Khéphren Thuram

Khéphren Thuram-Ulien (born 26 March 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice.

Khéphren Thuram
Thuram with Nice in 2021
Personal information
Full name Khéphren Thuram-Ulien
Date of birth (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001
Place of birth Reggio Emilia, Italy
Height 1.93 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 61 (3)
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 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2022

Club career

Monaco

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]

Nice

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]

International career

Born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Thuram is of Guadeloupean descent through his father.[6] Thuram is a youth international for France.[7]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics
As of 21 November 2021[10]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco B 2018–19 National 2 141———141
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 00002[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]030
Nice B 2019–20 National 3 40———40
Nice 2019–20 Ligue 1 14020——160
2020–21 Ligue 1 292103[lower-alpha 3]0—332
2021–22 Ligue 1 14100——141
Total 5733030—633
Career total 754305010844
  1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Khephren Thuram". ogcnice.com.
  2. "Atletico Madrid 2-0 Monaco: Simeone's boys cruise through". Sport. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. "Transferts : Khephren Thuram (Monaco) signe à Nice" [Transfers: Khephren Thuram (Monaco) signs for Nice]. L'Équipe. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. "L1 : Nice tient bon à Nîmes" [L1: Nice hold on well at Nîmes] (in French). Orange S.A. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. "Erling Haaland bags a brace as Dortmund score four in Jadon Sancho's absence". FourFourTwo. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. "Lilian Thuram: the legend who came from nothing". These Football Times.
  7. "Khéphren Thuram intègre l'INF Clairefontaine" [Khéphren Thuram joins INF Clairefontaine] (in French). Espoirs du Football. 4 May 2014.
  8. "Monaco: la Juve suivrait Khephren, le 2e fils de Lilian Thuram" [Monaco: Juve are following Khephren, Lilian Thuram's 2nd son] (in French). RMC Sport.
  9. "El 'Faraón' Khephren continúa la dinastía Thuram" [The 'Pharaoh' Khephren continues the Thuram dynasty]. Sport (in Spanish). 7 October 2016.
  10. "K. Thuram". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 December 2018.


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