Thibaut Vion

Thibaut Vion (born 11 December 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bulgarian First League club CSKA Sofia. He has been capped at international level playing in the U19 and U20 squads.

Club career
As 17 years old, Vion joined Portuguese club F.C. Porto from the youth academy of Metz, for a fee of €300,000. He expressed that he did not know Portuguese so had to learn it and on top of that he did not speak English well. He made his debut for Porto B against Tondela in a 2–2 draw.

On 31 January 2014, Vion returned to France, joining Metz on a 4.5 years contract. As part of a partnership between Metz and Seraing, Vion was loan to Proximus League club for the 2015–16 season.

On 30 August 2017, he joined French Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais on a three-year contract.

In August 2020, he joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.

International career
Vion played at the 2012 UEFA U19 Championship. He was selected for France U20 in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In the group stage 2–1 defeat against Spain U20 he came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Florian Thauvin and scored his debut goal in the 90+1 minute.

Honours
CSKA Sofia
 * Bulgarian Cup: 2020–21