.jpg) Zouma with
Sochaux in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vevey United | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2007 | FC Vaulx-en-Velin | ||
| 2007–2010 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Sochaux B | 65 | (4) |
| 2011–2016 | Sochaux | 32 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Asteras Tripolis | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 18 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Dhofar | 21 | (0) |
| 2021– | Vevey United | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | Central African Republic | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:20, 8 February 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2013 | |||
Lionel Zouma (born 10 September 1993) is a footballer who plays as a central defender for Swiss club Vevey United and the Central African national team.
Club career
Born in Lyon, Zouma began his development at Vaulx-en-Velin before moving to Sochaux, where he made his senior debut for their reserve team in CFA ( fourth tier) in the second half of the 2010–11 season.
Zouma made his professional debut on 16 October 2011 in a league match against Valenciennes. [2]
On 12 July 2016, Zouma signed a three-year contract with Greek club Asteras Tripoli of Superleague Greece. [3] On 25 January 2018, he was released.
Following his release, Zouma trained from March 2018 with Bourg-en-Bresse. On 21 June, following their relegation to the Championnat National, he signed a two-year deal. [4]
In 2019, he moved to Dhofar Club in Oman. [5]
International career
In October 2017, Zouma accepted and was called up for the Central African Republic for the friendly match against Equatorial Guinea in Malabo. [6]
Personal life
Zouma's younger brother, Kurt, plays in the same position for English club West Ham and has represented France at senior level. [7] Another younger brother, Yoan, made his professional debut for Bolton Wanderers in 2019. [8] Their parents emigrated from the Central African Republic. [9]
Career statistics
- As of 2 December 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup [nb 1] | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sochaux | 2011–12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue
References
- ^ "Lionel Zouma UNFP Profile". National Union of Professional Footballers (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Valenciennes v. Sochaux Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 16 October 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ "ATFC: Στα κιτρινομπλέ ο Lionel Zouma" [ATFC: Lionel Zouma in yellow and blue]. Asteras Tripoli F.C. (in Greek). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Lionel Zouma signe en Bourg-en-Bresse" [Lionel Zouma signs for Bourg-en-Bresse]. L'Équipe (in French). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Atiso, Kofi (6 November 2019). "Kondogbia présent, Zouma la surprise, toute la liste de la Centrafrique" [Kondogbia present, Zouma the surprise, all of Central Africa's squad] (in French). Afrique Sports. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Fauves A: La liste des 22 joueurs convoqués pour Malabo" [Wildcats senior team: The list of the 22 players chosen for Malabo] (in French). Bangui.com. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Les retrouvailles des " jumeaux " Zouma" [The reunion of the Zouma "twins"]. Le Parisien (in French). 23 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ Moore, Glenn (3 August 2019). "Defiance, pride and anger as Bolton fans cheer on team of strangers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "France: Kurt Zouma parle de la paix en Centrafrique" [France: Kurt Zouma speaks of peace in the Central African Republic]. Journal de Bangui (in French). 8 October 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
External links
- Lionel Zouma – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Lionel Zouma at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Lionel Zouma – UEFA competition record ( archive)
- Lionel Zouma at WorldFootball.net
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lyon
- Men's association football defenders
- Central African Republic men's footballers
- Central African Republic men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Central African Republic descent
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- FC Vaulx-en-Velin players
- Asteras Tripolis F.C. players
- Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players
- Dhofar Club players
- FC Vevey United players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Super League Greece players
- French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- French expatriate sportspeople in Oman
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Oman
- Central African Republic expatriate men's footballers
- Central African Republic expatriate sportspeople in Greece