Louis Leroux

Last updated

Louis Leroux
Leroux asse fcn 2425.png
Leroux with Nantes in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Le Longeron, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 66
Youth career
2011–2019 AS Longeron
2019–2023 Nantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Nantes II 16 (1)
2024– Nantes 19 (2)
International career‡
2025– France U20 4 (1)
2025– France U21 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025

Louis Leroux (born 23 January 2006) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nantes.

Contents

Club career

Leroux is a youth product of AS Longeron and Nantes, and signed a trainee contract with Nantes until 2026. [2] In 2023 he was promoted to Nantes' reserves, and he started training with their senior side in 2024. [3] He made his senior and professional debut with Nantes as a substitute in a 3–1 Ligue 1 win over Montpellier on 31 August 2024. [4]

Playing style

A complete left-footed midfielder, Leroux is adept at intercepting the ball and blocking lines while defending, and also at carrying the ball with possession. With the ball, Leroux is very intelligent and has excellent vision. [3]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nantes B 2023–24 National 3 130———130
2024–25 National 331———31
2025–26 National 300———00
Total161———161
Nantes 2024–25 Ligue 1 16220——182
2025–26 Ligue 13000——30
Total19220——212
Career total352200000373

    Honours

    Nantes U19

    France U20

    References

    1. ↑ "FC Nantes". www.fcnantes.com.
    2. ↑ BOUDARD, Jean-Marcel (20 June 2023). "FC Nantes. Un contrat de trois ans pour Herba Guirassy, le buteur de la finale U19". Ouest-France.fr.
    3. 1 2 "Nantes : Louis Leroux, le petit Canari qui commence à faire son nid". Foot National. 27 February 2023.
    4. ↑ "Louis Leroux, des débuts et plein de promesses". Tribune Nantaise. 5 September 2024.
    5. ↑ RIPOCHE, Antoine (4 June 2023). "Football. Le FC Nantes domine le PSG et remporte son deuxième titre de champion U19 consécutif". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
    6. ↑ "La France surclasse l'Arabie saoudite et remporte le Tournoi Maurice-Revello pour la 14e fois". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.