{{short description|French footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yanis Cimignani | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = <!-- If different--> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|1|22}} | birth_place = [[Lyon]], France | height = 1.79 m<ref name="aca-profile">{{cite web |title=AC Ajaccio - Yanis Cimignani |url=https://www.ac-ajaccio.corsica/detail-joueur-yanis-cimignani-19-co.html |website=AC Ajaccio |access-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128030443/https://ac-ajaccio.corsica/detail-joueur-yanis-cimignani-19-co.html |archive-date=28 January 2022 |language=co |url-status=live}}</ref> | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | clubnumber = 21 | youthyears1 = 2005–2012 | youthclubs1 = US Ghisonaccia | youthyears2 = 2012–2017 | youthclubs2 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] | youthyears3 = 2017–2020 | youthclubs3 = [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]] | years1 = 2019–2022 | clubs1 = [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio B]] | caps1 = 9 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2020–2023 | clubs2 = [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]] | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2023– | clubs3 = [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] | caps3 = 100 | goals3 = 11 | nationalyears1 = 2022 | nationalteam1 = [[France national under-20 football team|France U20]] | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | club-update = 26 May 2026 | ntupdate = }} '''Yanis Cimignani''' (born 22 January 2002) is a French professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Swiss Super League]] club [[FC Lugano|Lugano]].
==Career== ===Early years=== Born in [[Lyon]], France, Cimignani grew up in [[Ghisonaccia]] on the island of [[Corsica]].<ref name="corse">{{cite news |title=Football : Yanis Cimignani, une étoile < Bianca è rossa >> - Journal de la Corse |url=https://www.journaldelacorse.corsica/articles/996/football-yanis-cimignani-une-etoile-bianca-e-rossa |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=Journal de la Corse |date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513103056/https://www.journaldelacorse.corsica/articles/996/football-yanis-cimignani-une-etoile-bianca-e-rossa |archive-date=13 May 2022 |language=fr}}</ref> He joined the main club of his [[Communes of France|commune]], US Ghisonaccia at only three years old and played there until he was eleven.<ref name="corse" /> He then joined [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] where he stayed for three years but was forced to leave the club due to the demotion of the club to [[Championnat National 3]] and as a result losing their academy licence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bastia (National 3) recrute trois joueurs sous contrat fédéral et un joueur avec le statut amateur |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Bastia-national-1-recrute-trois-joueurs-sous-contrat-federal-et-un-joueur-avec-le-statut-amateur/829583 |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=L'Équipe |date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223111223/https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Bastia-national-1-recrute-trois-joueurs-sous-contrat-federal-et-un-joueur-avec-le-statut-amateur/829583 |archive-date=23 December 2019 |language=fr}}</ref> Cimignani was then contracted by [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]], joining their youth setup in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Youcef |first1=Rafik |title=EXCLU - Yanis Cimignani : " Les compliments, on ne peut que les apprécier " |url=https://www.onzemondial.com/ligue-2/exclu-yanis-cimignani-les-compliments-on-ne-peut-que-les-apprecier-757957 |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=Onze Mondial |date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409042342/https://www.onzemondial.com/ligue-2/exclu-yanis-cimignani-les-compliments-on-ne-peut-que-les-apprecier-757957 |archive-date=9 April 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
===Ajaccio=== On 31 January 2020, Cimignani signed his first professional contract with Ajaccio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yanis Cimignani passe pro! |url=https://www.ac-ajaccio.corsica/article-yanis-cimignani-passe-pro--11180-fr.html |website=AC Ajaccio |access-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513103540/https://ac-ajaccio.corsica/article-yanis-cimignani-passe-pro--11180-fr.html |archive-date=13 May 2022 |language=fr |date=31 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cimignani made his professional debut with Ajaccio in a 1-0 loss to [[LB Châteauroux|Châteauroux]] on 22 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/08/22/france/ligue-2/athletic-club-ajaccien/la-berrichonne-chateauroux/3287814/|title=Ajaccio vs. Châteauroux - 22 August 2020|website=Soccerway}}</ref>
===Lugano=== On 14 June 2023, Cimignani signed for [[Swiss Super League]] club [[FC Lugano|Lugano]] on a four-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fclugano.com/dallajaccio-arriva-il-francese-yanis-cimignani/|title=DALL’AJACCIO ARRIVA IL FRANCESE YANIS CIMIGNANI|trans-title=THE FRENCH YANIS CIMIGNANI ARRIVES FROM AJACCIO|language=Italian|website=www.fclugano.com|date=14 June 2023|accessdate=15 June 2023|archive-date=16 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916181512/https://www.fclugano.com/dallajaccio-arriva-il-francese-yanis-cimignani/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===National team=== In March 2022 Yanis Cimignani received his first call-up to the France U20 national team. He made his debut on 29 March 2022, in a match against Portugal.<ref>[https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/10633-cimignani-yanis/fiche.html Yanis CIMIGNANI]</ref>
==Personal life== Cimignani was born in France to a [[French people|French]]-[[Corsicans|Corsican]] father and [[Burkina Faso|Burkinabè]] [[Mossi people|Mossi]] mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe690259/yanis-cimignani/|title=Yanis Cimignani|website=worldfootball.net}}</ref><ref name="corse"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FFF player|10633-cimignani-yanis}} * {{Soccerway|yanis-cimignani/611923}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220128030443/https://ac-ajaccio.corsica/detail-joueur-yanis-cimignani-19-co.html Yanis Cimignani] at AC Ajaccio
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