_15.jpg) Gourna-Douath with Red Bull Salzburg in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Gourna-Douath | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 2003 | ||
| Place of birth |
Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Lieusaint | ||
| 2012–2017 | Sénart-Moissy | ||
| 2017–2018 | Torcy | ||
| 2018–2020 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Saint-Étienne B | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Saint-Étienne | 61 | (1) |
| 2022– | Red Bull Salzburg | 37 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Liefering (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | France U16 | 11 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | France U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | France U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023– | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023 | |||
Lucas Gourna-Douath (born 5 August 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.
On 6 May 2020, Gourna-Douath signed his first professional contract with Saint-Étienne at the age of 16.[1] He made his professional debut in a 2–0 Ligue 1 win over Strasbourg on 12 September 2020.[2]
On 13 July 2022, Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg announced the signing of Gourna-Douath on a five-year contract.[3] The transfer fee paid to Saint-Étienne was a reported €15 million, making him the most expensive signing in the history of Austrian football.[4]
Gourna-Douath was born in France and is of Central African Republic descent. He is a youth international for France.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saint-Étienne B | 2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Saint-Étienne | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Total | 61 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 65 | 1 | |||
| Liefering (loan) | 2022–23 | Austrian Football Second League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | — | 55 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 105 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 2 | ||