 Lemar with France in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thomas Benoît Lemar[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1995[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Solidarité Scolaire | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Caen | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Caen II | 55 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Caen | 32 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Monaco | 90 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Atlético Madrid | 135 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | France U17 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | France U18 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U19 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | France U20 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U21 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | France | 27 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 September 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Thomas Benoît Lemar (born 12 November 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid. He is known for his versatility, being able to play on both wings and through the centre.
Lemar began his senior career at Caen in 2013. He played 32 times for the club, before moving to Monaco for £3.4 million in 2015, where he would win the 2016–17 Ligue 1 title.[4] In 2018, he signed for La Liga club Atlético Madrid, winning the UEFA Super Cup in his debut season.
Lemar represented France at every level from under-17 to under-21, and made his senior international debut in 2016 against the Ivory Coast.[5] He was a member of the team that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, also featuring at UEFA Euro 2020.
- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 18 de mayo de 2019, en Valencia" [Minutes of the Match held on 18 May 2019, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Lemar". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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