Léo Lacroix (footballer)

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Léo Lacroix
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Lacroix with Sion in July 2016
Personal information
Full name Léo Lacroix
Date of birth (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Western United
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Sion 77 (1)
2016–2020 Saint-Étienne 31 (0)
2017–2020 Saint-Étienne II 4 (1)
2018 → Basel (loan) 9 (0)
2018–2019 → Hamburger SV (loan) 16 (1)
2018–2019 → Hamburger SV II (loan) 1 (0)
2021 Sion 13 (0)
2021– Western United 5 (0)
National team
2013–2015 Switzerland U21 3 (0)
2018– Switzerland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2021

Léo Lacroix (born 27 February 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Club career[]

On 31 August 2016, Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of Lacroix.[1]

In September 2021, Lacroix signed with Australian club Western United.[2]

International career[]

Lacroix was born in Switzerland, and is of Brazilian descent through his mother.[3][4] He got his first call up to the senior Switzerland side for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Hungary and Andorra in October 2016.[5] He made his debut for the national team on 14 November 2018 in a friendly against Qatar.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 21 September 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sion 2012–13[7] Swiss Super League 9 1 1 0 — 0 0 10 1
2013–14[8] 15 0 2 0 — — 17 0
2014–15[9] 28 0 4 1 — — 32 1
2015–16[10] 20 0 2 0 — 7[a] 1 29 1
2016–17[11] 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Total 77 1 9 1 — 7 1 93 3
Saint-Étienne 2016–17 Ligue 1 20 0 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 25 0
2017–18 11 0 1 0 1 0 — 13 0
Total 21 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 38 0
Basel (loan) 2017–18 Swiss Super League 9 0 1 0 — — 10 0
Career total 117 1 12 1 2 0 10 1 141 3
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Europa League

References[]

  1. ^ "Léo Lacroix, cinquième recrue des Verts" [Léo Lacroix, the fifth recruit of The Greens]. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Swiss star Leo Lacroix signs with Western United". Western United. 1 September 2021.
  3. ^ Vavel (1 September 2016). "Saint-Étienne anuncia zagueiro suíço Léo Lacroix por quatro temporadas". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ^ "ASSE : 5 anecdotes croustillantes sur Léo Lacroix". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Lacroix remplace Djourou". bluewin.ch. 2 October 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Switzerland v Qatar game report". ESPN. 14 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Games played by Léo Lacroix in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Games played by Léo Lacroix in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Games played by Léo Lacroix in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Games played by Léo Lacroix in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Games played by Léo Lacroix in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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