Lucien Agoumé

Prior to joining Sochaux, Agoumé started his career with SC Clémenceau Besançon in 2013, and signed for Racing Besançon during the 2013-14 season. He arrived at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2014. He made his professional debut on 19 October 2018. FC Sochaux-Montbéliard won the game against Troyes by 2-1.[2] He became the youngest player to debut in Sochaux. During the time he was playing for the club, other clubs such as Barcelona, Inter and Lyon were watching him.[3] Most of the time, Agoumé played as a defensive midfielder.[3] He can also be deployed as a central midfielder and an attacking midfielder. He showed good awareness and had good pinpoint passing and innovative vision.[3] According to Agoumé's former head coach in FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Omar Daf, he is a player that improve in games.[4] Before Agoumé was transferred to Inter, he has already made 15 appearances for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in Ligue 2 and one appearance in Coupe de France at the age of 17.

Inter Milan completed the transfer of Agoumé on 5 July 2019,[5] with a total transfer fee of €4.5 million including add-ons. According to the statement, Agoumé had signed a three-year deal with Inter Milan. He was playing for the club's Primavera for the 2019-20 season.[5] Inter Milan faced competitions from other clubs such as Barcelona and Lyon, when signing the player. According to Oscar Damiani, one of the intermediaries in the deal, Barcelona and Manchester City wanted to recruit Agoumé.[6] According to Agoumé himself, he chose to join Inter, because the team believes a lot in him.[6] His attributes made Inter to sign him during the summer transfer window, becoming a defensive midfielder with incredible tackle resistance.[6] Fans compare Agoumé with Paul Pogba. Pogba has the same nationality and play the same position as Agoumé. Antonio Conte trained both of them before.[6] So far, Agoumé has played for Inter's Primavera in Primavera 1 for five times (450 minutes) with one goal and one assist. He has four appearances for the Inter Milan UEFA U19 in the UEFA Youth League and had two assists. Agoumé's first appearance for Inter came in a pre-season friendly against Lugano. He made a substitute appearance and Inter finally won a 2-1.[7] His Serie A debut came on 15 December 2019. He made a six minutes' substitute appearance in the 1-1 match against Fiorentina.[8]

Agoumé participated in the U17 World Cup with the team as the team's captain. He scored a goal in the U17 World Cup group match against Chile on 27 October 2019. He played for the team six times throughout the tournament, five of which were captains, leading the team to third place in the tournament. His performance made him be ranked among the top ten notable players in the tournament by FIFA.[10] His physical condition and passing skills make him be noticed by fans.[10] After a 2-3 lost to Brazil in the tournament, where Agoumé was unable to make an appearance because of the suspension, the coach Jean-Claude Giuntini admitted that Agoumé is an important player for the team.[11] His teammate, Nathanael Mbuku, said during the interview that Agoumé's absence was detrimental.[11] He also said in the interview that 'He's the captain and he's a player who can put his stamp on a game. He's someone we needed.'[11]

• Round 11, 2018 October 19th, ES Troyes AC 1:2 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, substituded in at 76 minutes.
• Round 16, 2018 November 30th, LB Châteauroux 1:0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, substituded in at 58 minutes.
• Round 18, 2018 December 14th, Red Star FC 3:0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, substituded in at 57 minutes.
• Round 19, 2018 December 22nd, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1:0 FC Lorient, be substituded at 72 minutes.
• Round 20, 2019 January 11th, Valenciennes FC 1:0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, played until end match.
• Round 21, 2019 January 18th, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0:0 AC Ajaccio, be substituded at 80 minutes.
• Round 22, 2019 January 26th, Stade Brest 29 1:0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, substituded in at 58 minutes.
• Round 23, 2019 February 1st, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2:1 Clermont Foot, played until end match.
• Round 25, 2019 February 17th, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0:1 Lens, played until end match.
• Round 26, 2019 February 22nd, US Orléans 2:0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, yellow card at 69 minutes, be substituded at 70 minutes.
• Round 27, 2019 March 1st, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0:4 AS Nancy, be substituded at 80 minutes.
• Round 28, 2019 March 11th, FC Metz 1:1 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, played until end match.
• Round 29, 2019 March 15th, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0:0 Troyes, substituded in at 59 minutes.
• Round 32, 2019 April 12th, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1:3 AC Le Havre, substituded in at 74 minutes.
• Round 34, 2019 April 23rd, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0:0 LB Châteauroux, played until end match.

• First Round, 2019 July 1st, LOSC Lille 1:0 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, substituded in at 57 minutes.

• Round 16, 2019 December 15th, Fiorentina 1:1 Inter Milan, substituted in at 84 minutes.
• Round 27, 2020 June 24th, Inter Milan 3:3 Sassuolo, substituted in at 62 minutes.

• 2019 September 17th, Inter Milan UEFA U19 4:0 SK Slavia Prag UEFA U19, one goal, played until end match.
• 2019 October 2nd, FC Barcelona UEFA U19 0:3 Inter Milan UEFA U19, played until end match.
• 2019 November 27th, SK Slavia Prag UEFA U19 4:1 Inter Milan UEFA U19, played until end match.
• 2019 December 10th, Inter Milan UEFA U19 2:0 FC Barcelona UEFA U19, one goal, played until end match.

Round 1, 2019 September 13th, Pescara U19 2:3 Inter Milan Primavera, played until end match.

Round 2, 2019 September 21st, Inter Milan Primavera 1:0 Fiorentina U19, played until end match.

Round 3, 2019 September 28th, Napoli U19 0:1 Inter Milan Primavera, yellow card at 64 minutes, played until end match.

Round 4, 2019 October 6th, Inter Milan Primavera 5:1 Juventus U19, one assist, played until end match.

Round 22, 2020 Marth 7th, Roma U19 3:3 Inter Milan Primavera, one goal, played until end match.

2018 May 5th, Portugal U16 1:2 France U16, played until end match.

2018 May 7th, Belgium U16 0:4 France U16, substituded in at 50 minutes.

2018 May 9th, Switzerland U16 0:3 France U16, yellow card at 39 minutes, be substituded at 64 minutes.

2018 May 22nd, France U16 2:3 Germany U16, yellow card at 68 minutes, two goals, be substituded at 80 minutes.

2018 October 25th, France U17 4:0 Luxembourg U17, played as defensive midfielder, played until end match.

2018 October 28th, Finland U17 1:2 France U17, played as central midfielder, played until end match.

2018 October 31st, Poland U17 1:3 France U17, played as central midfielder, yellow card at 42 minutes, played until end match.

2019 March 26th, Sweden U17 0:2 France U17, played as capitain and central midfielder, one goal and yellow card at 75 minutes, played until end match.

2019 April 1st, Slovakia U17 0:3 France U17, played as capitain and central midfielder, one goal, be substituded at 82 minutes.

2019 October 27th, France U17 2:0 Chile U17, played as capitain and central midfielder, one goal, played until end match.

2019 October 30th, France U17 3:1 South Korea U17, played as capitain and defensive midfielder, played until end match.

2019 November 2nd, France U17 2:0 Haiti U17, played as capitain and attacking midfielder, yellow card at 23 minutes, be substituded at 57 minutes.

2019 November 7th, France U17 4:0 Australia U17, played as capitain and central midfielder, be substituded at 77 minutes.

2019 November 11th, France U17 6:1 Spain U17, played as capitain and central midfielder, yellow card at 50 minutes, played until end match.

2019 November 17th, France U17 3:1 Netherlands U17, played as attacking midfielder, played until end match.