Alexandre Lacazette

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Alexandre Lacazette is a French professional football player

May 28, 1991

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: May 28, 1991
  • Nationality: French
  • Famous: Footballer, Sportspersons, Football Players
  • Known as: Alexandre
  • Birth Place: Lyon
  • Height: 175cm
  • Gender: Male

Alexandre Lacazette born at

Lyon

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Birth Place

It seems that this prolific striker is in no mood to divulge about his personal life at the moment. Although he has been seen with his girlfriend in Hampsted, London, Lacazette has more or less managed to keep his personal life private.

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Personal Life

Alexandre Lacazette was born on May 28, 1991, in Lyon, France, as the youngest child among four boys in a Guadeloupean family.

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Childhood & Early Life

He joined the local club ‘Elan Sportif’ in 1998, and began playing football at age seven.

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Childhood & Early Life

Benoît, one of his elder brothers, played in the Swiss second division, the French fourth division, and has also coached ‘Lyon Footzik Futsal.’ French footballer Romuald Lacazette, who at present plays for German football club ‘Darmstadt 98,’ is his cousin.

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Childhood & Early Life

Lacazette became part of youth academy of ‘Lyon’ in 2003. He received training at the training center and club headquarters - ‘Centre Tola Vologe.’ He played through the youth setup of the club.

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Career

He made his first team debut on May 5, 2010, in a ‘Ligue 1’ home match against ‘Auxerre.’ On July 3 that year, he signed a three-year deal with Lyon, marking his first professional contract. However, as he was still bound with his youth contract for another year, the professional contract started only from July 1, 2011.

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He scored his first competitive goal for the first team of the club against ‘Sochaux’ on October 30, 2010, in a ‘Ligue 1’ home match that resulted in a 2-1 victory for ‘Lyon.’

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His made his European club debut in November 2010, in a 2010–11 ‘UEFA Champions League’ Group B away match against the Portuguese club ‘Benfica,’ but his team lost the match by 4-3. He netted his career’s first European club competition goal on December 7 that year against Israeli club ‘Hapoel Tel Aviv’ in the last Group B match of ‘Lyon’ that ended in a 2-2 draw.

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He helped his team, ‘Lyon,’ win the 2011–12 ‘Coupe de France’ and the 2012 ‘Trophée des champions.’

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