Lorenzo Hoareau

Lorenzo Hoareau (born 6 January 2007) is a Seychellois footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Foresters Mont Fleuri and the Seychelles national team.[2] In 2021, he became the youngest player from an African nation to score in a senior international fixture and second-youngest scorer worldwide.[3]

Lorenzo Hoareau
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Adrien Hoareau[1]
Date of birth (2007-01-06) 6 January 2007
Place of birth Mont Fleuri, Seychelles
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2022– Foresters Mont Fleuri
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Seychelles U17 3 (1)
2021– Seychelles 2 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:48, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Youth career

In October 2021 Hoareau was named captain of his school football team in Mont Fleuri.[4] In March 2022 he went on trial with Olympique de Marseille of the French Ligue 1.[5][6] He was invited back for another trial the following year after he narrowly missed out on being signed by the club on his first attempt.[7]

He returned to his Mont Fleuri school team in 2022. Following the season he was named the Seychelles school league’s Player of the Year.[8] In 2022 Hoareau also competed in the inaugural season of the U17 National League as a member of Foresters Mont Fleuri. He was tied for the scoring title with Dahan Fanchette of La Passe FC with ten goals each. Foresters finished in third place in the league table. Following the season, Hoareau was nominated for the Best Player Award, ultimately finishing runner-up to Fanchette.[9]

International career

Hoareau was called up to the senior national team for a friendly tournament in Comoros in September 2021.[10] He went on to make his senior international debut on 1 September 2021 in a match against the hosts. Three days later he earned his second cap and scored his first goal for the Seychelles in a 1–8 defeat to Burundi.[2] At 14 years and 242 days, he became the youngest player from an African nation to score in a senior international fixture and second-youngest scorer worldwide, behind Aung Kyaw Tun.[3][11][12]

In November 2022 Hoareau was named to the Seychelles’ under-17 squad for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification.[13] He went on to score the Seychelles' only goal in the campaign, part of a 1–7 defeat to Zambia on 5 December 2022.[14][15]

International goals
Last updated 3 February 2022.[2]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2021Stade Omnisports de Malouzini, Moroni, Comoros Burundi1–61–8Friendly

International career statistics
As of match played 4 September 2021[2]
Seychelles national team
YearAppsGoals
202121
Total21

References
  1. "Players-H". SeySoccer. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. "Record de Precocite Pour Les Seychelles de Osama Haroun" (in French). actufoot.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. Gappy, Vidya. "Seychelles Schools' Premier League". nation.sc. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. "First Seychellois on European Trial in Marseille". Inside Seychelles. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. "For the first time ever, a Seychellois is currently on trial at Olympique de Marseille, one of the biggest clubs in France and Europe". Seychelles Football Federation. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. Simeon, Marla. "Seychelles gets first football institute". nation.sc. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  8. "Football: Seychelles Schools' Premier League". nation.sc. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  9. "Football: Gran Kaz U-17 National League". nation.sc. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  10. Duval, Roland. "Football: Comoros friendly tournament Seychelles humiliated by neighbours Comoros in opening match". nation.sc. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  11. "Age Truly Has No Effect on Greatness". Seychelles Football Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  12. "FOOTBALL - NATIONAL TEAM ARRIVAL" (in French). TéléSesel. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  13. "Football: AUSC Region 5 Games Under-17 boys in search of African Cup qualification". nation.sc. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  14. "South Africa, Zambia book semifinal places in CAF U17 qualifier in Lilongwe". COSAFA. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  15. "Young Bullets thrash Seychelles to book semifinal spot". Zambian Football. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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