Khéphren Thuram

French footballer (born 2001)

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 141 (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 Olympic 2 (0)
2023– France 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:07, 19 May 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.

Formed at Monaco where he made three substitute appearances, he signed for rivals Nice in 2019. He has made over 150 appearances for Nice, including the 2022 Coupe de France final. Formerly a youth international, he made his senior international debut for France in 2023.

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 at the expiration of his Monaco contract on 1 July. His Nice contract was his first professional deal.[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]

In September 2021, Thuram extended his contract that was due to expire in July 2022, by an undisclosed length.[8] On 7 May, he played in the 2022 Coupe de France final, which his team lost by a single goal to Nantes.[9] He scored four goals and assisted three in the 2021–22 Ligue 1 as Nice came fifth and qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League; he was then linked with following manager Christophe Galtier to Paris Saint-Germain.[10]

Thuram was selected for the Team of the Season in 2022–23, the only player from outside the top three clubs to make the list.[11] One of his two goals that season came in a 3–0 derby win at his former club Monaco.[12]

International career

Thuram has represented France at various youth international levels.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15] Later that year, in November, he was recalled to the national team, following an injury to Eduardo Camavinga during the same Euro 2024 qualifying.[16]

Personal life

Thuram is the son of the former France international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the younger brother of Inter and France forward Marcus Thuram.[17] He was named after the Egyptian pharaoh Khephren.[18]

Born in Reggio Emilia while his father Lilian played for Parma, he is of Guadeloupean descent.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 27 1 2 0 — — 29 1
Total 141 9 11 0 15 0 — 167 9
Career total 159 10 11 0 17 0 1 0 188 10
  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

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

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. ^ "Khephren Thuram prolonge avec Nice" [Khéphren Thuram extends with Nice]. L'Équipe (in French). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  9. ^ Holyman, I. (7 May 2022). "Nantes beat Nice to win Coupe de France". Ligue 1. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  10. ^ "PSG : Galtier veut Thuram" [PSG: Galtier wants Thuram] (in French). Orange. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Messi, Rongier, Danso... L'équipe type de la saison de Ligue 1". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  12. ^ "L1: Mbappé survole le classique, la dynamique s'enraye à Monaco" [L1: Mbappé dominates Le Classique, dynamism stalls in Monaco]. La Croix (in French). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "La liste des vingt-trois Bleus" [The list of the twenty-three Blues]. FFF (in French). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  15. ^ "France 4–0 Netherlands". beIN SPORTS. 24 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Equipe de France : Kephren Thuram remplace Camavinga, victime d'une entorse du genou droit" [France national team: Khéphren Thuram replaces Camavinga, victim of a right knee sprain] (in French). Eurosport. 16 November 2023.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "El 'Faraón' Khephren continúa la dinastía Thuram" [The 'Pharaoh' Khephren continues the Thuram dynasty]. Sport (in Spanish). 7 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Lilian Thuram: the legend who came from nothing". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  20. ^ "K. Thuram". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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  • Khéphren Thuram – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
  • Khéphren Thuram – UEFA competition record (archive) Edit this at Wikidata
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