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| Full name | Lucas Digne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1993-07-20)20 July 1993 (age 31)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Meaux, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Aston Villa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Mareuil-sur-Ourcq | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Crépy-en-Valois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Lille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Lille B | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Lille | 49 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Paris Saint-Germain | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | →Roma (loan) | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Barcelona | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Everton | 113 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Aston Villa | 105 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | France U16 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | France U17 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | France U18 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | France U19 | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U20 | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | France | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:45, 8 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucas Digne (born 20 July 1993) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as aleft back forPremier League clubAston Villa and theFrance national team.
Digne began his career atLille before joiningParis Saint-Germain in 2013. After spending a season on loan atRoma, he moved toBarcelona in July 2016. Despite not playing regularly at either club, he won twelve honours at Paris and Barcelona combined. He joinedEverton in August 2018, making 113 appearances before transferring to Aston Villa in January 2022.
Digne won the2013 World Cup with theFrance under-20 team, and made his senior international debut in March 2014. He represented France at the2014 FIFA World Cup,UEFA Euro 2016 (where his nation reached thefinal), andEuro 2020.
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Born inMeaux,Seine-et-Marne, Digne finished his development atLille, signing his first professional contract on 27 July 2010 for three years.[3] Ahead of the2011–12 season, Digne was promoted to the senior team permanently and assigned the number 3 shirt. He made his professional debut on 26 October 2011 in a 6–1 victory overSedan in the last 16 of theCoupe de la Ligue.[4]
In January 2012, Digne extended his contract until 2016.[5] On 28 January, he made hisLigue 1 debut at theStadium Nord Lille Metropole, playing the final two minutes of a 3–0 win overSaint-Étienne.[6] He totalled 16 league appearances as the defending champions came third.[7]
Digne was a regular in the 2012–13 season. On 23 February 2013, having given Lille the lead in a 3–1 win atAjaccio when his cross was deflected in byYoann Poulard, he was sent off after an hour for a foul onMatthieu Chalmé.[8] He scored his first goal on 7 April, a penalty in a 5–0 home win overLorient,[9] and two weeks later he added another to equalise in a 2–1 comeback victory atBastia.[10]
On 17 July 2013, Digne signed a five-year deal withParis Saint-Germain,[11] on a fee believed to be around €15 million.[12] On 3 August, he was an unused substitute as they won the2013 Trophée des Champions with a 2–1 victory overBordeaux in Gabon.[13] He did not make his debut until 13 September in a 2–0 win at the same opponents, as managerLaurent Blanc rotated his squad ahead of theUEFA Champions League.[14][15] PSG ended the season with both the league and league cup titles, though Digne was back-up to Brazilian veteranMaxwell.[16]
Digne played the full 90 minutes in the2014 Trophée des Champions, which PSG won 2–0 againstGuingamp in Beijing.[17] The Parisians won all four domestic honours in 2014–15, with Digne an unused substitute in their Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue final victories.
On 26 August 2015, ItalianSerie A clubRoma signed Digne from PSG on a season-long loan deal for €2.5 million, with the option to make the move permanent at the end of theseason.[18] He made his debut five days later, playing the entire match in a 2–1 victory against title holdersJuventus at theStadio Olimpico. He blew a sarcastic kiss at opponentRoberto Pereyra and advised him to check the scoreboard, a gesture likened to one by Roma captainFrancesco Totti toIgor Tudor of the same rival in a 4–0 win in February 2004.[19]
Digne scored his first goal for theGiallorossi on 26 September with a close-range header in a 5–1 home win overCarpi, having earlier assistedKostas Manolas in opening his account for the club.[20] Against the same opponents on 12 February, he returned from injury to score from 30 metres in a 3–1 win,[21] and on 17 April he opened a 3–3 draw atAtalanta.[22] The team from Italy'scapital came third in Serie A, and Digne declared that he wanted the move to be made permanent.[23]
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Digne joined SpanishLa Liga sideBarcelona in time for the2016-17 season on 13 July 2016, on a five-year deal. The fee was €16.5 million (£13.8 million), with the possibility to increase to €20.5 million (£17.1 million), according to individual and team results.[24] On 14 August 2016, Digne made his first appearance for Barcelona in a 0–2 victory againstSevilla in the2016 Supercopa de España first leg, as a 27th-minute substitute for compatriotJérémy Mathieu.[25]
He played 26 total games in his first season at theCamp Nou, scoring once in a 7–0 (8–1 aggregate) win overSegunda División B clubHércules in the last 32 of theCopa del Rey on 21 December 2016.[26] Barcelona won that cup, with Digne unused in thefinal on 27 May 2017, a 3–1 win overAlavés.[27]
Digne played 20 times in2017–18 as Barcelona won the league and cupdouble under new managerErnesto Valverde. On 18 October 2017, he scored fromLionel Messi's assist in a 3–1 home win overOlympiacos in the Champions League group stage.[28]
Digne joined English clubEverton on 1 August 2018, for a five-year deal on an initial fee of £18 million.[29] He made his debut ten days later, replacing double goalscorer and fellow debutantRicharlison for the last four minutes of a 2–2 draw atWolverhampton Wanderers.[30] On his first start on 29 August in a 3–1EFL Cup win againstRotherham United, he assisted a goal fromDominic Calvert-Lewin.[31] Digne made his firstPremier League start for Everton four days later in a home game againstHuddersfield Town, and assisted Calvert-Lewin's headed equaliser in a 1–1 draw.[32]
By the start of October, Digne had become Everton's first-choiceleft back, ahead of veteranLeighton Baines.[33] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 December, in the sixth minute of stoppage time at the end of a match againstWatford, curling in a free kick for a 2–2 draw.[34] Sixteen days later he scored twice in a 5–1 win atBurnley, with a free kick and a 30-yard shot.[35] On 29 January 2019 he was sent off in a 1–0 win at Huddersfield for denyingAdama Diakhaby a goalscoring opportunity with a foul.[36] Digne's first season at Everton concluded with individual honours as he was named the Club’s Player of the Season, as voted for by supporters, and Players' Player of the Season alongside midfielderIdrissa Gueye, the first time the award had been shared.[37]
On 25 October 2020, Digne was sent off in a 2–0 loss atSouthampton for a foul onKyle Walker-Peters. RefereeKevin Friend recorded it as "serious foul play" which is punished with a three-game suspension, but the ban was reduced to one match on appeal.[38]
In January 2022, Digne told Everton managerRafael Benítez that he no longer wanted to play for the club and wished to leave. He had argued with the manager over tactics.[39]
On 13 January 2022,Aston Villa announced the signing of 28 year-old Digne from Everton for a fee of £25 million, with a contract until 2026.[40][41] He made his debut two days later, in a 2–2 home draw withManchester United.[42] On 23 August, Digne scored his first goal for the team in a 4–1 victory atBolton Wanderers in the second round of theEFL Cup.[43]
On 21 September 2022, Digne suffered astress fracture to his ankle whilst on international duty with France,[44] returning on 29 October as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 defeat toNewcastle United.[45] On 6 November, Digne scored his first league goal for Aston Villa in a 3–1 home victory over Manchester United, inUnai Emery's first game as manager.[46]
Digne assisted three goals on 23 August 2023 in a 5–0 win atHibernian in aUEFA Europa Conference League qualifier. This came amidst doubts over his future due to Emery's preference for the more attackingÀlex Moreno as left back.[47] A month later he scored in the group stage of the competition, albeit in a 3–2 loss atLegia Warsaw.[48]
On 2 March 2024, Digne scored his second league goal for Aston Villa, a late winner scored in a 3–2 victory againstLuton Town.[49]
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Digne was aFrench youth international and represented his nation at theU16,U17, andU18 levels. At the2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey, he played every match asFrance won the title.[16]
The 20 year-old was first called up for thesenior side in February 2014, ahead of a friendly match against theNetherlands on 5 March.[50] He debuted in that match, as a half-time substitute forPatrice Evra in a 2–0 win at theStade de France.[51]
In June, managerDidier Deschamps named Digne as one of 23 members of the French squad for the2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, wearing the number 17 shirt.[52] His one appearance for the eventual quarter-finalists was the third group game againstEcuador, in which he suffered a foul that earned the Ecuadorian captainAntonio Valencia a straight red card.[53]
Digne was chosen for the French squad that came runners-up on home soil atUEFA Euro 2016, but did not play.[54] He was put on standby for the squad at the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[55]
AtUEFA Euro 2020, Digne came on at half time in the 2–2 group draw withPortugal due toLucas Hernandez's injury. Minutes later, he too withdrew due to a thigh muscle injury.[56] The injuries at left back forced Deschamps to use an untested3–5–2 formation in the last 16 againstSwitzerland, which France lost.[57]
Deschamps did not pick Digne for the2022 FIFA World Cup, despite picking nine defenders for his squad. He said that he wanted to choose versatile defenders who could play central and wide positions.[58]
On 27 December 2014, Digne married his girlfriend Tiziri, whom he met while both were in school.[59] The couple have a son and a daughter.[60]
Digne was inBarcelona when it washit by a terror attack on 17 August 2017, and gave first aid to the victims.[61][62][63]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lille | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[a] | 1 | — | 44 | 3 | ||
| Total | 49 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 62 | 3 | |||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Roma (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie A | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
| Barcelona | 2016–17 | La Liga | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 2 | |||
| Everton | 2018–19 | Premier League | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| Total | 113 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 127 | 6 | ||||
| Aston Villa | 2021–22 | Premier League | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Premier League | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12[d] | 1 | — | 46 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| Total | 105 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | — | 129 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 359 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 450 | 18 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| France | 2014 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 0 | |
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