Layvin Kurzawa

Layvin Kurzawa

Kurzawa with Paris Saint-Germain in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Layvin Marc Kurzawa [1]
Date of birth	(1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 31) [2]
Place of birth	Fréjus, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [3]
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
1996–2005	Stade Raphaëlois
2005–2007	Aix-en-Provence
2007–2010	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Monaco B	30	(5)
2010–2015	Monaco	75	(6)
2015–2024	Paris Saint-Germain	107	(10)
2022–2023	→ Fulham (loan)	3	(0)
International career
2010–2011	France U19	8	(0)
2013	France U20	2	(0)
2013–2014	France U21	5	(3)
2014–2019	France	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:38, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Layvin Marc Kurzawa (born 4 September 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Kurzawa began his career at Monaco in 2010, and played 96 official games for the team, scoring eight goals. In 2015, he transferred to Paris Saint-Germain for €23 million. With Paris, Kurzawa has won 16 domestic trophies, including four Ligue 1 titles. Kurzawa made his senior international debut for France in 2014.

Club career

Monaco

Kurzawa playing for Monaco in 2014

Kurzawa was born in Fréjus, France. ^[4] He made his professional debut on 22 September 2010, soon after his 18th birthday, in a Coupe de la Ligue third round match against Lens at the Stade Louis II. He started the match and played 65 minutes before being substituted in a 1–0 victory. ^[5] Three days later he made his Ligue 1 debut, starting in a 1–2 defeat at Lorient. Kurzawa played four more league matches, all of them starts, as the season ended with relegation to Ligue 2; he was sent off on 1 May 2011 in a 1–1 draw at Saint-Étienne. ^[6] He made four appearances as they returned to the top flight at the first attempt as champions.^{[ citation needed ]}

Kurzawa established himself in the first team for the 2013–14 season, with 28 league appearances as Monaco finished runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain. He also scored five goals, the first of his professional career confirming a 2–0 win at Guingamp on 14 December 2013. ^[7]

He scored in each leg of Monaco's 7–1 aggregate win over Young Boys in the third qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League. ^[8]

Paris Saint-Germain

On 27 August 2015, Kurzawa joined Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain for €23 million on a five-year contract. ^{[9] [10]} He made his debut on 11 September, coming on for Maxwell in the 67th minute of an eventual 2–2 draw with Bordeaux at the Parc des Princes. ^[11] He scored his first goal for the team from the capital on 25 October, opening a 4–1 home win over Saint-Étienne when set up by Marco Verratti. ^[12]

Kurzawa scored and assisted Javier Pastore on 6 August 2016 as PSG won the Trophée des Champions against Lyon with a 4–1 win in Klagenfurt, Austria. ^[13] Six days later, he recorded the team's first league goal of the new season, the game's only against Bastia. ^[14] On 8 March 2017, he scored an own goal in a 6–1 loss to Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League; as Unai Emery's team squandered a 4–0 advantage from the first leg. ^[15]

On 31 October 2017, Kurzawa scored his first career hat-trick against Anderlecht in the Champions League group phase. ^[16] Kurzawa became the first defender in modern Champions League history to achieve this feat in the competition. ^[17]

On 29 June 2020, Kurzawa signed a four-year contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain. ^[18] On 13 September 2020, Kurzawa was one of many players involved in a brawl in Le Classique, which resulted in five red cards. He was given a six match suspension for his actions. ^[19]

Loan to Fulham

On 1 September 2022, Kurzawa joined Premier League side Fulham on a season-long loan. ^[20] Kurzawa scored his first goal for Fulham on 7 January 2023 against Hull City in the FA Cup 3rd round. ^[21]

Final season

On 13 May 2024, he announced the end of his career with PSG after appearing in just one match throughout the 2023–24 season. ^[22]

International career

Kurzawa was born to a Guadeloupean father, ^[23] and a Polish mother, and was approached to play for the Poland national team. ^{[24] [25]}

He was a French youth international and has earned caps with the under-19 team. ^[26] On 14 October 2014, during the final leg of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs against Sweden, Kurzawa celebrated a goal for France by mocking the Swedish players with a salute. Shortly after, Sweden scored a goal and won the game 4–1, thus eliminating France from the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. ^[27]

On 14 November 2014, he made his full international debut, replacing Lucas Digne for the last 20 minutes of a 1–1 friendly draw with Albania in Rennes. ^[28] Four days later, he made his first start, in a 1–0 friendly win over Sweden in Marseille, being substituted later on for Digne. ^[29]

Kurzawa scored his first international goal on 1 September 2016, concluding a 3–1 friendly win over Italy at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari. ^[30]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 October 2023 ^[31]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Monaco B	2010–11	CFA	11	1	—		—		—		—		11	1
	2011–12	CFA	8	0	—		—		—		—		8	0
	2012–13	CFA	11	4	—		—		—		—		11	4
	Total		30	5	—		—		—		—		30	5
Monaco	2010–11	Ligue 1	5	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
	2011–12	Ligue 2	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	2012–13	Ligue 2	8	0	2	1	3	0	—		—		13	1
	2013–14	Ligue 1	28	5	1	0	0	0	—		—		29	5
	2014–15	Ligue 1	27	0	2	0	2	0	8 [lower-alpha 3]	0	—		39	0
	2015–16	Ligue 1	3	1	—		—		3 [lower-alpha 3]	2	—		6	3
	Total		75	6	5	1	6	0	11	2	—		97	9
Paris Saint-Germain	2015–16	Ligue 1	16	3	4	0	4	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	—		25	3
	2016–17	Ligue 1	18	2	1	0	1	0	5 [lower-alpha 3]	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	1	26	3
	2017–18	Ligue 1	20	2	1	0	0	0	6 [lower-alpha 3]	3	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	28	5
	2018–19	Ligue 1	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	1
	2019–20	Ligue 1	14	1	5	0	2	0	4 [lower-alpha 3]	0	0	0	25	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	19	1	2	0	—		5 [lower-alpha 3]	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	27	1
	2021–22	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	1	0
	2023–24	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		107	10	15	0	7	0	21	3	4	1	154	14
Fulham (loan)	2022–23	Premier League	3	0	3	2	0	0	—		—		6	2
Career total			215	21	23	3	13	0	32	6	3	1	287	30

1. Includes Coupe de France and FA Cup
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[32]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2014	2	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	4	1
	2017	5	0
	2018	0	0
	2019	2	0
Total		13	1

France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kurzawa goal ^[32]

List of international goals scored by Layvin Kurzawa

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	1 September 2016	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	3	Italy	3–1	3–1	Friendly	[33]

Honours

Monaco

• Ligue 2: 2012–13 ^[31]

Paris Saint-Germain ^[31]

• Ligue 1: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, ^[34] 2023–24 ^[35]
• Coupe de France: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, ^[36] 2019–20; ^[37] runner-up: 2018–19 ^[38]
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
• Trophée des Champions: 2016, 2017, 2018, ^[39] 2019, ^[40] 2020 ^[41]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20 ^[42]

Individual

• Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2013–14 ^[43]

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External links

• Profile at the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. website
• Layvin Kurzawa at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Layvin Kurzawa – UEFA competition record ( archive ) 
• Layvin Kurzawa – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French