french association football player
Clément Nicolas Laurent Lenglet ( born 17June 1995 ) is a french professional football player who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the France home team. Lenglet began his career with Nancy, making 85 appearances from his debut in 2013, and winning the Ligue 2 title in the 2015–16 season. In January 2017, he joined Sevilla for a €5.4 million tip where he went on to make 73 appearances, scoring 4 goals, in an 18-month spell before joining Barcelona for €35 million. Lenglet made his debut for the France national team in 2019, and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2020.

Club career [edit ]

nancy [edit ]

Born in Beauvais, Oise, [ 4 ] Lenglet made his Ligue 2 debut with Nancy on 27 September 2013 in a scoreless home draw against AC Arles-Avignon entering the sphere after 32 minutes for Rémi Walter. [ citation needed ] He made 34 appearances over the 2015–16 season as Nancy won the second-division championship. He scored his first goal for the team on 29 January 2016, equalising in a 3–1 home acquire over Clermont. [ 5 ] He was sent off on 12 February for conceding a penalty with a afoul on Serhou Guirassy in a 2–2 string at Auxerre. [ 6 ] On 25 April, he finished Benoît Pedretti ‘s corner kick for the only finish of a acquire over Sochaux at the Stade Marcel Picot, winning his team promotion to Ligue 1 after a three-year absence. [ 7 ] In the first one-half of the 2016–17 temper, he made 18 starting appearances in Ligue 1 for Nancy. [ 8 ]

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Lenglet playing for Sevilla in 2017 On 4 January 2017, Lenglet moved to Spain, signing a deal with La Liga side Sevilla until 2021. The remove fee paid to Nancy was €5 million. [ 8 ] He was brought in to replace compatriot Timothée Kolodziejczak, who had joined Borussia Mönchengladbach. [ 9 ] He made his introduction for the Andalusians eight days later in a 3–3 family tie with real Madrid in the last 16 of the 2016–17 Copa del Rey ( 6–3 aggregate personnel casualty ). [ 10 ] On 15 January he made his league debut against the like opponents in a 2–1 succeed at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium that ended their 40-match unbeaten run in all competitions. [ 11 ] He played 17 of their league fixtures in the second half of the season. On 19 August 2017, Lenglet scored his first goal for Sevilla, opening a 1–1 home disembowel against Espanyol in the first game of the raw season ; whether or not it crossed the trace became a matter of controversy after the bet on. [ 12 ] He scored his first gear goal in european competition on 1 November, heading Éver Banega ‘s cross to open a 2–1 home acquire against Spartak Moscow in the UEFA Champions League group stage. [ 13 ] Having been part of the Sevilla side that kept a clean sail against Manchester United in the round of 16 first stage, ESPN put Lenglet into their Champions League Best XI. [ 14 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

On 12 July 2018, Lenglet joined Barcelona when they triggered his free clause of €35 million. [ 15 ] He played the broad 90 minutes for Barcelona as he helped them beat his former club Sevilla 2–1 in the 2018 Supercopa de España. On 23 September, Lenglet was sent off in his La Liga debut against Girona following an elbow on Pere Pons. [ 16 ] He scored the winning goal in their Copa del Rey game against Cultural Leonesa in 1–0 gain. He scored his first goal for Barcelona in La Liga against Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou. He provided an assist for compatriot Antoine Griezmann for Barcelona ‘s first base goal in a 3–0 succeed against Eibar aside at the Ipurua on 19 October. [ 17 ] Lenglet scored his first Champions League finish for the club on 8 August 2020, with a tenth minute header in a 3–1 victory at home against Napoli in Barcelona ‘s attack of 16 moment branch couple. [ 18 ]

International career [edit ]

On 21 May 2019, Lenglet was called up to the french elder team by Didier Deschamps for a friendly match against Bolivia, and for two UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games against Andorra and Turkey, all of them to be held in the first half of June 2019. [ 19 ] He made his debut in the 4–0 away win over Andorra on 11 June, [ 20 ] and scored his first goal in the 3–0 gain in the reverse fixture on 10 September. [ 21 ]

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Lenglet was called up for the Euro 2020 finals. Deschamps brought him in for the last 16 match against Switzerland in order to play an unseasoned 3–5–2 formation. ascribable to injuries for left-backs Lucas Hernandez and Lucas Digne. France by chance lost on penalties after a 3–3 trace, with Lenglet widely blamed for the first goal, in which Haris Seferovic beat him to a header. He was replaced at half time by Kingsley Coman. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ]

personal biography [edit ]

As a son, Lenglet was a fan of Paris Saint-Germain. occasionally, his father took him to the Camp des Loges to watch training sessions. Lenglet says he remembers seeing “ Ronaldinho, Pauleta, and other bad players who made history. ” [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Lenglet ‘s younger buddy, Corentin, is a full-back. He transferred from Nancy to Sevilla in the same manage, and spent one season in the C-team in Tercera División. [ 27 ]

career statistics [edit ]

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As of match played 22 December 2021[28]
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
Nancy 2013–14 Ligue 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2014–15 Ligue 2 22 0 2 0 2 0 26 0
2015–16 Ligue 2 34 2 1 0 1 0 36 2
2016–17 Ligue 1 18 0 0 0 2 0 20 0
Total 77 2 3 0 5 0 85 2
Sevilla 2016–17 La Liga 17 0 1 0 1[c] 0 19 0
2017–18 La Liga 35 3 8 0 11[c] 1 54 4
Total 52 3 9 0 12 1 73 4
Barcelona 2018–19 La Liga 23 1 9 1 12[c] 0 1[d] 0 45 2
2019–20 La Liga 28 2 3 1 9[c] 1 0 0 40 4
2020–21 La Liga 33 1 5 0 8[c] 0 2[d] 0 48 1
2021–22 La Liga 9 0 0 0 4[c] 0 0 0 13 0
Total 93 4 17 2 33 1 3 0 146 7
Career total 222 9 29 2 5 0 45 2 3 0 304 13

International [edit ]

As of match played 13 November 2021[29]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2019 7 1
2020 4 0
2021 4 0
Total 15 1
As of match played 13 November 2021
France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lenglet goal.[30]
List of international goals scored by Clément Lenglet
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 September 2019 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  Andorra 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Honours [edit ]

Nancy
Barcelona

References [edit ]