Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice.
![]() Thuram with Nice in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Khéphren Thuram-Ulien | ||
Date of birth | (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Reggio Emilia, Italy | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2013 | Olympique de Neuilly | ||
2013–2016 | Boulogne-Billancourt | ||
2016–2018 | Monaco | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Monaco B | 14 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Monaco | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Nice B | 4 | (0) |
2019– | Nice | 79 | (6) |
National team‡ | |||
2016–2017 | France U16 | 12 | (1) |
2017–2018 | France U17 | 6 | (0) |
2018–2019 | France U18 | 8 | (0) |
2019 | France U19 | 7 | (1) |
2021– | France U21 | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:25, 21 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:19, 9 June 2022 (UTC) |
Thuram made his professional debut with Monaco in a 2–0 UEFA Champions League loss away to Atlético Madrid on 28 November 2018, at the age of 17; he was a 63rd-minute substitute for Aleksandr Golovin.[2]
On 26 June 2019, Thuram joined Derby de la Côte d'Azur rivals Nice.[3] He made his debut on 17 August in a 2–1 win at Nîmes, replacing Ignatius Ganago for the last seven minutes.[4] On 3 October 2020, he scored his first professional goal to win a home match by the same score against Nantes.[5]
Born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Thuram is of Guadeloupean descent through his father.[6] Thuram is a youth international for France.[7] He is able to represent for France or Italy.
Thuram is the son of the former France international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the younger brother of the professional footballer Marcus Thuram.[8] Khéphren was named after the Egyptian pharaoh Khephren.[9]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Monaco B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 2 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
Monaco | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Nice B | 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Nice | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 4 | |||
Total | 79 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 90 | 6 | |||
Career total | 97 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 7 |
Nice
OGC Nice – current squad | |
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