Loum Tchaouna

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Loum Tchaouna
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-09-08) 8 September 2003 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth N'Djamena, Chad
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Right Winger / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Burnley
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2010 FC Kronenbourg
2010–2011 Schiltigheim
2011–2014 Strasbourg
2014–2021 Rennes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Rennes II 14 (9)
2021–2023 Rennes 10 (0)
2022–2023 → Dijon (loan) 28 (1)
2023–2024 Salernitana 33 (4)
2024–2025 Lazio 24 (1)
2025– Burnley 3 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 France U16 9 (2)
2020 France U17 5 (3)
2021–2022 France U19 17 (7)
2022–2024 France U20 12 (4)
2024–2025 France U21 10 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:03, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2025

Loum Tchaouna (born 8 September 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Burnley. Born in Chad, Tchaouna represents France at international level.

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Club career

Early years

Tchaouna was born in N'Djamena, Chad, but moved to France at a young age. [3] He played for youth teams of FC Kronenbourg, Schiltigheim, Strasbourg before joining Rennes in 2014. [4] He progressed through the academy system at the club playing regularly for the reserve side, Rennes II, in Championnat National 3. [4] He signed his first professional contract in 2021 and went on to make his professional debut in Ligue 1 for Rennes on 26 September 2021 in a 1–1 draw with Bordeaux, just weeks after his 18th birthday. [5] He featured in 14 games across all competitions in 2021–22, all as substitutes. [1]

With regular game time limited at Rennes, the teenager went on a season-long loan to Ligue 2 side Dijon FCO on 30 August 2022, which included an option to buy for the club. [6] He reunited with his brother, Haroun, who played for the club's reserve side in Championnat National 3. [6] At Dijon he got his first real consistent run of minutes, making 20 starts in all competitions and scoring his first goal at senior level against Nîmes Olympique in May 2023. [7] He was unable to prevent the side from being relegated to the Championnat National at the end of 2022–23 campaign, finishing in 18th position. [7]

Salernitana

On 31 August 2023, Tchaouna departed his boyhood club and signed for Serie A side Salernitana on a three-year contract with an option to extend. [8] Salernitana suffered a dismal campaign during the 2023–24 season going through four different managers and only winning two league games in the whole campaign. [7] Despite their eventual relegation to Serie B, he was one of the key players of the team having scored six goals and four assists in 35 appearances in all competitions. [9]

Lazio

On 1 July 2024, Tchaouna joined fellow Serie A club Lazio on a permanent deal when they matched his release clause for €8.4 million, signing a five-year contract. [10] [11] He scored his first goal for the club in Serie A on 31 October 2024 in a 5–1 victory over Como; [12] he scored his first UEFA Europa League goal on 12 December 2024 in a 3–1 victory over Ajax. [13] Tchaouna had an underwhelming first season at the club only managing to score two goals and register one assist across 37 games in all competitions. [14] The vast amount of those appearances were cameos off the bench with Tchaouna only starting six league games, spending most of the season as understudy to Gustav Isaksen on the right wing. [15] He was more instrumental in Lazio's UEFA Europa League campaign, making seven starts as they finished 1st in the Group Stage, eventually reaching the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Norwegian side FK Bodø/Glimt. [14] Lazio were suffering financially at the end of the 2024–25 season with club president Claudio Lotito reiterated the club's desire to trim the squad by offloading players deemed surplus to requirements, with Tchaouna falling into that category. [15]

Burnley

On 2 July 2025, Tchaouna joined newly-promoted Premier League side Burnley on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £12 million. [4] He stated that he had a "really good conversation" with manager, Scott Parker, during the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that convinced him to join the club. [16]

International career

Tchaouna has represented France at most levels from under-16 to under-21. [17] He achieved 9 caps and scored 2 goals for the under-16 side all in friendly internationals. [17] He made 5 caps for the under-17 side playing in 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers, however he was omitted from the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup squad in Brazil. [17] He got 17 caps and 7 goals for the under-19 side and was a part of the squad that reached the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship semi-finals in Slovakia, eventually losing to Israel. [17] Tchaouna finished as Top Scorer in the competition with four goals in four caps and was also named in the Team of the Tournament. [18] [19] He made 12 caps and 4 goals for the under-20 side all in international friendlies. [17] Despite this, he couldn't force himself into the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, with France being knocked-out in the Group Stage. [17] He made his debut for the under-21 side under Gérald Baticle, on 11 October 2024 in a 3–0 win over Cyprus in a 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier. [17] He was named in the final squad for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Slovakia and made 4 caps as the France side were beaten in the semi-finals by Germany. [17]

Style of play

Tchaouna is a pacy left-footed player who plays mostly as an inverted right winger, looking to cut inside. He is also capable of playing on the left wing and in a more central forward role. [10]

Personal life

Tchaouna is the older brother of the footballers Haroun, Franck and Franky Tchaouna. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 August 2025 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 10000—4 [c] 0140
Dijon (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 2 28111——292
Salernitana 2023–24 Serie A 33422——356
Lazio 2024–25 Serie A24120—11 [d] 1372
Burnley 2025–26 Premier League 300010—40
Career total986531015111910

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Loum Tchaouna All Competitions Stats". FBref. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Loum Tchaouna Profile & Stats". Premier League. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Football: Loum Tchaouna s'engage avec le Stade Rennais Fc". 10 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "CLARETS SECURE TCHAOUNA SIGNING". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bordeaux vs. Rennes". Soccerway. 26 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 "LOUM TCHAOUNA REJOINT LE DFCO !" (in French). Dijon. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "Loum Tchaouna: What Can He Provide to Lazio's Attack?". Breaking The Lines. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "LOUM TCHAOUNA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" [LOUM TCHAOUNA IS A NEW PLAYER OF SALERNITANA] (in Italian). Salernitana. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Fefè, Tommaso (22 May 2024). "Lazio, il gioiellino Loum Tchaouna primo colpo del mercato: accordo con la Salernitana". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Loum Tchaouna è un nuovo calciatore biancoceleste". SS Lazio (in Italian). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Lazio Reveal Figures of Tchaouna, Noslin, Dele-Bashiru & Castrovilli Signings". The Laziali. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Taty Castellanos Bags Brace as Lazio Dismantle Como". The Laziali. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Lazio Retain Top Europa League Spot With Spectacular Victory Over Ajax". The Laziali. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  14. 1 2 "'Sold': Senior Lazio figure makes Loum Tchaouna claim amid Burnley's transfer interest". Burnley Express. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Official: Lazio Sell Young French Winger Loum Tchaouna to Burnley". The Laziali. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "'Very proud to sign for this special club' - Burnley snap up winger Tchaouna". BBC Sport.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Loum Tchaouna" (in French). fff.fr.
  18. 1 2 "2022 Under-19 EURO finals: Who was the top scorer?". UEFA.com.
  19. 1 2 "2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA . 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  20. ↑ Monaco, Ferdinando Lo (11 September 2025). "Frank e Francky Tchaouna da Enna alla Nazionale del Ciad: i due fratelli orgoglio gialloverde".
  21. ↑ Loum Tchaouna at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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