Layvin Kurzawa

Layvin Kurzawa

Kurzawa playing for Monaco in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth4 September 1992
Place of birthFréjus, France
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
Monaco
Number3
Youth career
1996–2005Stade Raphaëlois
2005–2007Aix-en-Provence
2007–2010Monaco
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–Monaco59(5)
National team‡
2010–2011France U198(0)
2013France U202(0)
2013–2014France U215(3)
2014–France2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:08, 22 March 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2014

Layvin Kurzawa (born 4 September 1992) is a French football player who plays for Monaco in Ligue 1, as an attacking left back.[1]

Club career

Kurzawa made his professional debut on 22 September 2010 in a Coupe de la Ligue match against Lens. He started the match and played 65 minutes before being substituted in a 1–0 victory.[2]

Three days later he made his Ligue 1 debut, starting in a 1–2 defeat at Lorient. Kurzawa played four more league matches, all of them starts, as the season ended with relegation to Ligue 2. He made four appearances as they returned to the top flight at the first attempt.

Kurzawa established himself in the first team for the 2013–14 season, with 28 league appearances as Monaco finished runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain. He also scored 5 goals, the first of his professional career confirming a 2–0 win at Guingamp on 14 December 2013.[3]

International career

Kurzawa was born to a mother of Polish descent, and claims to have been approached by Poland national team.[4]

He is a French youth international and has earned caps with the under-19 team.[5] On 14 October 2014 during the final leg of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Sweden, Kurzawa celebrated a France goal by mocking the Swedish players, before Sweden won the game 4–1, thus eliminating France from reaching the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[6][7]

On 14 November 2014, he made his full international debut, replacing Lucas Digne for the last 20 minutes of a 1–1 friendly draw with Albania in Rennes.[8] Four days later he made his first start, in a 1–0 friendly win over Sweden in Marseille, being substituted later on for Digne.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "À la découverte de Layvin Kurzawa". Planete ASM (in French). 11 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Monaco v. Lens Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Martial magic for Monaco". Sky Sports News. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "La fédération polonaise recrute sur Facebook" [The Polish FA is recruiting on Facebook]. 20 Minutes (in French). 18 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Kurzawa: "Un rêve éveillé"". French Football Federation (in French). 2 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2793321/sweden-stun-france-late-goal-euro-u21-qualifier-use-taunting-celebration-opponents-winner.html
  7. ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/france-u-21-defender-learns-why-you-should-never-mock-your-opponents-before-the-final-whistle-034614627.html
  8. ↑ "Griezmann earns France draw with Albania". UEFA. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "France 1-0 Sweden: Varane secures win for dominant Bleus". Goal.com. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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