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Full name | Jean Thierry Lazare Amani | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 7 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Diégonéfla, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Union SG | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–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) |
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.
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 | 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 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ivory Coast | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
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