Corentin Tolisso
French footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Corentin Tolisso (born 3 August 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
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Full name | Corentin Tolisso[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 30)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tarare, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2004 | Stade Amplepuisien | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | FC Pays de l'Arbresle | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2013 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Lyon II | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Lyon | 116 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Bayern Munich | 72 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Lyon | 55 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | France U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | France U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | France U21 | 19 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2021 | France | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:23, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:12, 23 June 2021 (UTC) |
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A graduate of the Lyon academy, Tolisso made his professional debut for the club in 2013, playing 160 matches and scoring 29 goals. He joined Bayern Munich for €41.5 million in the summer of 2017, a record for a transfer to a German club, before returning to Lyon in 2022.
Tolisso represented France at various youth levels before making his senior debut in 2017. He was part of their squad that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, also featuring at UEFA Euro 2020.