Alban Lafont
Panathinaikos F.C. · GKGK #23 · Côte d'Ivoire · Group E 65Rating4Caps0Goals€2.2MValue27Age193Height
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65GK
23 Alban Lafont
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Club season 2025/26 Super League Greece, Greek Cup, Europa League
22
Apps
22
Starts
1,935
Minutes
0
Goals
0
Assists
2
Yellow
0
Red
7
Clean sheets
20
Conceded
International
4
Caps
0
Goals
Club career totals
380
Career apps
0
Career goals
Date of birth1999-01-23 (age 27) NationalityCôte d'Ivoire ClubPanathinaikos F.C. · Greece LeagueSuper League Greece PositionGK · Goalkeeper · #23 Height193 cm Preferred footright Market value€2.2M
Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to a French father and Burkinabé mother, Alban Lafont moved to France as a child and converted from attacking midfielder to goalkeeper at amateur club AS Lattoise before joining Toulouse. In 2015 he became the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in Ligue 1, then built a long career at Fiorentina and Nantes, with whom he won the Coupe de France. Having represented France at youth level, he switched to Côte d'Ivoire in 2025 through his maternal grandfather and is a senior goalkeeping option at the World Cup.
- Youngest goalkeeper ever to play in Ligue 1 (16 years, 310 days)
- Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; qualifies for Côte d'Ivoire via his grandfather
- Won the 2021-22 Coupe de France with Nantes
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