Khéphren Thuram

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.

Khéphren Thuram
Thuram with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name Khéphren Thuram-Ulien
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001
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 115 (8)
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)
2023– France 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:46, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

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.[4]

Nice

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

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]

Personal life

Thuram is the son of the former France international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the younger brother of the professional footballer Marcus Thuram.[10] He was named after the Egyptian pharaoh Khephren.[11]

Born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, he is of Guadeloupean descent through his father.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 August 2023[13]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 141———141
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 00002[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]030
Nice B 2019–20 Championnat National 3 40———40
Nice 2019–20 Ligue 1 14020——160
2020–21 Ligue 1 292103[lower-alpha 3]0—332
2021–22 Ligue 1 36450——414
2022–23 Ligue 1 3521012[lower-alpha 4]0—482
2023–24 Ligue 1 1000——10
Total 115890150—1398
Career total 133990170101609
  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

Honours

Nice

Individual

References
  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. "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.
  11. "El 'Faraón' Khephren continúa la dinastía Thuram" [The 'Pharaoh' Khephren continues the Thuram dynasty]. Sport (in Spanish). 7 October 2016.
  12. "Lilian Thuram: the legend who came from nothing". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  13. "K. Thuram". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  14. "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  15. "Messi, Rongier, Danso... L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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