# List of French football transfers summer 2012

This is a list of French football transfers for the 2012 summer transfer window. The summer transfer window opened on 13 June 2012 and closed at midnight on 4 September 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 May 2012 | Claudio Beauvue | Troyes | Châteauroux | Free |
| 11 May 2012 | Julian Palmieri | Istres | Bastia | Free |
| 14 May 2012 | Abdou Rahman Dampha | Neuchâtel Xamax | Nancy | Free |
| 22 May 2012 | Andrea Raggi | Bologna | AS Monaco | Free |
| 24 May 2012 | Romain Grange | Châteauroux | Nancy | Free |
| 1 June 2012 | Thomas Ayasse | Arles-Avignon | Nancy | Free |
| 5 June 2012 | Youssouf Touré | Colmar | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 5 June 2012 | Salif Sané | Bordeaux | Nancy | €1.2m |
| 6 June 2012 | Rodolphe Roche | Saint-Louis Neuweg | Niort | Free |
| 7 June 2012 | Ousmane Traoré | Turnhout | Laval | Free |
| 7 June 2012 | Makan Traoré | Valenciennes | Laval | Free |
| 7 June 2012 | Jimmy Juan | Chesterfield | Niort | Free |
| 7 June 2012 | Mehdi Khalis | Drancy | Niort | Free |
| 8 June 2012 | Kévin Afougou | Paris | Châteauroux | Free |
| 9 June 2012 | Farid Bezouien | Red Star Saint-Ouen | Sedan | Free |
| 9 June 2012 | Jean-Bryan Boukaka | Rennes | Tours | Free |
| 11 June 2012 | Ismaël Traoré | Sedan | Brest | Free |
| 11 June 2012 | Benjamin Nivet | Caen | Troyes | Free |
| 12 June 2012 | Grzegorz Krychowiak | Bordeaux | Reims | Free |
| 12 June 2012 | Amor Kehiha | Istres | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Thomas Gaudu | Louhans-Cuiseaux | Angers | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Pascal Elissalde | Cognac | Niort | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Geoffrey Malfleury | Red Star Saint-Ouen | Le Havre | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Clément Tainmont | Reims | Châteauroux | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Nicolas Fauvergue | Sedan | Reims | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Franck Signorino | Laval | Reims | Free |
| 13 June 2012 | Nicolas Flégeau | Istres | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 14 June 2012 | Ricardo Faty | Aris Thessaloniki | Ajaccio | Free |
| 14 June 2012 | Noui Laïfa | Créteil | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 14 June 2012 | Habib Bellaïd | Eintracht Frankfurt | Sedan | Free |
| 14 June 2012 | Benjamin Jeannot | Nancy | Châteauroux | Loan |
| 15 June 2012 | Alifousseyni Touncara | Lyon | Clermont | Free |
| 15 June 2012 | Christophe Mandanne | Dijon | Guingamp | Free |
| 15 June 2012 | Deme N'Diaye | Arles-Avignon | Lens | Free |
| 15 June 2012 | Damien Mayenga | Vendée Luçon | Nantes | Free |
| 15 June 2012 | Eric Bauthéac | Dijon | Nice | Free |
| 16 June 2012 | Jordan Adéoti | Colomiers | Laval | Free |
| 16 June 2012 | Bilal Hamdi | Lens | Laval | Free |
| 17 June 2012 | Quentin Rouger | Rennes | Guingamp | Loan |
| 18 June 2012 | Birama Touré | Beauvais | Nantes | Free |
| 18 June 2012 | Romain Poyet | Brest | Caen | Free |
| 19 June 2012 | Fabien Boyer | Rennes | Angers | Free |
| 19 June 2012 | Renaud Cohade | Valenciennes | Saint-Étienne | Free |
| 19 June 2012 | Damien Marcq | Caen | Sedan | Loan |
| 19 June 2012 | Yohan Betsch | Metz | Laval | Free |
| 19 June 2012 | Renaud Dreuslin | Tour Auvergne Rennes | Laval | Free |
| 19 June 2012 | Mathieu Robail | Bastia | Nîmes | Free |
| 19 June 2012 | Cédric Kanté | Panathinaikos | Sochaux | Free |
| 20 June 2012 | Rémy Bonne | Uzès Pont du Gard | Lens | Free |
| 20 June 2012 | Gaëtan Charbonnier | Angers | Montpellier | Free |
| 20 June 2012 | Jonathan Zebina | Brest | Toulouse | Free |
| 20 June 2012 | Daniel Congré | Toulouse | Montpellier | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2012 | Marvin Martin | Sochaux | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2012 | David de Freitas | Angers | Châteauroux | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Emeric Dudouit | Caen | Châteauroux | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Distel Zola | Nancy | Le Havre | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Daniel Wass | Benfica | Evian | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2012 | Simon Pouplin | SC Freiburg | Sochaux | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Thomas Mangani | AS Monaco | Nancy | Free |
| 21 June 2012 | Jérôme Lafourcade | Châteauroux | Niort | Free |
| 22 June 2012 | Thierry Doubai | Udinese | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2012 | Rémy Riou | Toulouse | Nantes | Free |
| 22 June 2012 | Julien Toudic | Lens | Reims | Loan |
| 22 June 2012 | Loris Néry | Saint-Étienne | Valenciennes | €1m |
| 22 June 2012 | Yoric Ravet | Saint-Étienne | Angers | Loan |
| 22 June 2012 | Yohan Mollo | Granada | Nancy | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2012 | Pierre Bouby | Metz | Nîmes | Free |
| 22 June 2012 | Stéphane Darbion | Skoda Xanthi | Nantes | Free |
| 22 June 2012 | Olivier Blondel | Troyes | Toulouse | Free |
| 23 June 2012 | Jonathan Martins Pereira | Nantes | Guingamp | Free |
| 23 June 2012 | Jakob Poulsen | Midtjylland | AS Monaco | Undisclosed |
| 23 June 2012 | Thomas Fontaine | Lyon | Tours | Free |
| 23 June 2012 | Nicolas Séguin | Lyon | Tours | Free |
| 23 June 2012 | Xavier Chavalerin | Lyon | Tours | Free |
| 23 June 2012 | Erik Pačinda | Košice | Tours | Loan |
| 23 June 2012 | Loïc Nestor | Le Havre | Châteauroux | Free |
| 23 June 2012 | Gabriel Cichero | Lens | Nantes | Loan |
| 23 June 2012 | Julien Cardy | Tours | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 25 June 2012 | Erwan Quintin | Vannes | Arles-Avignon | Free |
| 25 June 2012 | Timothée Kolodziejczak | Lyon | Nice | Free |
| 25 June 2012 | Cédric Lubasa | Clermont | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 27 June 2012 | Brandon Deville | Anderlecht | Ajaccio | Free |
| 27 June 2012 | Sambou Yatabaré | AS Monaco | Bastia | Free |
| 27 June 2012 | Oscar Ewolo | Brest | Laval | Free |
| 27 June 2012 | Gaëtan Varenne | Cournon-d'Auvergne | Bastia | Free |
| 27 June 2012 | Jean-Jacques Mandrichi | Châteauroux | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 28 June 2012 | Ibrahima Diallo | Waasland-Beveren | Angers | Free |
| 28 June 2012 | Chakhir Belghazouani | Zulte Waregem | Ajaccio | Free |
| 28 June 2012 | Romain Alessandrini | Clermont | Rennes | €2m |
| 28 June 2012 | Romain Genevois | Tours | Nice | Free |
| 28 June 2012 | Terence Makengo | AS Monaco | Auxerre | Loan |
| 28 June 2012 | Granddi Ngoyi | Paris Saint-Germain | Troyes | Free |
| 29 June 2012 | Anthony Mounier | Nice | Montpellier | €3.5m |
| 30 June 2012 | Nicolas Pallois | Valenciennes | Niort | Free |
| 30 June 2012 | Geoffrey Dernis | Montpellier | Brest | Free |
| 30 June 2012 | Delvin Ndinga | Auxerre | AS Monaco | €5m |
| 2 July 2012 | Evan Chevalier | Bordeaux | Gazélec Ajaccio | Loan |
| 2 July 2012 | Joris Delle | Metz | Nice | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Antoine Devaux | Toulouse | Reims | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Steeve Elana | Brest | Lille | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Ezequiel Lavezzi | Napoli | Paris Saint-Germain | €30m |
| 3 July 2012 | Jérôme Lemoigne | Sedan | Lens | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Sigamary Diarra | Lorient | Ajaccio | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Mathieu Duhamel | Metz | Caen | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Yannick Gigliarelli | Ajaccio | Gazélec Ajaccio | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Viktor Klonaridis | AEK Athens | Lille | €800k |
| 3 July 2012 | Charlison Benschop | AZ | Brest | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Kamel Chafni | Auxerre | Brest | Free |
| 3 July 2012 | Alharbi El-Jadeyaoui | Guingamp | Angers | Free |
| 5 July 2012 | Abdoulwhaid Sissoko | Udinese | Brest | Loan |
| 5 July 2012 | Emmanuel Imorou | Braga | Clermont | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | Youness El-Baillal | Mantes | Paris Saint-Germain | Free |
| 6 July 2012 | Emanuel Herrera | Unión Española | Montpellier | €3m |
| 6 July 2012 | Kamel Ghilas | Hull City | Reims | Free |
| 7 July 2012 | Salomon Kalou | Chelsea | Lille | Free |
| 9 July 2012 | François Clerc | Nice | Saint-Étienne | Free |
| 9 July 2012 | Ahmed Reda Madouni | Union Berlin | Nantes | Free |
| 9 July 2012 | Tristan Lahaye | Châteauroux | Niort | Free |
| 10 July 2012 | Sadio Diallo | Bastia | Rennes | Undisclosed |
| 10 July 2012 | Lucas Déaux | Reims | Nantes | Free |
| 10 July 2012 | Zouheir Dhaouadi | Club Africain | Evian | Free |
| 10 July 2012 | Emir Bajrami | Twente | AS Monaco | Loan |
| 11 July 2012 | Jonas Pessalli | Grêmio | Angers | Loan |
| 11 July 2012 | Christian Kouakou | Muangthong United | Tours | Free |
| 11 July 2012 | Matthieu Dreyer | Fréjus Saint-Raphaël | Troyes | Free |
| 11 July 2012 | Riad Nouri | Istres | Le Havre | €150k |
| 12 July 2012 | Florian Pinteaux | AS Monaco | Sedan | Loan |
| 12 July 2012 | Pierrick Valdivia | Sedan | Lens | Free |
| 12 July 2012 | Iheb Mbarki | Bizertin | Evian | Free |
| 12 July 2012 | Alexis Thébaux | Caen | Brest | Free |
| 12 July 2012 | Ilan | Ajaccio | Bastia | Free |
| 13 July 2012 | Rémy Ebanega | Bitam | Auxerre | Free |
| 13 July 2012 | Henri Junior Ndong | Bitam | Auxerre | Free |
| 13 July 2012 | Richard Socrier | Ajaccio | Angers | Free |
| 13 July 2012 | Brice Maubleu | Grenoble | Tours | Free |
| 13 July 2012 | Virgile Reset | Boulogne-sur-Mer | Sedan | Loan |
| 13 July 2012 | Roy Contout | Auxerre | Sochaux | Free |
| 14 July 2012 | Thiago Silva | Milan | Paris Saint-Germain | €42m |
| 18 July 2012 | Rudy Riou | Nantes | Lens | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2012 | Roy Contout | Auxerre | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2012 | Marco Verratti | Pescara | Paris Saint-Germain | €12m |
| 18 July 2012 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Milan | Paris Saint-Germain | €23m |
| 19 July 2012 | Romain Hamouma | Caen | Saint-Étienne | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2012 | Djakaridja Koné | Dinamo București | Evian | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2012 | Alain Traoré | Auxerre | Lorient | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2012 | Ishmael Yartey | Benfica | Sochaux | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2012 | Djibril Sidibé | Troyes | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2012 | Yohann Eudeline | Sedan | Nantes | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2012 | Sylvain Marchal | Saint-Étienne | Bastia | Free |
| 27 July 2012 | Romain Inez | Châteauroux | Metz | Free |
| 27 July 2012 | Marco Ramos | Braga | Auxerre | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2012 | Derek Decamps | Haugesund | Angers | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2012 | Ladislas Douniama | Lorient | Arles-Avignon | Loan |
| 31 July 2012 | Anthony Modeste | Bordeaux | Bastia | Loan |
| 31 July 2012 | Ludovic Giuly | AS Monaco | Lorient | Free |
| 31 July 2012 | Landry Bonnefoi | Amiens | Bastia | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2012 | Olivier Thomert | Lens | Le Mans | Undisclosed |
* ^1 Player who signs with a club before the transfer window opens in June 2012 can officially join his new club on 1 July 2012, while a player who joins after the open of the transfer window will join his new club following his signature of the contract.