Yohann Thuram-Ulien
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yohann Thuram-Ulien | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Courcouronnes, France | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Troyes | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Bourdons Esnouveaux | ||
| 1998–2003 | Phare du Canal | ||
| 2003–2008 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2011 | Monaco | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Tours (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2011– | Troyes | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | France U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 March 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Yohann Thuram-Ulien (born 31 October 1988) is a French football player of Guadeloupean descent who currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Ligue 2 club Troyes. He is the cousin of former French international defender Lilian Thuram, who also began his career at Monaco.[1]
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[edit] Club career
Although Yohann was born in France near Paris, he spent most of his childhood in Guadeloupe. He arrived in Monaco in 2003. He was a part of Monaco's 2007–08 CFA squad that won the reserve's professional title. During the summer of 2008, he signed his first professional contract, keeping him with Monaco until 2011.[2] He was given squad number 1 and designated as third keeper.
He unexpectedly made his professional debut on 29 November 2008 in a 1–0 victory over Auxerre coming on as a substitute in the 37th minute for the injured Flavio Roma who was starting in place of the injured first-choice keeper Stéphane Ruffier. Thuram kept a clean sheet for the rest of the match.[3] Due to the severity of Roma's injury and Ruffier being out indefinitely as well, Yohann started the following week against Sochaux. Yohann performed well enough for Monaco to earn a 1–1 draw.[4] Before signing his professional contract with Monaco, Barcelona showed interest in the young keeper.[5] On 26 June 2010, Thuram signed a contract extension with Monaco until 2012. Four days later, he was loaned to second division club Tours in order to get some consistent playing time.
[edit] International career
Yohann did not received any distinct call-ups to any of the youth national squads, but has received call-ups to France's under-21 futsal team.[6] On 5 February 2009, he earned his first call-up to the France under-21 team. On 24 March 2009, he was called up to the Guadeloupe national team for a friendly match.[7] His call up to Guadeloupe, who were preparing for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, would not have hinder future selections from France for Thuram as they are not a member of FIFA.
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