Mama Samba Baldé was born in Bissau, the capital of the former Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, but he moved to Portugal aged six and played his junior football in the youth teams of Sintrense, from the historic town of Sintra, not far from Lisbon. He was picked up by Sporting Clube in […]
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Nicolás Tagliafico – Player Profile
In December 2022, Nicolás Tagliafico became only the second Olympique Lyonnais player to win the FIFA World Cup whilst at the club, following in the footsteps of Nabil Fekir in 2018. The Argentina left-back was an integral part of his country’s World Cup winning campaign in Qatar, featuring in all but one of their matches, […]
Johann Lepenant – Player Profile
Johann Lepenant is a diminutive, right-footed, defensive midfielder, who was signed by Olympique Lyonnais from Stade Malherbe Caen for €4.25 million in July 2022, aged just nineteen. Born in in the coastal town of Granville, Normandy, Lepenant began his journey in the youth ranks of local club US Granville, where his father was one of […]
Ernest Nuamah – Player Profile
Teen prodigy Ernest Nuamah is a graduate of the Right To Dream academy in his native Ghana, which is part of an ownership group that includes Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland, and his potential was such that he was fast-tracked into their squad aged just eighteen in early 2022. A fast, tricky and lively forward, who […]
Ainsley Maitland-Niles – Player Profile
Versatile midfielder-cum-right-back Ainsley Maitland-Niles joined Lyon in the summer of 2023 on a free transfer following the expiration of his contract at Arsenal. The Londoner had been with the Gunners for the best part of two decades since joining them as a schoolboy, but had never really established himself as a first team regular. Finally, […]
Corentin Tolisso
Corentin Tolisso is a dynamic and versatile midfielder who is best known for winning the FIFA World Cup with France in 2018, and for his club career with Bayern Munich and Olympique Lyonnais. Tolisso, son of a Togolese immigrant, hails from the small town of Tarare in the Rhône department, some twenty-eight miles outside Lyon, […]
Rémy Riou
Rémy Riou joined Lyon in the summer of 2022 on a free transfer from Ligue 2 club Caen, as cover for first choice goalkeeper Anthony Lopes. Riou had been the regular starter in goal for the Normandy based club over the previous three seasons but, approaching his thirty-fifth birthday, he was now prepared to settle […]
Jeffinho
Jeffinho, or to give him his full name, Jefferson Ruan Pereira dos Santos, arrived at Lyon at the end of the January 2023 transfer window. His move from Botafogo in Brazil’s Série A made him the first player to sign for Lyon from a partner club in new owner John Textor’s portfolio. The first of […]
Juninho Pernambucano
Juninho Pernambucano is considered by many to be the greatest Olympique Lyonnais player of all time. It is no coincidence that his spell at the club coincided with their golden period of seven successive league titles, for he was the driving force of that team and his vast repertoire of free-kick and long-range goals will […]
Alexandre Lacazette
Name: Alexandre LacazetteDate of Birth: 28/05/1991Place of Birth: LyonNationality: FRAPrevious Clubs: Lyon | ArsenalOL Debut: 05/05/2010 (Lyon 2-1 Auxerre)Final OL Appearance:Departed To: Links:WikipediaSoccerwayTransferMarkt Alexandre Lacazette is Lyon’s very own ‘captain, leader, legend’. A local boy who has gone on to be the second highest goalscorer in the club’s history and become a veritable talisman for them. He’s a pure goalscorer, a […]