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Alban Lafont
Alban Marc Lafont (born 23 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos, on loan from club Nantes. Born in Burkina Faso, he represents France at international level. Having progressed through the academy of AS Lattoise, Lafont signed for Toulouse in 2014 where he became the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in Ligue 1 upon making his debut the following year. He went on to make over 100 appearances for the club across all competitions before joining Fiorentina in 2018. In 2019, he returned to France in a loan deal to Nantes; the deal was made permanent in 2021. Lafont has also represented France at various youth levels, and featured for the nation at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Early life Lafont was born in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to a French father and Burkinabe Dyula mother. His parents separated when he was nine years old and Lafont moved to France to live with his father in Herault. His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toulouse FC
Toulouse Football Club () is a French professional association football, football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France, French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium de Toulouse located within the city. ''Les Violets'' won the Coupe de France in 2023 Coupe de France final, 2023, and have won the second tier Ligue 2 on three occasions. Toulouse have participated in UEFA, European competition six times, including in 2007 when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time. The president of Toulouse FC is Damien Comolli, who succeeded the French businessman Olivier Sadran who took over the club following its bankruptcy in 2001 which resulted in it being relegated to the Championnat National. The club has served as a springboard for several players, most notably the World Cup-winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, international strikers André-Pierre Gignac, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Gianluigi Donnarumma (; born 25 February 1999) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain FC, Paris Saint-Germain and Captain (association football), captains the Italy national football team, Italy national team. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world. Coming through the team's AC Milan Youth Sector, youth system, Donnarumma began his career with AC Milan in 2015, becoming the second-youngest goalkeeper ever to debut in Serie A, aged 16 years and 242 days; he immediately broke into the starting line-up, earning a reputation as arguably the most promising young goalkeeper in the world at the time. In 2021, Donnarumma helped Milan secure a second-place finish in the 2020–21 Serie A and qualification for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League after an eight-year absence. He was also named Serie A Awards, Serie A's Best Goalkeeper of the Year, IFFHS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AC Milan
(), commonly referred to as Milan or AC Milan () mainly outside of Italy, is an Italian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A, the top tier of Italian football league system, Italian football. In its early history, Milan played its home games in different grounds around the city before moving to its current stadium, the San Siro, in 1926. The stadium, which was built by Milan's second chairman, Piero Pirelli, and has been shared with Inter Milan since 1947, is the largest in Italian football, with a total capacity of 75,817. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Inter, with whom they contest the ''Derby della Madonnina'', one of the most followed derbies in football. Milan has spent its entire history in Serie A with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons. Silvio Berlusconi’s 31-year tenure as Milan president was a standout period in the club's history, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Gazzetta Dello Sport
(; English: "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any type in Italy (in 2018). History and profile was founded by Eliso Rivera and Eugenio Camillo Costamagna. The first issue was published on 3 April 1896, on time to cover the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens. The paper is based in Milan. Its role extends beyond news reporting and features, to direct involvement in major events, including (since 1909) the organization of the Giro d'Italia () road bicycle racing, road cycling race stage, stage race. is part of the RCS MediaGroup since 1976. The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2008 when its format was switched to tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid. The newspaper, published on pink paper, sells over 400,000 copies daily (more on Mondays when readers want to catch up on the weekend's events), and can claim a readership in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Lorient
Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (;), commonly referred to as FC Lorient (), is a French professional association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 2, having been relegated from Ligue 1 at the end of the 2023–24 Ligue 1, 2023–24 season. Lorient plays its home matches at the Stade Yves Allainmat, named after the former mayor of Lorient. The stadium is surnamed Stade du Moustoir because of its location within the city. The team is managed by Olivier Pantaloni. Lorient had a relatively bleak history nationally before 1998 when the club made its first appearance in Ligue 1 in the 1998–99 Division 1, 1998–99 season. Before that, Lorient spent most of its life as an amateur club. Lorient's achieved its biggest honour in 2002 when the club won the Coupe de France defeating SC Bastia, Bastia 1–0 in 2002 Coupe de France Final, the final. Lorient has never won Ligue 1, but has won the Championnat National earn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout (North American English, US) or clean sheet (Commonwealth English, UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball. Shutouts are usually seen as a result of effective defensive play even though a weak opposing offense may be as much to blame. Some sports credit individual players, particularly goalkeepers and starting pitchers, with shutouts and keep track of them as statistics; others do not. American football Shutouts in American football are uncommon. Keeping an opponent scoreless in American football requires a team's defense to be able to consistently shut down both pass and run offenses over the course of a game. The difficulty of completing a shutout is compounded by the many ways a team can score in the game. For example, teams can attempt field goals, which have a high rate of success. The range of NFL caliber kickers makes it possible for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Goicoechea
Mauro Daniel Goicoechea Furia (born 27 March 1988) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Uruguayan Primera División team Danubio. Club career Danubio FC Goicochea was born in Montevideo. In 2006, he signed his first professional contract with Danubio. Thanks to his good performances, he became the goalkeeper holder and his number was changed to 1. He played a total of 79 games with the club. Roma In August 2012, Goicoechea moved to A.S. Roma on a loan until the end of the season. He made his debut in a 3–2 loss against Parma in the second half, coming on as a substitute for the injured Maarten Stekelenburg. Goicoechea followed this up with an impressive display in a 4–1 victory over Palermo. He then started the following six games, against Lazio, Torino, Pescara and Siena, but following a string of unimpressive results and Zdeněk Zeman's sacking, which included an own goal in Zeman's last day in charge against Cagliari, where he dropped an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Ahamada
Ali Ahamada (born 19 August 1991) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Tanzanian Premier League club Azam F.C., Azam. Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national football team, Comoros national team. Club career Toulouse Born in Martigues, France, Ahamada began his football career at FC Martigues, Martigues and stayed there for nine years before joining Toulouse FC, Toulouse in 2009. Months after joining the club, he was called up to the first team following the injury of Olivier Blondel and appeared as an unused substitute against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Sochaux on 10 December 2009. Ahamada was involved in the club's first team throughout the pre–season friendlies prior to the 2010–11 season. However, he did not feature in Toulouse's first team squad until November and appeared in the substitute bench for the next two months. Ahamada made his professional debut on 20 February 2011 appearin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe, transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Nations League, UEFA Champions League, Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Conference League, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickaël Landreau
Mickaël Vincent André-Marie Landreau (; born 14 May 1979) is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Landreau holds the record for Ligue 1 appearances, with 618 for FC Nantes, Nantes, Paris Saint-Germain, Lille OSC, Lille and SC Bastia, Bastia between 1996 and 2014. He won a league title with Nantes in 2000–01 Division 1, 2001 and Lille in 2010–11 Ligue 1, 2011. Landreau was a long-term France national football team, France international but always as back-up. He was part of their squads that won the FIFA Confederations Cup, Confederations Cup in 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2001 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2003, and finished runners-up at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006 World Cup, along with other tournament call-ups. Club career Nantes Born in Machecoul, Landreau graduated from the FC Nantes, Nantes Atlantique "Centre of Excellence" in La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice (), commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional association football, football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of Football in France, French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Allianz Riviera. Nice was founded under the name ''Gymnaste Club de Nice'' and is one of the 1932–33 French Division 1, founding members of the first division of French football. The club has won Ligue 1 four times, the Trophée des Champions one time and the Coupe de France three times. It achieved most of its honours in the 1950s with the club being managed by coaches such as Numa Andoire, Englishman Bill Berry (footballer, born 1904), William Berry, and Jean Luciano. The club's last honour was winning the Coupe de France in 1997 after defeating En Avant de Guingamp, Guingamp 4–3 on penalties in 1997 Coupe de France final, the final. Nice's colours are red and black. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
