Clément Lenglet

Clément Lenglet
Lenglet with Sevilla FC in 2017
Personal information
Full name Clément Lenglet
Date of birth (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995
Place of birth Beauvais, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 15
Youth career
2001–2007 AMS Montchevreuil
2007–2010 US Chantilly
2010–2013 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Nancy B 33 (6)
2013–2016 Nancy 77 (2)
2016–2018 Sevilla 52 (3)
2018– Barcelona 3 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 France U16 6 (0)
2011–2012 France U17 14 (0)
2012 France U18 3 (0)
2013 France U19 6 (0)
2014 France U20 2 (0)
2015–2016 France U21 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:30, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2016

Clément Lenglet (French pronunciation: ​[klemɑ̃ lɑ̃ɡlɛ]; born 17 June 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Spanish club Barcelona.

He began his career with Nancy, making 85 appearances from his debut in 2013, and winning the Ligue 2 title in the 2015–16 season. In January 2017, he joined Sevilla for a €5.4 million fee where he went on to make 73 appearances, scoring 4 goals, in an 18-month spell before joining Barcelona for €35 million.

Career

Nancy

Born in Beauvais, Oise, Lenglet made his Ligue 2 debut with Nancy on 27 September 2013 in a goalless home draw against AC Arles-Avignon entering the field after 32 minutes for Rémi Walter.

He made 34 appearances over the 2015–16 season as Nancy won the second-division title. He scored his first goal for the team on 29 January 2016, equalising in a 3–1 home win over Clermont.[1] He was sent off on 12 February for conceding a penalty with a foul on Sehrou Guirassy in a 2–2 draw at Auxerre.[2] On 25 April, he finished Benoît Pedretti's corner kick for the only goal of a win over Sochaux at the Stade Marcel Picot, winning his team promotion to Ligue 1 after a three-year absence.[3]

In the first half of the 2016–17 season, he made 18 starting appearances in Ligue 1 for Nancy.[4]

Sevilla

On 4 January 2017, Lenglet moved to Spain, signing a deal with La Liga side Sevilla FC until 2021. The transfer fee paid to Nancy was €5 million.[4] He was brought in to replace compatriot Timothée Kolodziejczak, who had joined Borussia Mönchengladbach.[5]

He made his debut for the Andalusians eight days later in a 3–3 home draw with Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Copa del Rey (6–3 aggregate loss).[6] On 15 January he made his league bow against the same opponents in a 2–1 win at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium that ended their 40-match unbeaten run in all competitions.[7] He played 17 of their league fixtures in the second half of the season.

On 19 August 2017, Lenglet scored his first goal for Sevilla, opening a 1–1 home draw against RCD Espanyol in the first game of the new season; whether or not it crossed the line became a matter of controversy after the game.[8] He scored his first goal in European competition on 1 November, heading Éver Banega's cross to open a 2–1 home win against FC Spartak Moscow in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.[9] Having been part of the Sevilla side that kept a clean sheet against Manchester United in the round of 16 first leg, ESPN FC put Lenglet into their Champions League Best XI.[10]

Barcelona

On 12 July 2018, Lenglet joined Barcelona when they triggered his release clause of €35 million.[11] He played the full 90 minutes for Barcelona as he helped them beat his former club Sevilla 2-1 in the 2018 Supercopa de España. On 23 September, Lenglet was sent off in his La Liga debut against Girona following a collision with his arm and Pere Pons.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 October 2018[13]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nancy 2013–14 Ligue 2 300000——30
2014–15 2202020——260
2015–16 3421010——362
2016–17 Ligue 1 1800020——200
Total 77230500000852
Sevilla 2016–17 La Liga 17010—10—190
2017–18 35380—111—544
Total 523900012100734
Barcelona 2018–19 La Liga 3000—201060
Total 300000201060
Career total 132512050141101546

Honours

As of 19 September 2018[13]

Nancy

Barcelona

References

  1. ↑ "Nancy - Clermont : 3-1" (in French). Clermont Foot. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "À trop se frotter, l'A.J. Auxerre toute proche de se faire piquer par le chardon nancéien" [Rubbing itself too much, A.J. Auxerre got very close to being stung by Nancy's thorn] (in French). Auxerre TV. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Lieto, Cédric (25 April 2016). "Revivez la montée en Ligue 1 de l'ASNL et sa victoire contre Sochaux (1-0)" [Relive ASNL's promotion to Ligue 1 and their victory over Sochaux (1-0)] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 Garcia, Adriana (4 February 2017). "Nancy's Clement Lenglet completes move to Sevilla for €5 million fee". ESPN FC. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sevilla bring in Lenglet as Kolodziejczak completes Gladbach switch". FourFourTwo. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Lenglet, "orgulloso" de su debut, dice que están "bien" para el domingo" [Lenglet, "proud" of his debut, says that they are doing "well" for Sunday]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sevilla 2-1 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Quique: "Ya estamos tardando en incorporar la tecnología"" [Quique: "We're lagging behind in bringing in technology"]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Sevilla 2 Spartak Moscow 1: Lenglet and Banega complete revenge mission". FourFourTwo. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  10. ↑ Ames, Nick (22 February 2018). "David De Gea, Sadio Mane, Thomas Muller in Champions League Best XI". ESPN FC. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Bertran, Joaquim M. (11 July 2018). "Lenglet deal done: Barça pay Sevilla man's release clause". Sport. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "Barcelona 2 Girona 2: Stuani brace punishes Lenglet red". Goal. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  13. 1 2 Clément Lenglet at Soccerway
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