{{short description|French footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mathys Niflore | image = | fullname = Mathys Sauveur Niflore | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|3|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Paray-le-Monial, France | height = 1.92m<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2024/01/22/portrait-tfc-vu-son-potentiel-cest-un-garcon-quon-a-tout-de-suite-surclasse-mathys-niflore-leleve-qui-veut-depasser-ses-maitres-11711095.php|title=PORTRAIT. TFC : "Vu son potentiel, c’est un garçon qu’on a tout de suite surclassé", Mathys Niflore, l'élève qui veut dépasser ses maîtres|website=ladepeche.fr}}</ref> | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Dunkerque, on loan from Toulouse | clubnumber = 60 | youthyears1 = 2012–2013 | youthclubs1 = Nîmes | youthyears2 = 2013–2014 | youthclubs2 = AS Lagardellois | youthyears3 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs3 = Muret | youthyears4 = 2015–2024 | youthclubs4 = Toulouse | years1 = 2024– | clubs1 = Toulouse II | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = Toulouse | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = → Dunkerque (loan) | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2022 | nationalteam1 = France U16 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2023–2024 | nationalteam2 = France U17 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2023 | nationalteam3 = France U18 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2024– | nationalteam4 = France U19 | nationalcaps4 = 6 | nationalgoals4 = 0 | club-update = 11 May 2026 | ntupdate = 21:18, 28 November 2025 (UTC) | medaltemplates = }}
'''Mathys Sauveur Niflore''' (born 2 March 2007) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Ligue 2 club Dunkerque, on loan from Toulouse.
==Club career== Niflore is a product of the youth academies of the French clubs Nîmes, AS Lagardellois, Muret, and Toulouse.<ref name="auto"/> On 28 June 2024, he signed a professional contract with Toulouse for 5 seasons and was promoted to their reserves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2024/06/28/tfc-un-joueur-extremement-talentueux-le-club-annonce-le-premier-contrat-professionnel-dun-jeune-gardien-de-but-du-centre-de-formation-12046853.php|title=TFC : "Un joueur extrêmement talentueux !" Le club annonce le premier contrat professionnel d’un jeune gardien de but du centre de formation|website=ladepeche.fr}}</ref> On 5 July 2025, he joined Dunkerque on a year-long loan in Ligue 2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2025/07/04/mercato-tfc-le-jeune-gardien-mathys-niflore-prete-a-dunkerque-en-ligue-2-12805639.php|title=MERCATO TFC : le jeune gardien Mathys Niflore prêté à Dunkerque, en Ligue 2|website=ladepeche.fr}}</ref>
==International career== Niflore was called up to the France U17s for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup, finishing as runner-up in both.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fff.fr/article/11266-la-liste-pour-le-mondial-en-indonesie.html|title=La liste pour le Mondial en Indonésie|publisher=French Football Federation|trans-title=The list for the World Cup in Indonesia|date=30 October 2023|access-date=10 November 2023|language=fr|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109204541/https://www.fff.fr/article/11266-la-liste-pour-le-mondial-en-indonesie.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Les vingt joueurs pour l'Euro |url=https://www.fff.fr/article/10197-les-vingt-joueurs-pour-l-euro.html |website=French Football Federation |language=fr |date=2023-05-02}}</ref> He returned with the U17s for the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=La liste pour l'Euro U17 |url=https://www.fff.fr/article/12467-la-liste-pour-l-euro-u17.html |access-date=8 May 2024 |publisher=French Football Federation |date=7 May 2024 |language=French}}</ref>
==Personal life== Niflore is the son of the football manager and former player Wilfried Niflore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Niflore-canvot-et-messali-trois-pitchouns-a-suivre-du-cote-de-toulouse/1521807|title=Niflore, Canvot et Messali : trois Pitchouns à suivre du côté de Toulouse|website=L'Équipe}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|new_id=niflore-mathys/C6YnQUlE}} * {{FFF player|10673-niflore-mathys}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Niflore, Mathys}} Category:2007 births Category:Living people Category:People from Paray-le-Monial Category:French men's footballers Category:France men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Toulouse FC players Category:USL Dunkerque players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Championnat National 3 players Category:21st-century French sportsmen