Khéphren Thuram

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Khéphren Thuram
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Thuram with Nice in 2021
Personal information
Full name Khéphren Thuram-Ulien
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Reggio Emilia, Italy
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Nice
Number 19
Youth career
2007–2013 Olympique de Neuilly
2013–2016 Boulogne-Billancourt
2016–2018 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Monaco B 14 (1)
2018–2019 Monaco 0 (0)
2019– Nice 37 (1)
2019– Nice B 4 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 France U16 12 (1)
2017–2018 France U17 6 (0)
2018–2019 France U18 8 (0)
2019 France U19 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:13, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice.

Club career[]

Monaco[]

Thuram made his professional debut with Monaco in a 2–0 UEFA Champions League loss away to Atlético Madrid on 28 November 2018, at the age of 17; he was a 63rd-minute substitute for Aleksandr Golovin.[2]

Nice[]

On 26 June 2019, Thuram joined Derby de la Côte d'Azur rivals Nice.[3] He made his debut on 17 August in a 2–1 win at Nîmes, replacing Ignatius Ganago for the last seven minutes.[4] On 3 October 2020, he scored his first professional goal to win a home match by the same score against Nantes.[5]

International career[]

Born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Thuram is of Guadeloupean descent through his father.[6] Thuram is a youth international for France.[7]

Personal life[]

Thuram is the son of the former France international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the younger brother of the professional footballer Marcus Thuram.[8] Khéphren was named after the Egyptian pharaoh Khephren.[9]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 14 March 2021[10]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco B 2018–19 National 2 14 1 — — — 14 1
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 3 0
Nice 2019–20 Ligue 1 14 0 2 0 — — 16 0
2020–21 Ligue 1 23 1 1 0 3 0 — 27 1
Total 37 1 3 0 3 0 — 43 1
Nice B 2019–20 National 3 4 0 — — — 4 0
Career total 14 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 19 0
  1. ^ Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue

References[]

  1. ^ "Khephren Thuram". ogcnice.com.
  2. ^ "Atletico Madrid 2-0 Monaco: Simeone's boys cruise through". Sport. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Transferts : Khephren Thuram (Monaco) signe à Nice" [Transfers: Khephren Thuram (Monaco) signs for Nice]. L'Équipe. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ "L1 : Nice tient bon à Nîmes" [L1: Nice hold on well at Nîmes] (in French). Orange S.A. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Erling Haaland bags a brace as Dortmund score four in Jadon Sancho's absence". FourFourTwo. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Lilian Thuram: the legend who came from nothing". These Football Times.
  7. ^ "Khéphren Thuram intègre l'INF Clairefontaine" [Khéphren Thuram joins INF Clairefontaine] (in French). Espoirs du Football. 4 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Monaco: la Juve suivrait Khephren, le 2e fils de Lilian Thuram" [Monaco: Juve are following Khephren, Lilian Thuram's 2nd son] (in French). RMC Sport.
  9. ^ "El 'Faraón' Khephren continúa la dinastía Thuram" [The 'Pharaoh' Khephren continues the Thuram dynasty]. Sport (in Spanish). 7 October 2016.
  10. ^ "K. Thuram". Soccerway. Retrieved 2018-12-10.

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