1. Alban Marc Lafont was born on 23 January 1999 and is a professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Nantes.
25 Facts About Alban Lafont
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Alban Lafont went on to make over 100 appearances for the club across all competitions before joining Fiorentina in 2018.
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Alban Lafont has represented France at various youth levels, and featured for the nation at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Alban Lafont was born in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to a French father and Burkinabe Dyula mother.
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Alban Lafont's parents separated when he was nine years old and Lafont moved to France to live with his father in Herault.
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Alban Lafont's mother remained in Burkina Faso, where she later became a Member of Parliament for the People's Movement for Progress in the Burkina Faso National Assembly.
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Alban Lafont's maternal grandfather played football for ten years and later served as president of Ouagadougou Shooting Star while his mother was a member of the national handball team.
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Alban Lafont started his career at amateur side AS Lattoise where he initially began playing as an attacking midfielder, before converting to a goalkeeper.
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Alban Lafont spent six years with Lattoise before signing with Ligue 1 side Toulouse in 2014.
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Alban Lafont spent little more than a year in the academy at Toulouse before club manager Dominique Arribage handed him his Ligue 1 debut on 28 November 2015 against OGC Nice.
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In January 2016, Alban Lafont was named as the 34th best U-20 player in the world by Italian publication La Gazzetta dello Sport and featured as one of only two goalkeepers on the list alongside AC Milan's Gianluigi Donnarumma.
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Alban Lafont was rewarded for his form on 30 June 2016 when he signed a new contract with Toulouse, extending his stay with the club until 2020.
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Alban Lafont retained the number one spot for Toulouse in the following season and started the campaign by keeping a clean sheet against Marseille on the opening weekend.
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Alban Lafont ended the campaign with 38 appearances to his name across all competitions, and having kept 11 clean sheets, as Toulouse ended the Ligue 1 season in 13th position.
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In February 2018, having continued to impress in goal for Toulouse, Alban Lafont was named by the CIES Football Observatory as the world's second-most promising footballer under the age of 20.
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Alban Lafont kept 12 clean sheets for the season and featured in Toulouse's play-off victory over Ajaccio to help the club avoid relegation.
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Alban Lafont ultimately made 38 appearances for the season but the campaign was one of indifference, with Lafont's impressive repertoire of saves matched by a string of high-profile errors.
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Alban Lafont made six appearances for the France U16 team and captained the side on three occasions.
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Alban Lafont then made his debut for France U17 on 20 October 2015 against Northern Ireland, keeping a clean sheet in the process.
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Alban Lafont was not selected for France's 2016 European Under-17 Championship squad after Toulouse lobbied for him to remain with the club for their last two games of the season to aid their relegation battle.
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In September 2016, Alban Lafont was named in the 20-man France U18 squad by manager Bernard Diomede for the 2016 Limoges Tournament.
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Alban Lafont was an ever-present as France ended the tournament on top of the standings having won 2 out of their 3 matches and drawn the other.
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On 19 September 2022, Alban Lafont received his first France national team call-up for two UEFA Nations League matches, replacing the injured Hugo Lloris.
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In January 2016, relatives of Alban Lafont were among the 30 people killed in the Ouagadougou attacks when a group of armed gunmen opened fire in a Cappuccino restaurant.
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On 25 September 2016, Alban Lafont became the youngest ever footballer to be invited as a guest on French football programme Telefoot.