Axel Witsel takes Dante role at OGC Nice after leaving Girona

Axel Witsel has slotted into the Dante role at OGC Nice at the age of 37. The Belgian midfielder is listed with a market value of €1.2 million, with that valuation attached to Girona FC.

Witsel’s listed position is defensive midfield, giving Nice an experienced player for a role associated with Dante. The event places him at the French club in that capacity, while his current club status is recorded as without a club.

His latest transfer entry shows a move from Girona to no club in the 2026/27 season. Before that, he went from Atlético to Girona in 2025/26, having joined Atlético from Borussia Dortmund in 2022/23.

The earlier stages of his transfer history include a move from Tianjin Tianhai to Dortmund for €20 million in the 2018/19 season. That remains the only transfer fee listed in his career record, and it marks his arrival in Dortmund before his later moves through Atlético and Girona.

Witsel is recorded as holding Belgian and Martinique citizenship. His career information also includes calf and groin injuries, although the available details do not identify either issue as a current absence.

The Nice development therefore centres on Witsel’s role rather than a match result. No score, league position or recent form figures are attached to the event. The available information instead identifies a veteran defensive midfielder, currently listed without a club, as the player taking up the Dante role at OGC Nice.