Khéphren Thuram

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Khéphren Thuram
Thuram with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name Khéphren Thuram-Ulien
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Reggio Emilia, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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)
2019–2020 Nice B 4 (0)
2019– Nice 136 (9)
International career‡
2016–2017 France U16 12 (1)
2017–2018 France U17 6 (0)
2018–2019 France U18 8 (0)
2019 France U19 7 (1)
2021–2023 France U21 18 (2)
2024– France U23 2 (0)
2023– France 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:20, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:21, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (French pronunciation: [kefʁɛn tyʁam];[2] born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder[3] for Ligue 1 club Nice and the France national team.

Club career[edit]

Monaco[edit]

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.[4]

Nice[edit]

On 26 June 2019, Thuram joined Derby de la Côte d'Azur rivals Nice.[5] He made his debut on 17 August in a 2–1 win at Nîmes, replacing Ignatius Ganago for the last seven minutes.[6] On 3 October 2020, he scored his first professional goal to win a home match by the same score against Nantes.[7]

International career[edit]

Thuram has represented France at various youth international levels.[8]

In March 2023, he received his first call-up to the France senior national team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland.[9] He made his international debut, coming off the bench in the 89th minute to substitute Adrien Rabiot, in a 4–0 victory over the Netherlands.[10] Later that year, in November, he was recalled to the national team, following an injury to Eduardo Camavinga during the same Euro 2024 qualifying.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Thuram is the son of the former France international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the younger brother of Inter and France forward Marcus Thuram.[12] He was named after the Egyptian pharaoh Khephren.[13]

Born in Reggio Emilia while his father Lilian played for Parma, he is of Guadeloupean descent.[14]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 19 April 2024[15]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 14 1 — — — 14 1
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 1[b] 0 3 0
Nice B 2019–20 Championnat National 3 4 0 — — — 4 0
Nice 2019–20 Ligue 1 14 0 2 0 — — 16 0
2020–21 Ligue 1 29 2 1 0 3[c] 0 — 33 2
2021–22 Ligue 1 36 4 5 0 — — 41 4
2022–23 Ligue 1 35 2 1 0 12[d] 0 — 48 2
2023–24 Ligue 1 22 0 1 0 — — 23 0
Total 136 8 10 0 15 0 — 159 8
Career total 152 9 10 0 17 0 1 0 182 9
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International[edit]

As of match played 24 March 2023
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2023 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours[edit]

Nice

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Khéphren Thuram". OGC Nice. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Thuram à la découverte du Clairefontaine anglais" [Thuram discovers the English Clairefontaine]. YouTube (in French). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  3. ^ Anka, Carl. "50 to watch - Khephren Thuram: the dribble-happy Nice midfielder on Liverpool's radar". The Athletic. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Atletico Madrid 2–0 Monaco: Simeone's boys cruise through". Sport. 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Transferts : Khephren Thuram (Monaco) signe à Nice" [Transfers: Khephren Thuram (Monaco) signs for Nice]. L'Équipe. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Erling Haaland bags a brace as Dortmund score four in Jadon Sancho's absence". FourFourTwo. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Khéphren Thuram intègre l'INF Clairefontaine" [Khéphren Thuram joins INF Clairefontaine] (in French). Espoirs du Football. 4 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  9. ^ "La liste des vingt-trois Bleus". FFF (in French). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  10. ^ "France 4–0 Netherlands". beIN SPORTS. 24 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Equipe de France : Kephren Thuram remplace Camavinga, victime d'une entorse du genou droit" (in French). Eurosport. 16 November 2023.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "El 'Faraón' Khephren continúa la dinastía Thuram" [The 'Pharaoh' Khephren continues the Thuram dynasty]. Sport (in Spanish). 7 October 2016.
  14. ^ "Lilian Thuram: the legend who came from nothing". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  15. ^ "K. Thuram". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Messi, Rongier, Danso... L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2023.

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