Marcus Thuram
Thuram playing for Inter Milan in 2023
Personal information
Full name Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Parma, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Inter Milan
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2010 Olympique de Neuilly
2010–2012 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)
2019–2023 Borussia Mönchengladbach 111 (34)
2023– Inter Milan 20 (8)
International career‡
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)
2020– France 16 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 2022
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:51, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:45, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien (French pronunciation: [maʁkys tyʁam];[4] born 6 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the France national team.

Club career

Sochaux

Thuram started his professional career at Sochaux, where he also played for the club's youth team. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 20 March 2015 against Châteauroux, replacing Edouard Butin on 83 minutes.[5] He played 43 total matches for Sochaux and scored one goal, in a 3–1 loss at Tours on 14 April 2017.[6]

Guingamp

On 5 July 2017, Thuram joined Ligue 1 club Guingamp for an undisclosed fee.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

2019–20 season

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.[11] 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.[12] He got his first Bundesliga goals on his fifth appearance on 22 September, scoring both of a 2–1 home win over Fortuna Düsseldorf.[13]

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 murder of George Floyd.[14]

2021–2023

On 27 October 2020, Thuram scored twice in a 2–2 draw with Real Madrid in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.[15] On 19 December, Thuram was sent off for spitting in the face of opponent Stefan Posch as Gladbach fell to a 2–1 defeat to Hoffenheim,[16] and was given a six-match ban and a €40,000 fine.[17]

Thuram failed to score in his first 15 Bundesliga matches of the 2021–22 Bundesliga season.[18] He later scored only three goals, one each against Wolfsburg, Stuttgart and Greuther Fürth.

As of November 2022, Thuram managed to score 10 goals in 15 Bundesliga matches, in which he equaled his personal best since the debut season.[19]

In April 2023, Gladbach's sporting director Roland Virkus confirmed that Thuram would depart the club at the end of the 2022–23 campaign, having chosen not to renew his contract.[20][21]

Inter Milan

On 1 July 2023, Thuram was officially signed as a free agent by the Serie A team, Inter Milan.[22] His contract with the club is set to last until June 2028.[23] On 3 September, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 win over Fiorentina.[24] On 3 October, he scored his first Champions League goal for the club in a 1–0 victory over Benfica in the group stage,[25] becoming the third Frenchman to score in this competition for Inter after Youri Djorkaeff (1998 vs Sturm Graz) and Patrick Vieira (2006 vs Bayern Munich).[26]

International career

Thuram was a member of France U19 which won the 2016 UEFA European Championship. In November 2020, he was called up for the first time to the senior team, ahead of games against Finland, Portugal and Sweden.[27] He debuted on 11 November in a friendly against the Finns, a 2–0 loss at the Stade de France.[28] He was called up for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in May 2021.[29]

On 14 November 2022, Thuram received a late call-up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, raising the squad to 26 players.[30] In the final against Argentina, he and Randal Kolo Muani were brought on in place of Ousmane Dembélé and Olivier Giroud with France losing 2–0 in the 41st minute. He assisted Kylian Mbappé's equalizer to make it 2–2 at the end of regulation time, and was also booked for diving in the penalty area; France lost in a penalty shootout after a 3–3 draw.[31] On 7 September, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 win over Ireland during the Euro 2024 qualifying.[32]

Personal life

Thuram is the son of the former French international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the older brother of the professional footballer Khéphren Thuram.[33] He was born in the Italian city of Parma while his father played for the club, and was named after Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey.[8][34] Despite his father playing for Juventus and Barcelona, he as a child supported Milan and Real Madrid.[35]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 January 2024[36][37]
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
Sochaux II 2013–14 CFA 4 0 — — — — 4 0
2014–15 CFA 19 3 — — — — 19 3
2015–16 CFA 9 0 — — — — 9 0
2016–17 CFA 2 6 3 — — — — 6 3
Total 38 6 — — — — 38 6
Sochaux 2014–15 Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2015–16 Ligue 2 15 0 3 0 1 0 — — 19 0
2016–17 Ligue 2 21 1 0 0 2 0 — — 23 1
Total 37 1 3 0 3 0 — — 43 1
Guingamp 2017–18 Ligue 1 32 3 2 1 0 0 — — 34 4
2018–19 Ligue 1 32 9 3 2 3 2 — — 38 13
Total 64 12 5 3 3 2 — — 72 17
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20 Bundesliga 31 10 2 2 — 6[c] 2 — 39 14
2020–21 Bundesliga 29 8 3 1 — 8[d] 2 — 40 11
2021–22 Bundesliga 21 3 2 0 — — — 23 3
2022–23 Bundesliga 30 13 2 3 — — — 32 16
Total 111 34 9 6 — 14 4 — 134 44
Inter Milan 2023–24 Serie A 20 8 1 0 — 6[d] 1 2[e] 1 29 10
Career total 270 61 18 9 6 2 20 5 2 1 316 78
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal, and Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Appearances in Supercoppa Italiana

International

As of match played 21 November 2023[38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2020 3 0
2021 1 0
2022 5 0
2023 7 2
Total 16 2
As of match played 18 November 2023
France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Thuram goal.[38]
List of international goals scored by Marcus Thuram
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 7 September 2023 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 11  Republic of Ireland 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [39]
2 18 November 2023 Allianz Riviera, Nice, France 15  Gibraltar 2–0 14–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [40]

Honours

Guingamp

Inter Milan

France U19

France

Individual

References

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