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Last 24 months · all competitions
CM
Central midfieldMain
2,262 min · 35 apps · 23 starts
CDM
Defensive midfield
1,769 min · 20 apps · 20 starts
CAM
Attacking midfield
1,754 min · 22 apps · 21 starts
Squad importance
Current squad importance over the club’s last 40 recorded competitive games in this spell, including previous seasons. Starts and minutes contribute 70%; performance contributes 30%. Absences reduce the score gradually, with less weight when a player is outside the matchday squad.Current role at Lyon · independent of the season filter
Important
Involvement76%
Performance55%
Through the match on 5 Nov 2026. Refreshed daily.
Profile
Career & playing style
Corentin Tolisso is a French midfielder whose attacking contribution comes from the freedom to move beyond a fixed central position. He can play behind the striker, as a supporting central midfielder or farther back. That range lets him help develop an attack and then become involved closer to goal, rather than leaving the final action entirely to the forwards.
His work on Lyon’s left side offers a clear example. In their 2026 win over Rennes, he moved wider and exchanged positions with Abner and Afonso Moreira, helping create extra passing options around the defence. He also supplied the cross for Roman Yaremchuk’s equaliser. The mechanism is movement between positions: a central midfielder can become the player delivering from the flank.
Born in Tarare, Tolisso played youth football with Stade Amplepuisien and FC Pays de l’Arbresle before joining Lyon in 2007. His professional breakthrough came during the 2013/14 season, and he became an important part of the midfield the following year. Lyon was both his route into senior football and the starting point for his move abroad.
Bayern Munich signed him in June 2017. He scored on his Bundesliga debut and won the league in his first season, beginning a spell that brought five German league titles. In 2020 he also helped Bayern win the Champions League, coming on as a substitute in the final against Paris Saint-Germain.
For France, Tolisso made his senior debut against Spain in March 2017. He played five matches during the victorious 2018 World Cup campaign, starting the quarter-final against Uruguay and coming off the bench in the final against Croatia.
He returned to Lyon in July 2022. During the 2025/26 season, Paulo Fonseca used him at several midfield depths, including behind the attack, while his selection in the UNFP Ligue 1 team of the season recognised his contribution. That later chapter brought together the positional range evident in his play and the experience accumulated in Germany and with France.
Latest stats & form
Match coverage through 5 November 2026 · club and country
Corentin Tolisso is listed as a central midfielder for Lyon. Across 17 covered appearances for club and country in 2026/27, he has 4 goals and 5 assists in 1,248 minutes, with 13 starts. That is 0.65 goals and assists combined per 90 minutes. His last 5 covered official appearances for club and country, from 18 October 2026 to 5 November 2026, produced 2 goals and 1 assist. Across the season coverage, he has 26 recorded key passes.