Background
Germain is the son of former French international and Marseille player Bruno Germain.
Germain is the son of former French international and Marseille player Bruno Germain.
Club career
In the 2009 off-season, Germain signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal. Despite signing professional terms, the striker spent the next two seasons playing on the club"s reserve team Germain made his professional debut on 1 May 2011 in a league match against Saint-Étienne appearing as a substitute.
He repeated this feat in the team"s final league match of the season against Lyon appearing as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat.
The defeat confirmed Monaco"s relegation to Ligue 2. In the second division, Germain was permanently promoted to the senior team and, on 15 August 2011, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss against Reims.
In the following month, he scored his second career goal in 2–2 draw against Sedan. In the 2012-2013 campaign, Germain scored 14 goals in 35 matches for AS Monaco as they got promoted to Ligue 1.
On 23 July 2013, Germain signed a contract extension with Monaco, keeping him at the club until 2017.
Office of Government Commerce Nice
In July 2015, Germain joined Nice on loan from Monaco, with an option to buy after the loan. International career
Germain is a France youth international having earned caps at under-21 level