Jean_Thierry_Lazare
Jean Thierry Lazare
Ivorian footballer
Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (born 7 March 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Belgian Pro League club Union Saint-Gilloise, and the Ivory Coast national team as a central midfielder.
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| Full name | Jean Thierry Lazare Amani | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Diégonéfla, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Union SG | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 0000–2016 | Aspire Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Eupen | 91 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Charleroi | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Estoril (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Union SG (loan) | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Union SG | 59 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ivory Coast U20 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ivory Coast U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Ivory Coast | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:33, 16 November 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
On 22 June 2021, he joined Union Saint-Gilloise on a season-long loan.[1] On 20 April 2022, Union SG exercised their option to make the transfer permanent and signed a three-year contract with Amani.[2]
Lazare represented the Ivory Coast national under-20 football team at the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[3][4]
Lazare made his debut for Ivory Coast national football team in a 4-0 win over Burundi, on 16 November 2022.[5]
During the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Lazare was part of the Côte d'Ivoire side that won the tournament; he made a substitute appearance in the final.[6]
Club
- As of match played 9 April 2023[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AS Eupen | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 91 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 103 | 4 | ||||
| Charleloi | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Estoril (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| Union SG (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| Union SG | 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | — | 43 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 174 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 16 | ||
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 12 February 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Ivory Coast U23
- Africa U-23 Cup of Nations runner-up:2019[8][9]
Ivory Coast
Individual
- Toulon Tournament Best XI: 2017[11]
- Toulon Tournament Bronze Ball: 2017
- "Bienvenue Lazare Amani !" (in French). Union SG. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- "Lazare Amani extends contract!". Union SG. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "[LIVE] France-Ivory Coast". Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- "Ivory Coast win 2023 Africa Cup of Nations". 90min.com. 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
- Jean Thierry Lazare at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- "CAN U23 "Egypte 2019" : Voici les Eléphants sélectionnés | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football". Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- Stevens, Rob (11 February 2024). "Nigeria 1–2 Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- "Hirst named in Team of the Tournament". swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
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