_73.jpg) Lacroix warming up for Sochaux in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maxence Guy Lacroix[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Limeyrat | ||
| 2008–2011 | Montignacoise | ||
| 2011–2012 | FCTLF | ||
| 2012–2015 | Trélissac | ||
| 2015–2017 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Sochaux II | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Sochaux | 27 | (0) |
| 2020– | VfL Wolfsburg | 85 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | France U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | France U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | France U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2023 | |||
Maxence Guy Lacroix (born 6 April 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.
On 21 August 2017, Lacroix signed his first professional contract with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.[4] Lacroix made his professional debut with Sochaux in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win over FC Lorient on 22 December 2018.[5]
On 25 August 2020, Lacroix joined VfL Wolfsburg on a four-year deal.[6][7] On 27 February 2021, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–0 win over Hertha BSC.[8]
Lacroix is a youth international for France, and represented the France U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9]
Lacroix was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, and his father is a nurse and his mother a doctor. He is of Guadeloupean and Malagasy descent through his father and mother.[10]
