Layvin Kurzawa

Layvin Kurzawa

Kurzawa playing for Paris Saint-Germain in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992
Place of birth Fréjus, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 20
Youth career
1996–2005 Stade Raphaëlois
2005–2007 Aix-en-Provence
2007–2010 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010–2013 Monaco B 30 (5)
2010–2015 Monaco 75 (6)
2015– Paris Saint-Germain 13 (3)
National team‡
2010–2011 France U19 8 (0)
2013 France U20 2 (0)
2013–2015 France U21 5 (3)
2014– France 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2014

Layvin Kurzawa (born 4 September 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays for the French club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national football team as a left back.

He began his career at Monaco in 2010, and played 96 official games for the team, scoring 8 goals. In 2015 he transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for €23 million, winning Ligue 1 in his first season.

Kurzawa made his senior international debut for France in 2014.

Club career

AS Monaco

Born in Fréjus, Var, Kurzawa made his professional debut on 22 September 2010 in a Coupe de la Ligue third round match against Lens at the Stade Louis II. He started the match and played 65 minutes before being substituted in a 1–0 victory.[1] Three days later he made his Ligue 1 debut, starting in a 1–2 defeat at Lorient. Kurzawa played four more league matches, all of them starts, as the season ended with relegation to Ligue 2; he was sent off on 1 May 2011 in a 1–1 draw at Saint-Étienne.[2] He made four appearances as they returned to the top flight at the first attempt as champions.

Kurzawa established himself in the first team for the 2013–14 season, with 28 league appearances as Monaco finished runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain. He also scored 5 goals, the first of his professional career confirming a 2–0 win at Guingamp on 14 December 2013.[3]

He scored in each leg of Monaco's 7–1 aggregate win over BSC Young Boys in the third qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[4]

Paris Saint Germain

On 27 August 2015, Kurzawa joined champions Paris Saint-Germain for €23 million on a five-year contract.[5][6] He made his debut on 11 September, coming on for Maxwell in the 67th minute of an eventual 2–2 draw with Bordeaux at the Parc des Princes.[7] He scored his first goal for the team from the capital on 25 October, opening a 4–1 home win over Saint-Étienne when set up by Marco Verratti.[8]

International career

Kurzawa was born to a mother of Polish descent, and was approached to play for the Poland national team.[9][10]

He is a French youth international and has earned caps with the under-19 team.[11] On 14 October 2014 during the final leg of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Sweden, Kurzawa celebrated a France goal by mocking the Swedish players, before Sweden won the game 4–1, thus eliminating France from reaching the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[12][13] Sweden then went on and won the tournament and the whole team celebrated by using Kurzawa's way of mocking.[14]

On 14 November 2014, he made his full international debut, replacing Lucas Digne for the last 20 minutes of a 1–1 friendly draw with Albania in Rennes.[15] Four days later he made his first start, in a 1–0 friendly win over Sweden in Marseille, being substituted later on for Digne.[16]

Honours

Monaco
Paris Saint-Germain

References

  1. ↑ "Monaco v. Lens Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Layvin Kurzawa suspendu face au PSG" [Layvin Kurzawa suspended against PSG] (in French). PLANETE ASM. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Martial magic for Monaco". Sky Sports News. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Creek, Stephen (4 August 2015). "Champions League round-up: Ajax crash out and Monaco cruise through". Goal.com. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "KURZAWA SIGNS WITH PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN UNTIL 2020". Paris Saint-Germain. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Jonathan (28 August 2015). "Layvin Kurzawa from Monaco to PSG a shrewd move by Ligue 1 champions". ESPN. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Bordeaux: Trapp howler sees hosts slip against 10-man visitors". Goal.com. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "PSG 4-1 St Etienne: Leaders stay unbeaten". Sky Sports. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "La fédération polonaise recrute sur Facebook" [The Polish FA is recruiting on Facebook]. 20 Minutes (in French). 18 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  10. ↑ http://www.20min.ch/ro/sports/football/story/La-f-d-ration-polonaise-recrute-sur-Facebook-10339232
  11. ↑ "Kurzawa: "Un rêve éveillé"". French Football Federation (in French). 2 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  12. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2793321/sweden-stun-france-late-goal-euro-u21-qualifier-use-taunting-celebration-opponents-winner.html
  13. ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/france-u-21-defender-learns-why-you-should-never-mock-your-opponents-before-the-final-whistle-034614627.html
  14. ↑ http://www.punditarena.com/football/scurtin/entire-sweden-u21-squad-make-complete-fool-out-of-french-player-who-taunted-them-again/
  15. ↑ "Griezmann earns France draw with Albania". UEFA. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "France 1-0 Sweden: Varane secures win for dominant Bleus". Goal.com. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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