# Thibaut Vion

Thibaut Vion (born 11 December 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia. He has been capped at international level playing in the U19 and U20 squads.

## Club career

As 17 years old, Vion joined Portuguese club F.C. Porto from the youth academy of Metz, for a fee of €300,000. He expressed that he did not know Portuguese so had to learn it and on top of that he did not speak English well. He made his debut for Porto B against Tondela in a 2–2 draw.
On 31 January 2014, Vion returned to France, joining Metz on a 4.5 years contract. As part of a partnership between Metz and Seraing, Vion was loan to Proximus League club for the 2015–16 season.
On 30 August 2017, he joined French Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais on a three-year contract.
In August 2020, he joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.

## International career

Vion played at the 2012 UEFA U19 Championship. He was selected for France U20 in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In the group stage 2–1 defeat against Spain U20 he came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Florian Thauvin and scored his debut goal in the 90+1 minute.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of matches played 8 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Porto B | 2012–13 | Liga de Honra | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 |
| Porto B | 2013–14 | Liga de Honra | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 |
| Porto B | Total | Total | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |
| Metz | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| Metz | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 |
| Metz | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Metz | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 3 |
| Metz | Total | Total | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| Seraing (loan) | 2015–16 | Proximus League | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 |
| Chamois Niortais | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 |
| Chamois Niortais | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 |
| Chamois Niortais | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 |
| Chamois Niortais | Total | Total | 73 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2020–21 | First League | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2021–22 | First League | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2022–23 | First League | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2023–24 | First League | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2024–25 | First League | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 2 |
| CSKA Sofia | Total | Total | 127 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 6 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 287 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 336 | 19 |

## Honours

CSKA Sofia
* Bulgarian Cup: 2020–21