Yannis Lagha

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Yannis Lagha
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Lagha in 2022
Personal information
Full name Yannis Alladoum Lagha
Date of birth (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Lyon, France [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Youth career
2010–2012 AS Montchat Lyon
2012 Us Annecy le Vieux
2012–2013 Montpellier
2013–2016 Etoile Sportive Trinité
2016–2021 Lyon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Lyon B 36 (5)
International career‡
2021–2022 Algeria U18 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:00, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Yannis Alladoum Lagha (born 21 June 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lyon. [2] Born in France, he has represented Algeria at youth international level.

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Club career

Lagha joined Lyon in 2016. In 2022, He played in the U-19 level whom he was captained and won the Coupe Gambardella beating SM Caen. [3] [4]

He signed his first professional contract in June 2022, [5] becoming the second player born in 2004 to sign a contract for Lyon. [6]

International career

Lagha is eligible to represent either Algeria, France or the Central African Republic internationally. [7] [8]

After receiving call-ups from both Algeria and France, [7] Lagha chose to play for Algeria. [9] He started and captained on his debut for the Algeria U18 against France. [10]

Personal life

Born in France, Lagha is of Algerian and Central African Republic descent through his father and mother, respectively. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Yannis Lagha". worldfootball.net.
  2. ↑ Yannis Lagha at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "L'OL doit très sérieusement réfléchir et ne pas commettre l'erreur de trop avec sa pépite Yannis Lagha" (in French). Ferveur Lyonnaise. 6 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Toumert, Yanis (7 May 2022). "Coupe Gambardella : Lagha et Aïd sacrés avec l'Olympique Lyonnais" (in French). La Gazette du Fennec.
  5. ↑ "Yannis Lagha signe son 1er contrat professionnel avec l'OL". www.ol.fr. OL. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Lanier, Christian (24 June 2022). "Football. OL : Yannis Lagha dans la cour des grands". www.leprogres.fr (in French).
  7. 1 2 A360, Rédaction (1 October 2021). "Yanis Lagha convoqué par l'Algérie et la France pour le même match". www.algerie360.com (in French).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "U18 : Yannis Lagha, le jeune prodige que la France et l'Algérie s'arrachent".
  9. ↑ B, Leila (2 October 2021). "Convoqué par la France et l'Algérie, Yanis Lagha a enfin tranché". www.algerie360.com (in French).
  10. ↑ "Large victoire face à l'Algérie (6-0)". www.fff.fr. 9 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mercato: l'OL devrait verrouiller Lagha, l'un de ses espoirs".
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