Léo Dubois
Léo Michel Joseph Claude Dubois (born 14 September 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the France national team.[2]
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| Full name | Léo Michel Joseph Claude Dubois[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1994 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Segré, France | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | SC Saint-Gemmes d'Andigne | |||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Ent. S. Segré | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Nantes | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Nantes II | 40 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Nantes | 96 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Lyon | 101 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | Galatasaray | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | France U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | France | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:58, 28 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:19, 16 November 2021 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Early life
Dubois' father Jean-Pierre was born in Lebanon, and was adopted at 13-months old by a French family.[3]
Club career
Early career
As a youth, Dubois trained with amateur sides SC Gemmois and ES Segré.[4]
Nantes
Dubois eventually made the books of top division club FC Nantes and made his league debut on 9 May 2015 against Bordeaux in a 2–1 away defeat; replacing Kian Hansen after 83 minutes.[5]
Lyon
Dubois joined fellow Ligue 1 club Lyon on 1 July 2018.[6] Dubois signed a four-year contract with the club.[4] On 27 September 2020, Dubois scored only his fifth ever Ligue 1 goal, in over 140 appearances, in a 1–1 draw with Lorient at the Stade du Moustoir.[7] Dubois was named club captain by manager Peter Bosz in 2021 following the sale of Memphis Depay to Barcelona.[8]
Galatasaray
On 21 July 2022, Dubois signed with Süper Lig club Galatasaray for a reported €3M.[9][10]
International career
Dubois was called up to the France senior team for the first time in May 2019. He made his debut on 2 June 2019 in a 2–0 friendly win against Bolivia, coming on for Benjamin Pavard in the 46th minute of the game. 9 days later, Dubois made his first start for the France senior team and played every minute of the match, in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 4–0 away win over Andorra.[11]
On 10 October 2021, Dubois came on as a substitute in the 79th minute of the UEFA Nations League Final, a match France would go on to win 2–1 over Spain.[12]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nantes | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | ||
| Total | 96 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 105 | 3 | |||
| Lyon | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 34 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 101 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 129 | 5 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 197 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 234 | 8 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- "Groupdbs". BFM Verif (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
"Léo Dubois". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 29 December 2020. - "L. Dubois". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- "Dubois Bros. Company". SOFOOT.com (in French). Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- "Leo Dubois". OL (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- "Bordeaux vs. Nantes - 9 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- "Transfer market: Get to know Lyon's three winter signings". OLWeb.fr. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- "FC Lorient 1-1 OL". Ligue 1. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Léo Dubois named new Lyon captain – Get French Football News". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- "OL : Léo Dubois s'engage officiellement avec Galatasaray !". Foot National. 21 July 2022.
- "Galatasaray a trouvé un accord avec l'OL pour le transfert de Léo Dubois !". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- "Deschamps praises 'great attitude' after France's revival". The Straits Times. 13 June 2019.
- "Résultat et résumé : Espagne - France". L'Équipe (in French). 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Dubois". ogol.com.br. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- "L. Dubois". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- Léo Dubois at FootballDatabase.eu
External links
- Léo Dubois at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Léo Dubois at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Léo Dubois – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Léo Dubois at Soccerway
- Léo Dubois at National-Football-Teams.com
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