Alban Lafont
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alban Lafont | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Toulouse | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Toulouse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2015– | Toulouse | 21 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014-15 | France U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015– | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2016. | |||
Alban Lafont (born 23 January 1999) is a French footballer who currently plays as goalkeeper for Ligue 1 side Toulouse.[1] He was born in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.[2]
Club career
Toulouse
2015-16
Lafont is an academy graduate of Toulouse and made his Ligue 1 debut for the club on 28 November 2015 against OGC Nice.[3] Upon doing so, Lafont became the youngest ever goalkeeper to play in Ligue 1 at the age of 16 years and 310 days, surpassing the record previously held by Mickaël Landreau.[4] Having replaced Ali Ahamada and Mauro Goicoechea as Toulouse's starting goalkeeper, Lafont kept clean sheets in his first two competitive fixtures before finally conceding in a 3-2 loss against Lorient on 5 December 2015.
Club Statistics
(Correct as of 23 April 2016)
| France | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Toulouse | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
International career
French national youth teams
Lafont made six appearances for the France U16 team and captained the side on three separate occasions.[4] He then made his debut for France U17 on 20 October 2015 against N. Ireland, keeping a clean sheet in the process.
References
- ↑ "France - A. Lafont - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ Jaquin, Alexandre (1 December 2015). "Toulouse: cinq choses à savoir sur le prodige Alban Lafont". RMC Sport (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ↑ "Toulouse vs. Nice - 28 November 2015 - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- 1 2 Bayol, Marie-Océane (5 December 2015). "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Alban Lafont". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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