Marcus Thuram

Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien (born 6 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach.[2][3] He is the son of World Cup winner Lilian Thuram.

Marcus Thuram
Personal information
Full name Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997
Place of birth Parma, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 10
Youth career
2007–2010 Olympique de Neuilly
2010–2012 AC Boulogne-Billancourt
2012–2014 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Sochaux II 38 (6)
2015–2017 Sochaux 37 (1)
2017–2019 Guingamp 64 (12)
2019– Borussia Mönchengladbach 31 (10)
National team‡
2014 France U17 4 (1)
2014–2015 France U18 5 (2)
2015–2016 France U19 15 (3)
2016–2017 France U20 11 (3)
2019 France U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2019

Club career

Sochaux

Thuram started his professional career at Sochaux-Montbéliard, where he also played for the club Youth Academy. He made his Ligue 2 debut with the club on 20 March 2015 against Châteauroux replacing Edouard Butin after 83 minutes.[4] He played 43 total matches for Sochaux and scored one goal, in a 3–1 loss at Tours on 14 April 2017.[5]

Guingamp

On 5 July 2017, Thuram joined Ligue 1 club En Avant de Guingamp for an undisclosed fee.[6] In August 2018, he gained attention for playing against Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, a long-term teammate of his father at Parma and Juventus.[7]

Thuram scored an added-time penalty on 9 January 2019 to eliminate holders PSG from the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue, having earlier missed from the spot in the 2–1 win at the Parc des Princes.[8] Twenty days later he scored the equaliser in a 2–2 home draw with Monaco in the semi-final, and his attempt in the subsequent penalty shootout was saved by Danijel Subašić though Guingamp nonetheless advanced.[9]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

On 22 July 2019, Borussia Mönchengladbach announced they had signed Thuram on a four-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Guingamp was reported as €12 million.[10] He was given the number 10 shirt, vacated by Thorgan Hazard after his move to Borussia Dortmund.

Thuram made his debut for Gladbach on 9 August in the first round of the DFB-Pokal away to 2. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen, and scored the only goal.[11] He got his first Bundesliga goals on his fifth appearance on 22 September, scoring both of a 2–1 home win over Fortuna Düsseldorf.[12]

On 31 May 2020, Thuram scored twice in a 4–1 win over 1. FC Union Berlin. He took a knee after his first goal of the match and dedicated the strike in honour of ongoing protests in the United States following the death of George Floyd.[13]

Personal life

Thuram is the son of the former France international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the older brother of the professional footballer Khéphren Thuram.[14] He was born in the Italian city of Parma while his father played for the club, and was named after Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey.[7][15]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 June 2020[2]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sochaux 2014–15 Ligue 2 100000——10
2015–16 1503010——190
2016–17 2110020——231
Total 3713030——431
Guingamp 2017–18 Ligue 1 3232100——344
2018–19 3293232——3813
Total 64125332——7217
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20 Bundesliga 311022—62—3914
Career total 1322310562620015432

Honours

International

France U19

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. Marcus Thuram at Soccerway. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  3. Marcus Thuram at FootballDatabase.eu
  4. "FC Sochaux vs. Châteauroux - 20 March 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  5. "Sochaux encore à côté de la plaque…". Est-Republicain. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  6. "Marcus Thuram, c'est fait !". Le Télégramme. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. "Gianluigi Buffon faces Marcus Thuram, son of former team-mate Lilian Thuram". BBC Sport. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. Lermusieaux, Jocelyn (10 January 2019). "PSG-Guingamp : Marcus Thuram a eu du cran pour tirer son deuxième penalty". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  9. "Monaco lose on penalties at Guingamp in Jardim's 1st match". Associated Press. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  10. "Transferts : Marcus Thuram (Guingamp) s'engage avec Mönchengladbach (officiel)". L'Équipe. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  11. "Borussia battle to DFB-Pokal second round". Borussia Mönchengladbach. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  12. Brassell, Andy (23 September 2019). "Marcus Thuram's derby double lifts Gladbach from European humiliation". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  13. "Gladbach's Marcus Thuram dedicates goal to U.S. protests". ESPN. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  14. Newman, Benjamin (30 March 2015). "Marcus Thuram (17), son of Barca hero Lilian Thuram, scored the winner in a cup final on Saturday". 101 Great Goals. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  15. "L'histoire des premiers noirs dans le sport français". France Inter (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. "Bundesliga Rookie Award". Bundesliga. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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