Lamine Fomba (born 26 January 1998) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

. He is a former under-17 international for France.

Personal life

Lamine Fomba was born in

Rosny-sous-Bois Rosny-sous-Bois () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. It is the seat of the national centre of road information of the national French Gendarmerie, g ...

, France. He holds French and Malian nationalities.

Club career

Fomba signed his first professional contract for Auxerre on 13 May 2016. Fomba made his professional debut for Auxerre in a 2–0 loss to

AC Ajaccio Athletic Club Ajaccien (), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and plays in the Ligue 2, the sec ...

on 20 September 2016 in the

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. On 28 January 2023, Fomba signed a contract with

until June 2025.

International career

Fomba represented the

France national under-17 football team The France national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of France who will be playing in the UEFA European Championship this year controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA Europ ...

at the

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Chile from 17 October to 8 November 2015. Host selection The following four countries bid to host the tournament: * * * * Venues Along with proposing ...

, making 2 appearances.

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* * * * 1998 births People from Rosny-sous-Bois Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis Malian men's footballers Living people French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders AJ Auxerre players Nîmes Olympique players AS Saint-Étienne players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Black French sportspeople 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub