FranceDefender
Position
Defence — centre
Typical role
France
Nationality
Arsenal's defensive colossus who combines pace, power, and elegance. Saliba has emerged as one of Europe's premier centre-backs.
International career
40
Caps
0
Intl goals
0
Intl assists
Career clubs
Career transfers
- 1 Jul 2020
- 26 Jul 2019Loan
- 25 Jul 2019Transfer
Honours
Emirates Cup
WinnerWorld · 4× (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022)
Community Shield
WinnerEngland · 2× (2023, 2020)
MLS All-Star
WinnerWorld · 1× (2023)
Florida Cup
WinnerWorld · 1× (2022)
FA Cup
WinnerEngland · 1× (2019/2020)
Premier League
Runner-upEngland · 3× (2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023)
FIFA World Cup
Runner-upWorld · 1× (2022)
Ligue 1
Runner-upFrance · 1× (2021/2022)
Injury record
Ankle Injury
Sept 2025
Hamstring
May 2025 – Jul 2025
Hamstring
Jan 2025
Toe Injury
Oct 2023
Knock
Sept 2023
Back Injury
Mar 2023 – Jun 2023
Virus
Mar 2021 – Apr 2021
Foot Injury
Nov 2019 – Jan 2020
Groin Injury
May 2019 – Sept 2019
20 recorded match-day injury flags in the corpus.
Competitions
Recent form
Season by season
Discipline
33
Yellow cards
2
Red cards
225
Fouls
Strengths
Attribute profile — pace, shooting, passing, dribbling, defending, physical.
World Cup history
2026: France's next-gen centre-back
Career highlights
- Arsenal's defensive rock
- Multiple loan successes
- Ligue 1 best young player