le Havre | Lorient | Free |
| 5 June 2009 | Dany Nounkeu | Pau | Toulouse | Undisclosed |
| 5 June 2009 | Pierre Talmont | Vannes | Laval | Free |
| 5 June 2009 | Alexandre Licata | AS Monaco | Auxerre | Free |
| 6 June 2009 | Hamado Ouedraogo | Beauvais | Arles | Free |
| 7 June 2009 | Romain Élie | Gueugnon | Arles | Free |
| 7 June 2009 | Romain Raynaud | Libourne-Saint-Seurin | Arles | Free |
| 8 June 2009 | Luís Delgado | Metz | Guingamp | Free |
| 8 June 2009 | Sandy Paillot | Lyon | Grenoble | €2m |
| 9 June 2009 | Abdel Jamaï | Arles | Gueugnon | Free |
| 9 June 2009 | Issam El Adoua | Wydad Casablanca | Lens | Free |
| 9 June 2009 | Christophe Aubanel | Marseille | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 9 June 2009 | Ali Vanomo Bamba | Société Omnisports | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
| 9 June 2009 | Eyemen Henaini | Arles | Sedan | Free |
| 9 June 2009 | Pierrick Valdivia | Lyon | Sedan | Free |
| 10 June 2009 | Steven Langil | Auxerre | Caen | Loan |
| 10 June 2009 | Jonathan Quartey | Kaizer Chiefs | Nice | Free |
| 10 June 2009 | Bakaye Traoré | Amiens | Nancy | Free |
| 10 June 2009 | Mustapha Diallo | ASC Diaraf | Guingamp | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2009 | Thierry Argelier | Créteil | Guingamp | Free |
| 10 June 2009 | Romain Pitau | Sochaux | Montpellier | Free |
| 11 June 2009 | Jean-Jacques Mandrichi | AC Ajaccio | Nîmes | Free |
| 11 June 2009 | Kossi Agassa | Reims | Istres | Loan |
| 11 June 2009 | Fahid Ben Khalfallah | Caen | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 11 June 2009 | Larrys Mabiala | Paris Saint-Germain | Nice | Free |
| 11 June 2009 | Lynel Kitambala | Auxerre | Dijon | Loan |
| 11 June 2009 | Maxime Jasse | Auxerre | Dijon | Loan |
| 11 June 2009 | Cyril Jeunechamp | Nice | Montpellier | Free |
| 12 June 2009 | Romain Armand | Montpellier | Clermont | Loan |
| 12 June 2009 | Geoffrey Dernis | Saint-Étienne | Montpellier | Free |
| 13 June 2009 | Stéphane Darbion | AC Ajaccio | Nantes | Free |
| 15 June 2009 | Laurent Koscielny | Tours | Lorient | Free |
| 15 June 2009 | David Sauget | Saint-Étienne | Grenoble | Free |
| 16 June 2009 | Ousmane Coulibaly | Guingamp | Brest | Free |
| 16 June 2009 | Antoine Devaux | Boulogne | Toulouse | Free |
| 16 June 2009 | Thibault Giresse | Amiens | Guingamp | Free |
| 16 June 2009 | Marvin Esor | Bordeaux | Arles | Free |
| 16 June 2009 | Thomas Ayasse | Cannes | Arles | Free |
| 16 June 2009 | Yannick Yenga | Paris FC | Tours | Undisclosed |
| 16 June 2009 | Abdoulaye Baldé | Amiens | Châteauroux | Free |
| 16 June 2009 | Jérémie Roumegous | Nîmes | Châteauroux | Free |
| 17 June 2009 | Yohann Lasimant | Rennes | Sedan | Loan |
| 17 June 2009 | Ludovic Genest | Auxerre | Laval | Free |
| 18 June 2009 | Djimi Traoré | Portsmouth | AS Monaco | Free |
| 18 June 2009 | Benoît Costil | Caen | Sedan | Free |
| 18 June 2009 | Laurent Agouazi | Metz | Boulogne | Free |
| 18 June 2009 | Tongo Doumbia | Châteauroux | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2009 | Junichi Inamoto | Eintracht Frankfurt | Rennes | Free |
| 19 June 2009 | Kevin Das Neves | Nantes | Boulogne | Free |
| 19 June 2009 | Reynald Lemaître | Caen | Nancy | €1m |
| 22 June 2009 | Didier Ovono | Dinamo Tbilisi | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2009 | Benedict Benvegnu | Amiens | Vannes | Free |
| 22 June 2009 | Francis N'Ganga | Grenoble | Tours | Free |
| 22 June 2009 | Jody Viviani | Saint-Étienne | Grenoble | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2009 | Lee Keun-Ho | Júbilo Iwata | Paris Saint-Germain | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2009 | Gérard Gnanhouan | Fréjus | Vannes | Free |
| 23 June 2009 | Cédric Carrasso | Toulouse | Bordeaux | €8m |
| 23 June 2009 | Jérémie Bréchet | PSV | Sochaux | €1m |
| 24 June 2009 | Nolan Roux | Lens | Brest | Free |
| 24 June 2009 | Ludovic Butelle | Valencia | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2009 | Guillaume Borne | Rennes | Boulogne | Free |
| 24 June 2009 | Salaheddine Sbai | Charleroi | Nîmes | Free |
| 24 June 2009 | Yohan Bocognano | AC Ajaccio | Nîmes | Free |
| 24 June 2009 | Abdelmounaïm El-Hajaoui | Sète | Nîmes | Free |
| 24 June 2009 | Manassé Enza-Yamissi | Nîmes | Sochaux | Free |
| 24 June 2009 | Emir Spahić | Lokomotiv Moscow | Montpellier | Free |
| 25 June 2009 | Ulrich Le Pen | Lorient | Laval | Free |
| 25 June 2009 | Oumar Touré | Nancy | Dijon | Free |
| 25 June 2009 | Yohann Rivière | Guingamp | Istres | Free |
| 26 June 2009 | Mickaël Landreau | Paris SG | Lille | €2m |
| 26 June 2009 | Luan Louzã | São Caetano | Toulouse | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2009 | Mickaël Poté | Clermont | Nice | Free |
| 26 June 2009 | Michaël Isabey | Sochaux | Dijon | Free |
| 26 June 2009 | Jérémy Sopalski | Rodez | Tours | Free |
| 26 June 2009 | Daisuke Matsui | Saint-Étienne | Grenoble | Free |
| 27 June 2009 | Rudy Haddad | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Châteauroux | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2009 | Frédéric Da Rocha | Nantes | Boulogne | Free |
| 27 June 2009 | Olubayo Adefemi | SCR Altach | Boulogne | Free |
| 27 June 2009 | Anthony Modeste | Nice | Angers | Loan |
| 27 June 2009 | Karim Saidi | Club Africain | Tours | Undisclosed |
| 27 June 2009 | Loïc Guillon | Nantes | Vannes | Free |
| 27 June 2009 | Sigamary Diarra | Tours | Lorient | Free |
| 27 June 2009 | Arnold Mvuemba | Portsmouth | Lorient | Loan |
| 27 June 2009 | Cédric Liabeuf | Guingamp | Vannes | Free |
| 27 June 2009 | Miodrag Stošić | Vojvodina | Nîmes | Free |
| 28 June 2009 | Fabrice Begeorgi | Marseille | Istres | Free |
| 28 June 2009 | Jean-François Rivière | Angers | AC Ajaccio | Free |
| 28 June 2009 | Olivier Monterrubio | Sion | Lorient | Free |
| 29 June 2009 | Yohann Pelé | Le Mans | Toulouse | Free |
| 29 June 2009 | Grégory Coupet | Atlético | Paris Saint-Germain | €1m |
| 29 June 2009 | Norio Suzuki | Vissel Kobe | Angers | Free |
| 29 June 2009 | Vincent Planté | Caen | Saint-Étienne | Free |
| 29 June 2009 | Paulo Machado | Porto | Toulouse | €3.5m |
| 29 June 2009 | Geoffrey Adjet | Nancy | Tours | Free |
| 29 June 2009 | Sébastien Piocelle | Juve Stabia | Arles | Free |
| 30 June 2009 | Thomas Deruda | Marseille | AC Ajaccio | Free |
| 30 June 2009 | Mevlüt Erdinç | Sochaux | Paris Saint-Germain | €9m |
| 30 June 2009 | Kévin Olimpa | Bordeaux | Angers | Loan |
| 30 June 2009 | Eugène Ekobo | Strasbourg | Clermont | Free |
| 30 June 2009 | Ahmed Madouni | Qatar | Clermont | Free |
| 30 June 2009 | Lucho Gonzalez | Porto | Marseille | €18m |
| 1 July 2009 | Christophe Coue | Clermont | Laval | Free |
| 1 July 2009 | Thibaut Ferrand | Le Mans | Reims | Loan |
| 1 July 2009 | Yoann Poulard | Nantes | AC Ajaccio | Free |
| 1 July 2009 | Stéphane Auvray | Vannes | Nîmes | Free |
| 1 July 2009 | Ovidi Caruro | Masvingo United | Boulogne | Free |
| 1 July 2009 | Grégory Poirier | Arles | Nîmes | Free |
| 2 July 2009 | Ismaël Bangoura | Dynamo Kyiv | Rennes | €11m |
| 2 July 2009 | Stéphane Pichot | Sochaux | Strasbourg | Free |
| 2 July 2009 | Charley Fomen | Panthère de Bangangté | Marseille | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2009 | Edouard Cissé | Beşiktaş | Marseille | Free |
| 2 July 2009 | Souleymane Diawara | Bordeaux | Marseille | €6m |
| 2 July 2009 | Arthur Sorin | AGF Aarhus | Sedan | Loan |
| 2 July 2009 | Luboš Kamenár | MFK Petržalka | Nantes | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2009 | Patrick Ekeng-Ekeng | Canon Yaoundé | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2009 | Khaled Adenon | Le Mans | Bastia | Loan |
| 3 July 2009 | Yacine Brahimi | Rennes | Clermont | Loan |
| 3 July 2009 | Biagui Kamissoko | Reims | Vannes | Free |
| 3 July 2009 | Ivan Stevanović | FK Partizan | Sochaux | €1m |
| 3 July 2009 | Tae-Hee Nam | Reading | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2009 | Christophe Jallet | Lorient | Paris Saint-Germain | €2.5m |
| 5 July 2009 | Grégory Tafforeau | Lille | Caen | Free |
| 5 July 2009 | Josip Tadić | Dinamo Zagreb | Grenoble | €500k |
| 6 July 2009 | Stéphane Borbiconi | Manisaspor | Metz | Free |
| 6 July 2009 | Lisandro Lopez | Porto | Lyon | €24m |
| 8 July 2009 | Youcef Touati | Pacy Vallée-d'Eure | Dijon | Free |
| 9 July 2009 | Jaroslav Plašil | Osasuna | Bordeaux | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2009 | Stéphane M'Bia | Rennes | Marseille | €12m |
| 10 July 2009 | Gelson Fernandes | Manchester City | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2009 | Bakary Sako | Châteauroux | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2009 | Alain Cantareil | Lorient | Nice | Free |
| 11 July 2009 | Willy Grondin | Valenciennes | Paris Saint-Germain | Free |
| 11 July 2009 | Bira Dembélé | Rennes | Boulogne | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2009 | Rémi Gomis | Caen | Valenciennes | Undisclosed |
| 13 July 2009 | Fabien Robert | Lorient | Boulogne | Loan |
| 13 July 2009 | Cyril Rool | Nice | Marseille | Free |
| 13 July 2009 | Florian Jarjat | Dijon | Nantes | Free |
| 13 July 2009 | Ernest Akouassaga | Olimpi Rustavi | Nantes | Free |
| 13 July 2009 | Jérémy Pied | Lyon | Metz | Loan |
| 14 July 2009 | Robin Previtali | Sochaux | Gueugnon | Free |
| 14 July 2009 | Sébastien Puygrenier | Zenit St. Petersburg | AS Monaco | Loan |
| 14 July 2009 | Charlie Davies | Hammarby | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2009 | Nicolas Haquin | Guingamp | Clermont | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2009 | Oscar Ewolo | Lorient | Stade Brest | Free |
| 16 July 2009 | Michel Bastos | Lille | Lyon | €18m |
| 16 July 2009 | Mario Mutsch | Aarau | Metz | Free |
| 16 July 2009 | Leyti N'Diaye | Marseille | AC Ajaccio | Loan |
| 16 July 2009 | Jean-Philippe Sabo | Marseille | AC Ajaccio | Loan |
| 16 July 2009 | Damien Da Silva | Niort | Châteauroux | Free |
| 16 July 2009 | Hassan Lingani | Albi | Bastia | Free |
| 16 July 2009 | Chakhir Belghazouani | Dynamo Kyiv | Tours | Loan |
| 16 July 2009 | Elinton Andrade | Rapid București | Marseille | €200k |
| 17 July 2009 | Carlo Vecchione | Juventus | Clermont | Loan |
| 17 July 2009 | Kaba Diawara | Alki Larnaca | Arles | Free |
| 17 July 2009 | Rodrigo Ramos | Júbilo Iwata | Strasbourg | Free |
| 17 July 2009 | Fabrice Levrat | Amiens | Laval | Free |
| 17 July 2009 | Kandia Traoré | Sochaux | Caen | Loan |
| 18 July 2009 | Roy Contout | Amiens | Auxerre | Free |
| 18 July 2009 | Aly Cissokho | Porto | Lyon | €15m |
| 20 July 2009 | Jean-Christophe Vergerolle | Guingamp | Arles | Free |
| 20 July 2009 | Grégory Paisley | Strasbourg | Nice | Free |
| 20 July 2009 | Salim Arrache | Marseille | Bastia | Free |
| 20 July 2009 | Abdelmalek Cherrad | Bastia | Arles | Free |
| 20 July 2009 | Maxime Le Marchand | Rennes | Le Havre | Loan |
| 20 July 2009 | David Fleurival | Mons | Châteauroux | Free |
| 20 July 2009 | Floyd Ayité | Bordeaux | Nancy | Loan |
| 20 July 2009 | Cheick Diabaté | Bordeaux | Nancy | Loan |
| 20 July 2009 | Florian Marange | Bordeaux | Nancy | Free |
| 21 July 2009 | Gervinho | Le Mans | Lille | €8m |
| 21 July 2009 | Paul Lasne | Bordeaux | Bastia | Loan |
| 21 July 2009 | Kévin Diaz | AS Monaco | AC Ajaccio | Loan |
| 21 July 2009 | Sébastien Grax | Saint-Étienne | Guingamp | Loan |
| 21 July 2009 | Virgile Reset | Sion | Vannes | Free |
| 21 July 2009 | Alharbi El-Jadeyaoui | Brest | Guingamp | Free |
| 22 July 2009 | Saimy Barkallah | Olympiakos Nicosia | Istres | Free |
| 22 July 2009 | Danijel Ljuboja | VfB Stuttgart | Grenoble | Free |
| 23 July 2009 | Guirane N'Daw | Nantes | Saint-Étienne | Loan |
| 24 July 2009 | Mamadou Bagayoko | Nantes | Nice | Free |
| 24 July 2009 | Foued Kadir | Amiens | Valenciennes | Free |
| 24 July 2009 | Cyrille Merville | Troyes | Arles | Free |
| 24 July 2009 | Christian Kinkela | Boulogne | AC Ajaccio | Free |
| 24 July 2009 | Mathieu Valverde | Bordeaux | Boulogne | Free |
| 27 July 2009 | Bruno Santos | Figueirense | Châteauroux | Free |
| 27 July 2009 | Fernando Morientes | Valencia | Marseille | Free |
| 27 July 2009 | Fabrice Abriel | Lorient | Marseille | €2.5m |
| 28 July 2009 | Barel Mouko | Gueugnon | Lille | Free |
| 28 July 2009 | Jonas Sakahuwa | Zesco United | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2009 | Bafétimbi Gomis | Saint-Étienne | Lyon | €13m |
| 29 July 2009 | Michael Ciani | Lorient | Bordeaux | €4m |
| 29 July 2009 | James Fanchone | Strasbourg | Lorient | Free |
| 29 July 2009 | Gaëtan Bong | Metz | Valenciennes | Free |
| 30 July 2009 | Gabriel Heinze | Real Madrid | Marseille | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2009 | Alexander Tettey | Rosenborg | Rennes | €5m |
| 31 July 2009 | Prince Oniangue | Rennes | Angers | Loan |
| 31 July 2009 | Wilfried Moimbé | Bordeaux | AC Ajaccio | Loan |
| 3 August 2009 | João Paulo | Porto | Le Mans | €1.5m |
| 3 August 2009 | Abdoul Camara | Rennes | Vannes | Loan |
| 4 August 2009 | Omar Daf | Sochaux | Brest | Free |
| 4 August 2009 | Lionel Mathis | Sochaux | Guingamp | Free |
| 4 August 2009 | Haidar Al Shaibani | Western Ontario Mustangs | Nîmes | Free |
| 4 August 2009 | Sadio Sow | Kawkab Marrakech | Nîmes | Free |
| 4 August 2009 | Vladimir Buac | Vojvodina | Nîmes | Free |
| 5 August 2009 | Mamadou Samassa | Marseille | Valenciennes | Loan |
| 5 August 2009 | Gabriel Penalba | Argentinos Juniors | Lorient | €2m |
| 5 August 2009 | Seïd Khiter | Valenciennes | Strasbourg | Loan |
| 5 August 2009 | Nicolas Fauvergue | Lille | Strasbourg | Loan |
| 5 August 2009 | Massamba Sambou | AS Monaco | Nantes | Loan |
| 5 August 2009 | Stephen Drouin | Troyes | Vannes | Free |
| 6 August 2009 | Frédéric Biancalani | Nancy | Metz | Free |
| 6 August 2009 | Jean-Claude Darcheville | Valenciennes | Nantes | Free |
| 7 August 2009 | Eduardo Costa | São Paulo | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2009 | Maurice Dalé | Auxerre | Arles | Free |
| 10 August 2009 | Sofyane Cherfa | Sedan | Châteauroux | Free |
| 10 August 2009 | Cédric Baseya | Lille | Le Havre | Loan |
| 12 August 2009 | Guy N'dy Assembé | Nantes | Valenciennes | Loan |
| 12 August 2009 | Andy Delort | Unattached | Nîmes | Free |
| 15 August 2009 | Givestin N'Suki | Lille | Lorient | Free |
| 15 August 2009 | Daniel Moreira | Rennes | Boulogne | Free |
| 16 August 2009 | Mustapha Allaoui | FAR Rabat | Guingamp | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2009 | Franco Sosa | Racing Club | Lorient | €800k |
| 19 August 2009 | Pierre Ducasse | Bordeaux | Lorient | Loan |
| 20 August 2009 | Boubacar Sanogo | Werder Bremen | Saint-Étienne | €4m |
| 20 August 2009 | Romain Dedola | Lyon | Strasbourg | Free |
| 21 August 2009 | Kali | Sion | Arles | Free |
| 24 August 2009 | Bakary Soumare | MLS (Chicago Fire) | Boulogne | €1.5m |
| 25 August 2009 | Grégory Wimbée | Grenoble | Valenciennes | Free |
| 26 August 2009 | Lamine Gassama | Lyon | Strasbourg | Loan |
| 28 August 2009 | Gonzalo Bergessio | San Lorenzo | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2009 | Augusto Fernández | River Plate | Saint-Étienne | Loan |
| 28 August 2009 | Papa Malick Ba | Dinamo București | Nantes | Free |
| 28 August 2009 | Kevin Anin | Le Havre | Sochaux | Free |
| 30 August 2009 | Mathieu Coutadeur | Le Mans | AS Monaco | €4m |
| 30 August 2009 | Aurélien Capoue | Nantes | Auxerre | Loan |
| 31 August 2009 | Badara Sène | Sochaux | Le Mans | Loan |
| 31 August 2009 | Eiður Guðjohnsen | Barcelona | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2009 | Benjamin Moukandjo | Rennes | Nîmes | Free |
| 31 August 2009 | André Ayew | Marseille | Arles | Loan |
| 31 August 2009 | Anthony Mounier | Lyon | Nice | €2.5m |
| 31 August 2009 | Habib Bellaïd | Eintracht Frankfurt | Strasbourg | Loan |
| 31 August 2009 | Franck Dja Djedje | Strasbourg | Vannes | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2009 | Djamel Bakar | AS Monaco | Nancy | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2009 | Benjamin Gavanon | Nancy | Sochaux | Loan |
| 31 August 2009 | Nuno Frechaut | Braga | Metz | Free |
| 31 August 2009 | Mame N'Diaye | Boulogne | Brest | Loan |
| 31 August 2009 | Arnaud Maire | Bastia | Strasbourg | Free |
| 31 August 2009 | Gilmar | Náutico | Guingamp | Undisclosed |
* ^1 Player who signed with club before 1 July officially joined his new club on 1 July 2009, while player who joined after 1 July joined his new club following his signature of the contract.