Lilian Thuram

Lilian Thuram (born 1 January 1972) is a former French football player. He has played for France national team.

Lilian Thuram

Thuram in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien[1]
Date of birth	(1972-01-01) 1 January 1972 (age 52)[2]
Place of birth	Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1981–1982	Portugais de Fontainebleau [fr]
1983–1984	Fontainebleau
1985–1987	Melun
1987–1988	Melun-Fontainebleau
1989–1990	Fontainebleau
1990–1991	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1996	Monaco	155	(8)
1996–2001	Parma	163	(1)
2001–2006	Juventus	144	(1)
2006–2008	Barcelona	41	(0)
Total		503	(10)
National team
1994–2008	France	142	(2)
Honours Men's football Representing  France FIFA World Cup Winner 1998 France Runner-up 2006 Germany UEFA European Championship Winner 2000 Belgium & Netherlands FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2003 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4][5][6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Monaco	1990–91	Division 1	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	1991–92	Division 1	19	0	4	0	4	0	—		27	0
	1992–93	Division 1	37	0	2	0	4	0	—		43	0
	1993–94	Division 1	25	1	3	1	8	1	—		36	3
	1994–95	Division 1	37	2	2	0	—		3	1	42	3
	1995–96	Division 1	36	5	3	0	2	0	3	0	44	5
	Total		155	8	14	1	18	1	6	1	193	11
Parma	1996–97	Serie A	34	1	1	0	2	0	—		37	1
	1997–98	Serie A	32	0	6	0	8	0	—		46	0
	1998–99	Serie A	34	0	8	0	11	0	—		53	0
	1999–2000	Serie A	33	0	2	0	10	0	2[a]	0	47	0
	2000–01	Serie A	30	0	8	0	7	0	—		45	0
	Total		163	1	25	0	38	0	2	0	228	1
Juventus	2001–02	Serie A	30	0	3	0	8	0	—		41	0
	2002–03	Serie A	27	1	0	0	15	0	1	0	43	1
	2003–04	Serie A	23	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	32	0
	2004–05	Serie A	37	0	1	0	11	0	—		49	0
	2005–06	Serie A	27	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	39	0
	Total		144	1	12	0	47	0	1	0	204	1
Barcelona	2006–07	La Liga	23	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	30	0
	2007–08	La Liga	18	0	4	0	6	0	—		28	0
	Total		41	0	6	0	10	0	1	0	58	0
Career total			503	10	57	1	113	1	10	1	683	13

1. Appearance in one Champions League Serie A play-off match (2000)

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	1994	1	0
	1995	5	0
	1996	13	0
	1997	8	0
	1998	16	2
	1999	9	0
	2000	14	0
	2001	4	0
	2002	12	0
	2003	12	0
	2004	9	0
	2005	7	0
	2006	16	0
	2007	10	0
	2008	6	0
Total		142	2

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Thuram goal.

List of international goals scored by Lilian Thuram

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 July 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Croatia	1–1	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup
2				2–1

Honours

Parma^[8]

• Coppa Italia: 1998–99
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1999
• UEFA Cup: 1998–99

Juventus^[8]

• Serie A: 2001–02, 2002–03
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2002

Barcelona^[8]

• Supercopa de España: 2006

France^[8]

• FIFA World Cup: 1998, runner-up: 2006
• UEFA European Championship: 2000
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2003

Individual

• French Player of the Year: 1997^[9]
• Guerin d'Oro: 1997^[10]
• FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1998^[11]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998, 2006^[12]
• ESM Team of the Year: 1998–99, 2002–03^[13]
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2000^[14]
• FIFA 100: 2004^[15]
• FIFPro World XI: 2006^[16]
• Trophée d'honneur UNFP: 2009
• Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP: 2011^[17]

Orders

• Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998^[1]
• Officer of the Legion of Honour: 2013^[18]

References

1. "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel" [Decree of 24 July 1998 appointing on an exceptional basis]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 1998 (170). 22 June 1998. PREX9801916D. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
2. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
3. "Lilian Thuram". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
4. "Lilian Thuram career statistics". Football Database.eu. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
5. "Lilian Thuram Serie A stats". LegaSerieA.it. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
6. "Lilian Ulien Thuram – Matches in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
7. "Lilian Thuram – Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
8. "L. Thuram". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. "France – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
10. "Italy – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
11. José Luis Pierrend (9 June 1999). "FIFA Awards - World Cup 1998 "Golden Ball"". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
12. "MasterCard All-Star Team of the 1998 World Cup". fifa.com. FIFA. 10 July 1998. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
13. Karel Stokkermans (14 March 2007). "ESM XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
14. "UEFA Euro 2000 team of the tournament". uefa.com. UEFA. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
15. "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
16. "FIFPro World XI 2005/2006". FIFPro. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
17. "Eden Hazard meilleur joueur de Ligue 1" [Eden Hazard best Ligue 1 player] (in French). LFP. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
18. "Décret du 29 mars 2013 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 29 March 2013 on promotion and appointment]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2013 (77). 31 March 2013. PREX1307219D. Retrieved 2 January 2021.