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| Full name | Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1997-08-06)6 August 1997 (age 27)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Parma, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Olympique de Neuilly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Boulogne-Billancourt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Sochaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Sochaux II | 38 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Sochaux | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Guingamp | 64 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 111 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Inter Milan | 63 | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | France U17 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | France U18 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U19 | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | France U20 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | France U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | France | 29 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:37, 16 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 17 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien (French pronunciation:[maʁkystyʁam];[4] born 6 August 1997) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forSerie A clubInter Milan and theFrance national team.
Thuram began his professional career atSochaux in 2015, where he played in threeLigue 2 seasons, before moving toGuingamp in 2017, spending two years inLigue 1. He then joinedBorussia Mönchengladbach spending four seasons in Germany, before he signed for Inter Milan as a free agent in 2023, winning Serie A in his first season.
Thuram made his senior international debut for France in 2020 and was part of their squads at theUEFA European Championship in2020 and2024, and the2022 FIFA World Cup, finishing as runner-up at the latter.
Thuram started his professional career atSochaux, where he also played for the club's youth team. He made hisLigue 2 debut on 20 March 2015 againstChâteauroux, replacingEdouard Butin on 83 minutes.[5] He played 43 total matches for Sochaux and scored one goal, in a 3–1 loss atTours on 14 April 2017.[6]
On 5 July 2017, Thuram joinedLigue 1 clubGuingamp for an undisclosed fee.[7] In August 2018, he gained attention for playing againstParis Saint-Germain goalkeeperGianluigi Buffon, a long-term teammate of his father at Parma andJuventus.[8]
Thuram scored an added-time penalty on 9 January 2019 to eliminate holders PSG from the quarter-finals of theCoupe de la Ligue, having earlier missed from the spot in the 2–1 win at theParc des Princes.[9] Twenty days later he scored the equaliser in a 2–2 home draw withMonaco in the semi-final, and his attempt in the subsequent penalty shootout was saved byDanijel Subašić though Guingamp nonetheless advanced.[10]
On 22 July 2019,Borussia Mönchengladbach announced they had signed Thuram on a four-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Guingamp was reported as €12 million.[11] He was given the number 10 shirt, vacated byThorgan Hazard after his move toBorussia Dortmund. He made his debut forGladbach on 9 August in the first round of theDFB-Pokal away to2. Bundesliga clubSV Sandhausen, and scored the only goal.[12] He got his firstBundesliga goals on his fifth appearance on 22 September, scoring both of a 2–1 home win overFortuna Düsseldorf.[13]
On 31 May 2020, Thuram scored twice in a 4–1 win overUnion Berlin. He took a knee after his first goal of the match and dedicated the strike in honour of ongoing protests in the United States following themurder of George Floyd.[14]
On 27 October 2020, Thuram scored twice in a 2–2 draw withReal Madrid in the group stage of theUEFA Champions League.[15] On 19 December, Thuram was sent off for spitting in the face of opponentStefan Posch as Gladbach fell to a 2–1 defeat toHoffenheim,[16] and was given a six-match ban and a €40,000 fine.[17]
Thuram failed to score in his first 15 Bundesliga matches of the2021–22 Bundesliga season.[18] He later scored only three goals, one each againstWolfsburg,Stuttgart andGreuther Fürth.
As of November 2022, Thuram managed to score 10 goals in 15Bundesliga matches, in which he equaled his personal best since the debut season.[19]
In April 2023, Gladbach'ssporting director Roland Virkus confirmed that Thuram would depart the club at the end of the 2022–23 campaign, having chosen not to renew his contract.[20][21]
On 1 July 2023, Thuram was officially signed as a free agent by theSerie A team,Inter Milan.[22] His contract with the club is set to last until June 2028.[23] On 3 September, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 win overFiorentina.[24] On 3 October, he scored his firstChampions League goal for the club in a 1–0 victory overBenfica in the group stage,[25] becoming the third Frenchman to score in this competition for Inter afterYouri Djorkaeff (1998 vsSturm Graz) andPatrick Vieira (2006 vsBayern Munich).[26] He scored 13 goals and added an equal number of assists as Inter won the league in his first season.[27]
Thuram was a member ofFrance U19 which won the2016 UEFA European Championship. In November 2020, he was called up for the first time to thesenior team, ahead of games againstFinland,Portugal andSweden.[28] He debuted on 11 November in a friendly against the Finns, a 2–0 loss at theStade de France.[29] He was called up for the delayedUEFA Euro 2020 in May 2021.[30]
On 14 November 2022, Thuram received a late call-up for the2022 FIFA World Cup, raising the squad to 26 players.[31] In thefinal againstArgentina, he andRandal Kolo Muani were brought on in place ofOusmane Dembélé andOlivier Giroud with France losing 2–0 in the 41st minute. He assistedKylian Mbappé's equalizer to make it 2–2 at the end of regulation time, and was also booked fordiving in the penalty area; France lost in a penalty shootout after a 3–3 draw.[32] On 7 September, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 win overIreland during theEuro 2024 qualifying.[33]
Thuram is the son of the former French international footballerLilian Thuram, and the older brother of the professional footballerKhéphren Thuram.[34] He was born in the Italian city ofParma while his father played for theclub, and was named after Jamaican activistMarcus Garvey.[8][35] Despite his father playing forJuventus andBarcelona, he as a child supportedAC Milan andReal Madrid.[36] Thuram is of Guadeloupean descent through his father.[37]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sochaux II | 2013–14 | CFA | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | CFA | 19 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 3 | |||||
| 2015–16 | CFA | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | CFA 2 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 6 | ||||||
| Sochaux | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 1 | ||||
| Guingamp | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 38 | 13 | |||
| Total | 64 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 72 | 17 | ||||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | — | 6[c] | 2 | — | 39 | 14 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 8[d] | 2 | — | 40 | 11 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 30 | 13 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 32 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 111 | 34 | 9 | 6 | — | 14 | 4 | — | 134 | 44 | ||||
| Inter Milan | 2023–24 | Serie A | 35 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[d] | 1 | 2[e] | 1 | 46 | 15 | |
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 9[d] | 3 | 1[e] | 0 | 38 | 16 | ||
| Total | 63 | 26 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 31 | |||
| Career total | 313 | 79 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 371 | 99 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| France | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 7 September 2023 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France | 11 |  Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [40] |
| 2 | 18 November 2023 | Allianz Riviera, Nice, France | 15 |  Gibraltar | 2–0 | 14–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [41] |
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