Layvin Kurzawa
Kurzawa with Paris Saint-Germain in 2019
Personal information
Full name Layvin Marc Kurzawa[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Fréjus, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 97
Youth career
1996–2005 Stade Raphaëlois
2005–2007 Aix-en-Provence
2007–2010 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Monaco B 30 (5)
2010–2015 Monaco 75 (6)
2015– Paris Saint-Germain 107 (10)
2022–2023 → Fulham (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2010–2011 France U19 8 (0)
2013 France U20 2 (0)
2013–2014 France U21 5 (3)
2014–2019 France 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:59, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Layvin Marc Kurzawa (born 4 September 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.

Kurzawa began his career at Monaco in 2010, and played 96 official games for the team, scoring eight goals. In 2015, he transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for €23 million. With Paris, Kurzawa has won 16 domestic trophies, including four Ligue 1 titles. Kurzawa made his senior international debut for France in 2014.

Club career

Monaco

Kurzawa playing for Monaco in 2014

Kurzawa was born in Fréjus, France.[4] He made his professional debut on 22 September 2010, soon after his 18th birthday, in a Coupe de la Ligue third round match against Lens at the Stade Louis II. He started the match and played 65 minutes before being substituted in a 1–0 victory.[5] Three days later he made his Ligue 1 debut, starting in a 1–2 defeat at Lorient. Kurzawa played four more league matches, all of them starts, as the season ended with relegation to Ligue 2; he was sent off on 1 May 2011 in a 1–1 draw at Saint-Étienne.[6] He made four appearances as they returned to the top flight at the first attempt as champions.[citation needed]

Kurzawa established himself in the first team for the 2013–14 season, with 28 league appearances as Monaco finished runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain. He also scored five goals, the first of his professional career confirming a 2–0 win at Guingamp on 14 December 2013.[7]

He scored in each leg of Monaco's 7–1 aggregate win over Young Boys in the third qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[8]

Paris Saint-Germain

On 27 August 2015, Kurzawa joined Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain for €23 million on a five-year contract.[9][10] He made his debut on 11 September, coming on for Maxwell in the 67th minute of an eventual 2–2 draw with Bordeaux at the Parc des Princes.[11] He scored his first goal for the team from the capital on 25 October, opening a 4–1 home win over Saint-Étienne when set up by Marco Verratti.[12]

Kurzawa scored and assisted Javier Pastore on 6 August 2016 as PSG won the Trophée des Champions against Lyon with a 4–1 win in Klagenfurt, Austria.[13] Six days later, he recorded the team's first league goal of the new season, the game's only against Bastia.[14] On 8 March 2017, he scored an own goal in a 6–1 loss to Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League; as Unai Emery's team squandered a 4–0 advantage from the first leg.[15]

On 31 October 2017, Kurzawa scored his first career hat-trick against Anderlecht in the Champions League group phase.[16] Kurzawa became the first defender in modern Champions League history to achieve this feat in the competition.[17]

On 29 June 2020, Kurzawa signed a four-year contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain.[18] On 13 September 2020, Kurzawa was one of many players involved in a brawl in Le Classique, which resulted in five red cards. He was given a six match suspension for his actions.[19]

Loan to Fulham

On 1 September 2022, Kurzawa joined Premier League side Fulham on a season-long loan.[20] Kurzawa scored his first goal for Fulham on 7 January 2023 against Hull City in the FA Cup 3rd round.[21]

International career

Kurzawa was born to a Guadeloupean father,[22] and a Polish mother, and was approached to play for the Poland national team.[23][24]

He was a French youth international and has earned caps with the under-19 team.[25] On 14 October 2014, during the final leg of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Sweden, Kurzawa celebrated a goal for France by mocking the Swedish players with a salute. Shortly after, Sweden scored a goal and won the game 4–1, thus eliminating France from the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[26]

On 14 November 2014, he made his full international debut, replacing Lucas Digne for the last 20 minutes of a 1–1 friendly draw with Albania in Rennes.[27] Four days later, he made his first start, in a 1–0 friendly win over Sweden in Marseille, being substituted later on for Digne.[28]

Kurzawa scored his first international goal on 1 September 2016, concluding a 3–1 friendly win over Italy at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari.[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 October 2023[30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Monaco B 2010–11 CFA 11 1 — — — — 11 1
2011–12 CFA 8 0 — — — — 8 0
2012–13 CFA 11 4 — — — — 11 4
Total 30 5 — — — — 30 5
Monaco 2010–11 Ligue 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 — — 6 0
2011–12 Ligue 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2012–13 Ligue 2 8 0 2 1 3 0 — — 13 1
2013–14 Ligue 1 28 5 1 0 0 0 — — 29 5
2014–15 Ligue 1 27 0 2 0 2 0 8[c] 0 — 39 0
2015–16 Ligue 1 3 1 — — 3[c] 2 — 6 3
Total 75 6 5 1 6 0 11 2 — 97 9
Paris Saint-Germain 2015–16 Ligue 1 16 3 4 0 4 0 1[c] 0 — 25 3
2016–17 Ligue 1 18 2 1 0 1 0 5[c] 0 1[d] 1 26 3
2017–18 Ligue 1 20 2 1 0 0 0 6[c] 3 1[d] 0 28 5
2018–19 Ligue 1 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
2019–20 Ligue 1 14 1 5 0 2 0 4[c] 0 0 0 25 1
2020–21 Ligue 1 19 1 2 0 — 5[c] 0 1[d] 0 27 1
2021–22 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 1[d] 0 1 0
2023–24 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 107 10 15 0 7 0 21 3 4 1 154 14
Fulham (loan) 2022–23 Premier League 3 0 3 2 0 0 — — 6 2
Career total 215 21 23 3 13 0 32 6 3 1 287 30
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France and FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b c d Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[31]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2014 2 0
2016 4 1
2017 5 0
2019 2 0
Total 13 1
France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kurzawa goal[31]
List of international goals scored by Layvin Kurzawa
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 1 September 2016 Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy 3  Italy 3–1 3–1 Friendly [32]

Honours

Monaco

Paris Saint-Germain[30]

Individual

References

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