Nicolas Pays is a forward for Montpellier. Nicolas Pays is 23 years old, a national of France and 180 cm tall. In the 2026 season, Nicolas Pays recorded 8 appearances, 2 goals and 702 minutes, at an average match rating of 7.15. Before Montpellier, Nicolas Pays played for Le Puy Foot and Clermont II. 442ball tracks every appearance and recomputes these totals from the match record, not a copied feed.
Season stats
- Apps
- 8
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 0
- Minutes
- 702
- Cards (Y/R)
- 0/0
- Rating
- 7.15
Summed across every competition for the season. Ratings are minutes-weighted.
Detailed statistics
Totals by default; the Per 90 toggle above switches every figure to a rate. A per-90 is shown only above 450 minutes in the matches where that statistic was recorded, so below it the total is left in place.
Ligue 2
Rating in this competition 7.15
Minutes 702
Shooting
- Goals
- 20.26
- Shots
- 111.41
- Shots on target
- 60.77
Passing
- Assists
- 00.00
- Key passes
- 131.67
- Goals and assists
- 20.26
Possession
- Dribbles completed
- 121.54
- Dribbles attempted
- 283.59
- Fouls won
- 141.79
Defending
- Tackles
- 81.03
- Interceptions
- 20.26
- Blocks
- 30.38
- Fouls conceded
- 81.03
Season performance
Percentile against 144 forwards in tier-2 competitions, 2026 season, 450+ minutes.
Shooting
- Goals20.2636
- Penalty goals00.000
- Shots111.4118
- Shots on target60.7736
Passing
- Assists00.000
- Key passes131.6777
- Pass accuracy83.33%83.33%86
- Accurate passes16521.1580
Possession
- Dribbles attempted283.5987
- Dribbles completed121.5488
- Dribble success42.86%42.86%n/r
- Duels8811.2860
- Duels won395.0066
- Duels won %44.32%44.32%55
Defending
- Blocks30.3852
- Fouls committed(fewest)81.0359
- Interceptions20.2659
- Tackles81.0375
Discipline
- Fouls drawn141.7984
- Red cards(fewest)00.00100
- Yellow cards(fewest)00.00100
Some measures are better when they are lower: fouls, cards and goals conceded are marked, and their percentile is turned round so that further along the bar is better on every row. The figure beside the bar is always the actual number, never the inverted one.
Rows marked n/r carry a figure and no rank. A goalkeeper is ranked on save percentage and on nothing else: saves, goals conceded and clean sheets all measure the work the eleven players in front of him hand over, so a keeper behind a strong defence would rank near the bottom of all three while keeping goal well. Save percentage is saves over shots faced, which is his own.
Each axis is a percentile against players in the same position, season and competition tier who also cleared the minutes floor. Further from the centre is better on every axis.
Career
Senior football only. Every competition in our record is a senior one, so nothing is filtered out to make this list senior.
Clubs only. International appearances are counted in the career totals above and have no club to list here.
| Club | Spell | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
 Montpellier | 2024 to 2026 | 50 | 7 |
 Le Puy Foot | 2023 to 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| Season | Club | Apps | Goals | Assists | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7.15 |
| 2025 | Montpellier | 33 | 5 | 2 | 6.90 |
| 2024 | Le Puy Foot, Montpellier | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6.83 |
| 2023 | Le Puy Foot | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6.78 |
A season holding both is two lines: the clubs played for, and the national team, counted separately. No club line includes an international appearance.
Career figures cover our record, which begins in 2010.
Recent matches
The five most recent matches, each linking to its own page. The full log carries every appearance.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | H/A | Result | Min | G | A | Cards | Rating | Accurate passes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 9 October | Ligue 2 |  Grenoble | H | W2-0 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 26 |
| Friday 18 September | Ligue 2 |  Reims | A | D1-1 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 20 |
| Friday 11 September | Ligue 2 |  PAU | H | W1-0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 28 |
| Saturday 5 September | Ligue 2 |  Saint Etienne | A | L3-1 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 26 |
| Friday 28 August | Ligue 2 |  Boulogne | H | D0-0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 17 |
Career history
At Montpellier since Jan 2025.
Transfer history
- Le Puy FootMontpellierJan 2025
- Clermont IILe Puy FootJul 2023