 Lepenant playing forFC Nantes in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Johann Théo Tom Lepenant[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2002-10-22)22 October 2002 (age 23)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Granville, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2017 | Granville | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Caen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Caen II | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Caen | 54 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Lyon | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | →Nantes (loan) | 29 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Nantes | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | France U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | France U17 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | France U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | France U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | France U21 | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | France Olympic | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:01, 27 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Johann Théo Tom Lepenant (born 22 October 2002) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forLigue 1 clubNantes.[4]
Lepenant was born inGranville, Manche,[2] and made his professional debut forCaen on 12 September 2020.[5]
On 22 June 2022, Lepenant signed forLyon on a five-year deal.[6]
On 10 August 2024, Lepenant signed forNantes on a season-long loan with an option to make the move permanent for a fee in the region of €2.5 million.[7] His permanent transfer to Nantes was made official on 3 July 2025.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Caen II | 2019–20 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | National 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Caen | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 56 | 0 | |||
| Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | |||
| Lyon B | 2023–24 | National 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nantes (loan) | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |
| Nantes | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 137 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 3 | ||
France Olympic
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