{{short description|French footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Wylan Cyprien | full_name = Wylan Jean-Claude Cyprien<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entreprises.lefigaro.fr/wycy-sport-06/entreprise-879410900 |title=Entreprise WYCY Sport à Nice (06000) |trans-title=Company WYCY Sport in Nice (06000) |website=Figaro Entreprises |publisher=Société du Figaro |access-date=24 December 2019 |language=fr}}<br />{{cite web |url=https://dirigeants.bfmtv.com/Wylan-CYPRIEN-9728801/ |title=Wylan Cyprien |website=BFM Business |access-date=24 December 2019 |language=fr}}</ref> | image = Loc-Nicca (13).jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Cyprien playing for Nice in 2018 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | height = 1.84 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Maccabi Netanya | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2006–2008 | youthclubs1 = Paris FC | youthyears2 = 2008–2012 | youthclubs2 = Lens | years1 = 2012–2016 | clubs1 = Lens | caps1 = 103 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 2016–2021 | clubs2 = Nice | caps2 = 94 | goals2 = 21 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = → Parma (loan) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2021–2025 | clubs4 = Parma | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = → Nantes (loan) | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = → Sion (loan) | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2025 | clubs7 = Changchun Yatai | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2026– | clubs8 = Maccabi Netanya | caps8 = 9 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam1 = France U16 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | nationalyears2 = 2012–2013 | nationalteam2 = France U18 | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2013 | nationalteam3 = France U19 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 2016 | nationalteam4 = France U21 | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 1 | club-update = 22 November 2025 | nationalteam-update = 14 November 2016 }}
'''Wylan Jean-Claude Cyprien''' (born 28 January 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maccabi Netanya.
==Early life== Born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France on 28 January 1995, Cyprien moved to metropolitan France at a young age.<ref name="Whispers">{{cite web|url=https://www.footballwhispers.com/players/wylan-cyprien|title=Wylan Cyprien|website=Football Whispers|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
==Club career== [[File:Entraînement RC Lens - 31 décembre 2014 76.jpg|thumb|Cyprien with Lens in December 2014]]
===Lens=== Cyprien began his youth career at Paris FC, before moving to Lens in 2008.<ref name="Whispers" /> He is a graduate of the Lens youth academy and made his debut for the first team in 2012. He passed through the youth ranks in July 2012. He helped Lens win promotion to Ligue 1, following a second place finish during the 2013–14 Ligue 2 season.<ref name="OutsideoftheBoot" /> The following campaign, Cyprien scored two goals and set up a further two, as Lens finished last and went straight back down to the second division.<ref name="OutsideoftheBoot" /> He made over 100 appearances for Lens, before his transfer to Nice in 2016.<ref name="Whispers" />
===Nice=== On 27 July 2016, Ligue 1 club Nice reached an agreement with Lens for the transfer of Cyprien.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ogcnice.com/fr/actualite/27310/accord-trouve-pour-wylan-cyprien|title=Accord trouvé pour Wylan Cyprien|trans-title=Agreement was reached for Cyprien|language=fr|website=OGC Nice|date=27 July 2016|access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref> The transfer fee was a reported €5m.<ref name="OutsideoftheBoot">{{cite web|url=http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/06/11/scout-report-wylan-cyprien-nices-forward-thinking-midfielder/|title=Who is Wylan Cyprien?|website=Outside of the Boot|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on the opening day of the Ligue 1 season, coming on as a second-half substitute for Vincent Marcel in a 1–0 victory over Rennes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/feuille_match/81803|title=OGC Nice 1:0 Stade Rennais FC|website=Ligue 1|date=14 August 2016|access-date=8 December 2019|language=fr}}</ref>
Cyprien's first goal for the club came in the Europa League on 29 September 2016, a consolation goal in his side's 5–2 defeat to Russian club Krasnodar in the group stage of the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2019419--krasnodar-vs-nice/|title=Krasnodar 5-2 Nice|website=UEFA|date=29 September 2016|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
On 10 March 2017, Cyprien picked up an ACL injury in a Ligue 1 match against SM Caen, a game that finished 2–2, and he was ruled out a day later for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beinsports.com/us/soccer/news/acl-injury-causes-wylan-cyprien-to-miss-remai/479091|title=ACL Injury Causes Wylan Cyprien to Miss Remainder of Nice's Season|website=beIN Sports|date=11 March 2017|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
Cyprien spent much of the first-half of the 2017–18 campaign on the sidelines and he eventually appeared in just 946 minutes of Ligue 1 action.<ref name="OutsideoftheBoot" /> On 2 March 2018, Cyprien assisted Mario Balotelli's opening goal and scored the winning goal with a volley in Nice's Ligue 1 2–1 home win over Lille OSC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/balotelli-strikes-as-nice-take-down-lille.htm|title=Balotelli strikes as Nice take down Lille|publisher=www.ligue1.com|date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
====2019–20 season==== Cyprien made his season debut in the first round of Ligue 1 fixtures against Amiens on 10 August 2019, assisting Dante's winning goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/nice-vs-amiens/408370|title=Nice 2-1 Amiens|website=Sky Sports|date=10 August 2019|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> A week later, he scored his first goal of the season, converting from the penalty spot, before assisting Ignatius Ganago for the game winning goal over Nîmes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/17/france/ligue-1/nimes-olympique/olympique-gymnaste-club-de-nice-cote-dazur/3030561/|title=NÎMES VS. NICE 1 - 2|website=Soccerway|date=17 August 2019|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
On 18 October, Cyprien picked up two yellow cards and was sent off in a 4–1 home loss to reigning champions PSG.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/feuille_match/86500|website=Ligue 1|title=OGC Nice 1:4 Paris Saint-Germain|date=18 October 2019|access-date=8 December 2019|language=fr}}</ref> Two months later on 7 December, Cyprien scored two goals and earned man of the match honours as Nice defeated FC Metz in the 17th round of Ligue 1 fixtures by a score of 4–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/cyprien-brace-sparks-nice-win-over-metz.htm|title=Two Wylan Cyprien goals set OGC Nice on course for a resounding 4-1 home win over FC Metz on Saturday.|publisher=Ligue 1|date=7 December 2019|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
===Parma=== On 5 October 2020, Cyprien signed with Parma. He joined the Serie A side on a season-long loan, potentially to become a permanent deal running until June 2025 upon the meeting of performance-based objectives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parmacalcio1913.com/2020/10/05/wylan-cyprien-is-a-parma-calcio-player/?lang=en|title=Wylan Cyprien is a Parma Calcio player|publisher=Parma Calcio 1913|date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005183435/https://parmacalcio1913.com/2020/10/05/wylan-cyprien-is-a-parma-calcio-player/?lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
====Loan to Nantes==== The transfer to Parma became permanent at the end of the season. On 24 June 2021, he was loaned to FC Nantes for the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Parma|url=https://parmacalcio1913.com/2021/06/24/wylan-cyprien-sent-on-loan-to-nantes-fc/?lang=en|title=WYLAN CYPRIEN SENT ON LOAN TO NANTES|date=24 June 2021|access-date=8 July 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624134521/https://parmacalcio1913.com/2021/06/24/wylan-cyprien-sent-on-loan-to-nantes-fc/?lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
====Loan to Sion==== On 9 August 2022, Cyprien joined Sion in Switzerland on loan with an option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sion|url=https://www.fcsion.ch/fr/news/detail/2674/wylan-cyprien-rejoint-le-fc-sion--|title=Wylan Cyprien rejoint le FC Sion !|date=9 August 2022|access-date=16 August 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
===Changchun Yatai=== On 28 January 2025, Cyprien moved to Changchun Yatai in China.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Parma Calcio|url=https://www.parmacalcio1913.com/flash-news/wylan-cyprien-al-changchun-yatai-football-club-a-titolo-definitivo/|title=WYLAN CYPRIEN AL CHANGCHUN YATAI FOOTBALL CLUB A TITOLO DEFINITIVO|trans-title=WYLAN CYPRIEN TO CHANGCHUN YATAI FOOTBALL CLUB PERMANENTLY|date=28 January 2025|access-date=28 January 2025|language=it}}</ref>
==International career== Cyprien is a former France youth international, having been capped at U16, U18, U19 and U21 levels.
==Career statistics== {{Updated|match played 22 November 2025}}<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway|259621}}</ref>
{| 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, Coppa Italia, Swiss Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Lens |2012–13 |rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |12||0||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||15||0 |- |2013–14 |23||1||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||28||1 |- |2014–15 |Ligue 1 |33||2||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||35||2 |- |2015–16 |Ligue 2 |34||6||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||35||6 |- !colspan="2"|Total !102!!9!!8!!0!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!113!!9 |- |rowspan="5"|Nice |2016–17 |rowspan="4"|Ligue 1 |29||8||1||0||0||0||4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||1||34||9 |- |2017–18 |16||2||0||0||2||0||3||0||21||2 |- |2018–19 |29||4||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||30||4 |- |2019–20 |20||7||3||0||1||1||colspan="2"|—||24||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total !94!!21!!5!!0!!3!!1!!7!!1!!109!!23 |- |Parma (loan) |2020–21 |Serie A |13||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||15||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Parma |2023–24 |Serie B |18||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||2 |- |2024–25 |Serie A |2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !33!!2!!4!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!37!!2 |- |Nantes (loan) |2021–22 |Ligue 1 |24||2||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||2 |- |Sion (loan) |2022–23 |Swiss Super League |18||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||3 |- |Changchun Yatai |2025 |Chinese Super League |12||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||2 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !283!!39!!23!!0!!6!!1!!7!!1!!319!!41 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''Nantes''' *Coupe de France: 2021–22<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fff.fr/competition/match/24469113-o-g-c-nice-cote-d-azur-f-c-nantes.html |title=COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 - 2022 - FINALE |publisher=fff.fr |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FFF player|8885-cyprien-wylan}} *{{FFF male player|2543910545<!-- -wylan-cyprien -->}} *{{Lequipe|46366}}
{{Changchun Yatai F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cyprien, Wylan}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Paris Category:French men's footballers Category:RC Lens players Category:OGC Nice players Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players Category:FC Nantes players Category:FC Sion players Category:Changchun Yatai F.C. players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Ligue 2 players Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:France men's under-21 international footballers Category:France men's youth international footballers Category:French expatriate men's footballers Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:French expatriate sportspeople in China Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China Category:21st-century French sportsmen