{{short description|French footballer (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Jonathan Clauss |image = Clauss asse ogcn 2425.png |caption = Clauss with Nice in 2025 |full_name = Jonathan Florent Clauss |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|25|df=y}} |birth_place = Strasbourg, France |height = 1.78 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rclens.fr/fr/membres-jonathan-clauss |title=Jonathan Clauss |publisher=RC Lens |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=fr}}</ref> |position = Right-back |currentclub = Nice |clubnumber = 92 |youthyears1 = 1998–2000 |youthclubs1 = FC Osthoffen |youthyears2 = 2000–2010 |youthclubs2 = Strasbourg |years1 = 2010–2013 |clubs1 = ASPV Strasbourg |years2 = 2013–2015 |clubs2 = RC Paris |caps2 = 62 |goals2 = 15 |years3 = 2015–2016 |clubs3 = Evian |caps3 = 24 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2016–2017 |clubs4 = Avranches B |caps4 = 2 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2016–2017 |clubs5 = Avranches |caps5 = 30 |goals5 = 1 |years6 = 2017–2018 |clubs6 = Quevilly-Rouen B |caps6 = 1 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2017–2018 |clubs7 = Quevilly-Rouen |caps7 = 29 |goals7 = 1 |years8 = 2018–2020 |clubs8 = Arminia Bielefeld |caps8 = 62 |goals8 = 8 |years9 = 2020 |clubs9 = Lens B |caps9 = 1 |goals9 = 0 |years10 = 2020–2022 |clubs10 = Lens |caps10 = 70 |goals10 = 8 |years11 = 2022–2024 |clubs11 = Marseille |caps11 = 61 |goals11 = 5 |years12 = 2024– |clubs12 = Nice |caps12 = 58 |goals12 = 4 |nationalyears1 = 2022– |nationalteam1 = France |nationalcaps1 = 14 |nationalgoals1 = 2 |pcupdate = 23:49, 17 May 2026 (UTC) |ntupdate = 23:03, 6 September 2024 (UTC) }}
'''Jonathan Florent Clauss''' (born 25 September 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Nice and the France national team.
Clauss represented France at the UEFA Euro 2024.
==Early life== Jonathan Florent Clauss<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/societe/JC-CONCEPT-IMAGE-920867199/ |title=JC Concept Image |website=Verif.com |access-date=6 October 2023 |language=fr}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://www.verif.com/dirigeants/Jonathan-CLAUSS-13749123/ |title=Jonathan Clauss |website=Verif.com |access-date=6 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> was born on 25 September 1992 in Strasbourg, Alsace.<ref>{{FFF player}}</ref>
==Club career== ===Early career=== A long-term academy product of Strasbourg, Clauss spent years in the lower divisions of France and Germany before signing a contract with Quevilly-Rouen in the Ligue 2 for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austade.fr/football/interview-exclusive-de-jonathan-clauss-ne-minterdis-plus-de-rever/|title=Interview exclusive de Jonathan Clauss: "je ne m'interdis plus de rêver"|first=OUACOM|last=SAS|website=www.austade.fr|date=26 July 2017 }}</ref> He made his professional debut for the club in a 3–2 loss to Châteauroux on 8 September 2017, in which he assisted one of his side's goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/83249|title=LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 6ème journée - Châteauroux / Quevilly Rouen Métropole|website=www.lfp.fr}}</ref>
===Arminia Bielefeld=== In August 2018, free agent Clauss joined 2. Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld after trialling with the side.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clauss wechselt ablösefrei zur Arminia |url=https://www.kicker.de/clauss-wechselt-abloesefrei-zur-arminia-730254/artikel |access-date=24 August 2018 |work=kicker Online |date=24 August 2018 |language=German}}</ref>
===Lens=== In May 2020, L'Équipe reported Clauss would be leaving Bielefeld upon expiration of his contract in the summer and return to France having agreed a three-year contract with Lens, newly promoted to Ligue 1.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Trésarrieu |first1=Flavien |title=L'étonnant parcours de Jonathan Clauss, la nouvelle recrue du RC Lens |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/L-etonnant-parcours-de-jonathan-clauss-la-nouvelle-recrue-du-rc-lens/1133660 |accessdate=11 May 2020 |work=L'Équipe |date=11 May 2020 |language=French}}</ref> At the age of 28, he made the first top-flight appearance of his career. At the end of the 2020–21 season, he was included in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year by the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP).<ref name=":0" />
===Marseille=== On 20 July 2022, Clauss signed with fellow Ligue 1 side Marseille. The transfer fee to be paid to Lens was €9 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-om-officialise-l-arrivee-de-jonathan-clauss/1344601|title=L'OM officialise l'arrivée de Jonathan Clauss|trans-title=OM formalizes the arrival of Jonathan Clauss|language=fr|publisher=L'Équipe|date=20 July 2022|access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>
=== Nice ===
On 25 July 2024, Clauss signed for Nice for €5 million plus €1 million in potential bonuses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Mercato-de-l-om-clauss-va-etre-transfere-a-nice-ismaila-sarr-toujours-plus-proche-de-crystal-palace/1485202 |title=Mercato de l'OM : Clauss transféré à Nice, Ismaïla Sarr toujours plus proche de Crystal Palace |access-date=26 July 2024 |date=25 July 2024 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}</ref>
==International career== In March 2022, at the age of 29, Clauss received his first call-up to the France national team when manager Didier Deschamps selected him for friendly matches against Ivory Coast and South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holyman |first1=I. |title=One to watch: Lens' new France call-up Jonathan Clauss |url=https://www.ligue1.com/Articles/ONE-TO-WATCH/2022/03/17/one-to-watch-jonathan-clauss-france-lens-deschamps |website=Ligue 1 |access-date=17 March 2022 |date=17 March 2022}}</ref> He made his debut on 25 March in a 2–1 victory over the former side.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 March 2022 |title=Saliba and Clauss make France debuts |url=https://www.ligue1.com/Articles/MATCH-REPORTS/2022/03/26/william-saliba-jonathan-clauss-france-marseille-lens-arsenal-debut |access-date=27 March 2022 |publisher=Ligue 1}}</ref>
On 18 November 2023, Clauss scored his first goal with France in a 14–0 win over Gibraltar, the largest victory in the nation's history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tournoux |first=Manu |date=2023-11-19 |title=Clauss still scores points |url=https://frenchfootballweekly.com/2023/11/19/clauss-still-scores-points/ |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=French Football Weekly |language=en-us}}</ref>
== Personal life == Clauss has been an outspoken critic of homophobic chants during football games. In May 2025, he said during an interview with ''L'Equipe'' that homosexual players hide because "people are selfish (...) they don't put in other people's shoes."<ref name="nythomophobia">{{cite news |last1=Imber |first1=Leon |last2=Mathews |first2=Max |title=Homophobia in men’s football caused by ‘selfishness’, says France international Jonathan Clauss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6361358/2025/05/16/football-soccer-homophobia-clauss/ |access-date=25 January 2026 |work=The New York Times |date=16 May 2025}}</ref> Clauss also stated that on homophobia and other social issues like racism, he has always been "on the side of those who were not very popular in the (school) playground."<ref name="nythomophobia"/> He urged fellow players and fans to empathise with gay footballers, saying that "it is not cool for the people who suffer it."<ref name="nythomophobia"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pretot |first1=Julien |title=Anti-homophobia initiative turns sour in French football with player no-show, slur |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/anti-homophobia-initiative-turns-sour-french-football-with-player-no-show-slur-2025-05-19/ |access-date=25 January 2026 |work=Reuters |date=19 May 2025}}</ref>
In September 2025, during a match against Paris FC, referee Abdelatif Kherradji warned Nice fans that he would stop the game if the homophobic chants did not stop.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Jon |title=Soccer captain tells his own fans to stop chanting gay slur |url=https://www.outsports.com/2025/9/29/24119489/jonathan-clauss-nice-paris-france-homophobic-chanting-gay-slur-soccer-football/ |access-date=25 January 2026 |work=Outsports |date=29 September 2025}}</ref> Angry, Clauss confronted the fans who continued shouting anti-gay insults, later expressing that "there are things that shouldn't be heard in a football stadium, even in everyday society", again urging for protective environment for gay players.<ref name="ysports">{{cite news |title=Jonathan Clauss denounces homophobic chants at OGC Nice match |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/jonathan-clauss-denounces-homophobic-chants-080000518.html |access-date=25 January 2026 |work=Yahoo Sports |date=29 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sugg |first1=Aaron |title=French football captain Jonathan Clauss confronts homophobic fans shouting abuse in Nice vs. Paris FC game |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/jonathan-clauss-confronts-homophobic-football-fans-498499/ |access-date=25 January 2026 |work=Attitude |date=6 October 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 29 May 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|SV Linx |2013–14 |Verbandsliga Südbaden |31||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||5 |- |2013–14 |Oberliga Baden-Württemberg |2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||1 |- |2014–15 |Verbandsliga Südbaden |29||9||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !62!!15!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!62!!15 |- |Raon-l'Étape |2015–16<ref name="sw">{{Soccerway|169495}}</ref> |CFA |24||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||0 |- |Avranches |2016–17<ref name="sw"/> |Championnat National |30||1||5||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||2 |- |Avranches B |2016–17<ref name="sw"/> |CFA 2 |2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0 |- |Quevilly-Rouen |2017–18<ref name="sw"/> |Ligue 2 |29||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||1 |- |Quevilly-Rouen B |2017–18<ref name="sw"/> |Championnat National 3 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Arminia Bielefeld |2018–19<ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Jonathan Clauss » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe503545/jonathan-clauss/club-matches/ |website=WorldFootball.net |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> |2. Bundesliga |28||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||3 |- |2019–20<ref name="wf"/> |2. Bundesliga |34||5||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !62!!8!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!65!!8 |- |Lens B |2020–21<ref name="sw"/> |Championnat National 2 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Lens |2020–21<ref name="sw"/> |Ligue 1 |33||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||1 |- |2021–22<ref name="sw"/> |Ligue 1 |37||5||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !70!!8!!4!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!74!!4 |- |rowspan="3"|Marseille |2022–23<ref name="sw"/> |Ligue 1 |34||2||2||0||6{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||42||2 |- |2023–24<ref name="sw"/> |Ligue 1 |27||3||2||0||14{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League}}||2||colspan="2"|—||43||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !61!!5!!4!!0!!20!!2!!colspan="2"|—!!85!!7 |- |rowspan="3"|Nice |2024–25<ref name="sw"/> |Ligue 1 |28||3||3||0||7{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||38||3 |- |2025–26<ref name="sw"/> |Ligue 1 |30||1||6||0||8{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||0||2{{efn|Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs}}||1||46||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !58!!4!!9!!0!!15!!0!!2!!1!!84!!5 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !400!!42!!26!!1!!35!!2!!2!!1!!463!!43 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {{updated|match played 6 September 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=31861|title=Jonathan Clauss|website=EU-Football.info|access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|France |2022||6||0 |- |2023||4||1 |- |2024||4||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total||14||2 |}
: ''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Clauss goal''<ref>{{NFT player|86992}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |+ List of international goals scored by Jonathan Clauss !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Cap !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- |align="center"|1 |18 November 2023 |Allianz Riviera, Nice, France |align="center"|9 |{{fb|GIB}} |align="center"|5–0 |align="center"|14–0 |UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |- |align="center"|2 |5 June 2024 |Stade Saint-Symphorien, Longeville-lès-Metz, France |align="center"|13 |{{fb|LUX}} |align="center"|2–0 |align="center"|3–0 |Friendly |- |}
==Honours== '''Arminia Bielefeld''' *2. Bundesliga: 2019–20{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
'''Individual''' *Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2020–21,<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Trophées UNFP : cinq Parisiens, deux Lillois et deux Lyonnais dans l'équipe type |trans-title=Trophées UNFP : five Parisiens, two Lillois and two Lyonnais in the typical team |url=https://sport24.lefigaro.fr/football/ligue-1/fil-info/trophees-unfp-cinq-parisiens-deux-lillois-et-deux-lyonnais-dans-l-equipe-type-1045019 |access-date=24 May 2021 |website=Le Figaro |date=24 May 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> 2021–22<ref>{{cite news |title=L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1 aux trophées UNFP avec un trio d'attaque Terrier-Ben Yedder-Mbappé |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-equipe-type-de-la-saison-de-ligue-1-aux-trophees-unfp-avec-un-trio-d-attaque-terrier-ben-yedder-mbappe/1333260 |access-date=18 May 2022 |work=L'Équipe |date=15 May 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{FFF player}} *{{UEFA player}}
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