Layvin Marc Kurzawa (born 4 September 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Fulham, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
![]() Kurzawa with Paris Saint-Germain in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Layvin Marc Kurzawa[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 30)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Fréjus, France | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fulham (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) | ||
Number | 3 | ||
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 | 106 | (10) |
2022– | → Fulham (loan) | 1 | (0) |
National team | |||
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 23:48, 1 October 2022 (UTC) |
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.
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]
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.[citation needed]
On 29 June 2020, Kurzawa signed a four-year contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain.[17] 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.[18]
On 1 September 2022, Kurzawa joined Premier League side Fulham on a season-long loan.[19]
Kurzawa was born to a Guadeloupean father,[20] and a Polish mother, and was approached to play for the Poland national team.[21][22]
He was a French youth international and has earned caps with the under-19 team.[23] 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.[24] Sweden went on to win the tournament and the whole team celebrated by using Kurzawa's way of mocking.[25]
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.[26] Four days later, he made his first start, in a 1–0 friendly win over Sweden in Marseille, being substituted later on for Digne.[27]
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.[28]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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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 | |||||
2011–12 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 5 | |||
2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | — | 6 | 3 | ||||
Total | 75 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | 96 | 8 | |||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | |
2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 26 | 3 | |
2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 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[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 106 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 153 | 14 | ||
Fulham (loan) | 2022–23 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 212 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 280 | 27 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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France | 2014 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 1 | |
2017 | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 1 September 2016 | Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy | 3 | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | [31] |
Monaco
Paris Saint-Germain[29]
Individual
Fulham F.C. – current squad | |
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2013–14 Ligue 1 UNFP Team of the Year | |
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