Romuald Lacazette (born 3 January 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Türkgücü München.

Personal life

Lacazette was born in

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on 3 January 1994. His cousin

Alexandre Lacazette Alexandre Armand Lacazette (; born 28 May 1991) is a French professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains club Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon. He p ...

is also a professional footballer.

Career

Early career

He played for

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, joining its youth team in 2012. He then played for PSG II for the whole season. Despite receiving a call up to the first team, he could not feature for them.

TSV 1860 Munich

Lacazette was transferred to

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on 18 July 2015. During the 2015–16 season, he scored two goals in three matches played for the

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and made nine appearances for the first team. He made his first team debut in a 3–0 loss to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

on 20 December 2015. On 20 March 2016, Lacazette received a red card against

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in a 1–1 draw.

Darmstadt 98

Lacazette joined Darmstadt 98 from 1860 Munich on a three-year contract until 2020. On 31 August 2018, Lacazette returned to 1860 Munich on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

Villefranche

After a season without a club, Lacazette joined French

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side FC Villefranche in July 2020.

TSV Wasserburg

In the summer of 2021, he joined German fifth-tier

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club TSV Wasserburg in his wife's hometown to maintain shape, without signing with the club. In November 2021, he officially joined the team.

References

1994 births Footballers from Paris French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Guadeloupean expatriate men's footballers Guadeloupean men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2. Bundesliga players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players TSV 1860 Munich II players TSV 1860 Munich players FC Villefranche Beaujolais players Living people Men's association football midfielders SV Darmstadt 98 players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Bayernliga players Grand-Lancy FC players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria French expatriate sportspeople in Austria Türkgücü München players 21st-century French sportsmen {{Guadeloupe-footy-bio-stub