Days of Thauvin's life: Comeback, goal, and award
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Reading Time: 3min | Sun. 12.10.25. | 17:18
Lens forward, Florian Thauvin, returned to the France national team after six years, scored in his "comeback game," and was named Ligue 1 Player of the Month - all in the past ten days
Considered one of the most extraordinary talents in French football in the previous decade, Florian Thauvin never met high expectations. He did win the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup with France, but except for his respectable spells with Olympique Marseille, the general impression was that he fell short.
A two-year stint at Newcastle didn't help him make a breakthrough in the Premier League, while most people even forgot about him when he left L'OM in 2021. Afterwards, he spent two years at the Mexican Tigres UANL and two more at Udinese, but was far from the French public and national team manager's radar.
And then, all of a sudden, everything started going his way in the past few weeks. First, Didier Deschamps stunned the entire France and the player himself, including him in France's squad for the October World Cup qualifying clashes - Thauvin's first national team call-up after six years or 2,309 days, to be precise!
Before tonight, Florian Thauvin's last call up for France came over 6 years ago.
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 10, 2025
On his return, he scored with his first touch of the ball 🤩 pic.twitter.com/A4UUd2TF61
Two days ago, against Azerbaijan, the 32-year-old replaced the injured Kylian Mbappe in the 83rd minute and scored his team's third goal just a minute later with his first touch of the ball, marking his comeback match in the best possible way! That was his second France goal, as he netted his maiden one against Andorra in November 2019!
Finally, Thauvin's magnificent comeback period was completed earlier today, as he was named Ligue 1 September Player of the Month - for the first time since 2018!
🚨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Florian Thauvin is the September Player of the Month in Ligue 1. pic.twitter.com/DSN8RfYk2r
— The Touchline | 𝐓 (@TouchlineX) October 12, 2025
In seven games with Lens during the previous month, the forward scored two goals in triumphs over Brest and Lille, which was enough to beat the competition embodied in Brest's Romain Del Castillo and Vitinha of Paris Saint-Germain and win the renowned accolade for the fourth time in his career.
Perhaps there is currently more important news in football, but these days belong to Florian Thauvin, who put himself back on the football map. Hopefully, he'll make sure the fans never forget about him again.
WC QUALIFIERS - EUROPE
Saturday
Latvia - Andorra 2-2 (1-1)
/Zelenkovs 41, Gutkovskis 55 pen - San Nicolas 33, Bryan Olivera 78/
Hungary - Armenia 2-0 (0-0)
/Lukacs 56, Gruber 90+4/
Norway - Israel 5-0 (3-0)
/Khalaili 18 (og), Nachmias 28 (og), Haaland 27, 63, 72/
Bulgaria - Turkey 1-6 (1-1)
/Kirilov 13 - Guller 11, Popov 49 (og), Yildiz 51, 56, Celik 65, Kahveci 90+3/
Estonia - Italy 1-3 (0-2)
/Sappinen 76 - Kean 4, Retegui 38, Esposito 74/
Portugal - R. Ireland 1-0 (0-0)
/Neves 90+1/
Serbia - Albania 0-1 (0-1)
/Manaj 45+1/
Spain - Georgia 2-0 (1-0)
/Pino 24, Oyarzabal 64/
Sunday
San Marino - Cyprus IN PROGRESS
19.00: (7.75) Faroe Islands (4.50) Czech R. (1.42)
19.00: (1.10) Netherlands (11.0) Finland (18.0)
19.00: (1.17) Scotland (7.50) Belarus (16.0)
21.45: (1.01) Croatia (20.0) Gibraltar (60.0)
21.45: (1.67) Denmark (3.70) Greece (5.50)
21.45: (8.50) Lithuania (4.50) Poland (1.40)
21.45: (4.70) Romania (3.70) Austria (1.85)
***odds are subject to change***
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