Lucas Chevalier

Lucas Chevalier

Chevalier with Lille in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-11-06) 6 November 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Calais, France
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Lille
Number	30
Youth career
2008–2010	SC Coquellois
2010–2014	AS Marck
2014–2018	Lille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Lille B	38	(0)
2021–	Lille	84	(0)
2021	→ Valenciennes B (loan)	1	(0)
2021–2022	→ Valenciennes (loan)	30	(0)
International career^‡
2017	France U16	1	(0)
2018–2019	France U18	4	(0)
2021	France U20	1	(0)
2022–2023	France U21	6	(0)
2024	France Olympic	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:07, 25 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024

Lucas Chevalier (born 6 November 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lille.

Club career

Chevalier is a youth academy graduate of Lille.[2] He was third-choice goalkeeper of club behind Mike Maignan and Orestis Karnezis during their league title winning 2020–21 season. In July 2021, he joined Ligue 2 club Valenciennes on a season long loan deal.[3] He made his professional debut for the club on 18 September 2021 in a 1–1 draw against Pau.[4]

On 10 September 2022, Chevalier made his professional debut for his boyhood club with a strong performance against Marseille.[5] A few weeks later, on 9 October, he stopped a penalty kick and made decisive saves in Lille 1–0 home win over Derby du Nord rivals Lens. He was praised for his performance that earned him a rating of 8/10 in La Voix du Nord and a spot in L'Équipe's Team of the Week.[6][7] After the game, he told to Prime Video Sport pundit Thierry Henry that former Lille keeper Mike Maignan phoned him before the game to advise and encourage him.[8] In January 2023, Chevalier extended his contract with Lille until June 2027.[9]

On 2 October 2024, in his third season as Lille starting goalkeeper, he took part in the 1-0 home win against Real Madrid in the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase. Being one of the best Lille players on the pitch, his performance was praised by various national and international media including L'Équipe which gave him a rare rating of 9/10 after the match.[10][11][12]

International career

Chevalier is a former French youth international. He has appeared for under-16 and under-18 teams in friendlies.[13] In 2024, he was called up to the France Olympic football team for the Olympics football tournament in a preliminary list alongside his Lille teammates Bafodé Diakité and Leny Yoro.[14] However, the three players were eventually retained by their club due to the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round played in August before the start of the Ligue 1 season.[15]

On 7 November 2024, Chevalier received his first call-up to the France national team.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 January 2025[17]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Coupe de France		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lille B	2018–19	Championnat National 2	19	0	—		—		19	0
	2019–20	Championnat National 2	17	0	—		—		17	0
	2020–21	Championnat National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2022–23	Championnat National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		38	0	—		—		38	0
Lille	2020–21	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2022–23	Ligue 1	32	0	3	0	—		35	0
	2023–24	Ligue 1	33	0	2	0	9[a]	0	44	0
	2024–25	Ligue 1	19	0	0	0	12[b]	0	31	0
	Total		84	0	5	0	21	0	110	0
Valenciennes (loan)	2021–22	Ligue 2	30	0	0	0	—		30	0
Valenciennes B (loan)	2021–22	Championnat National 3	1	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			153	0	5	0	21	0	179	0

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

References

1. "Lucas Chevalier" (in French). Lille OSC. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
2. Lucas Chevalier at Soccerway
3. "Le gardien de Lille Lucas Chevalier prêté à Valenciennes, en Ligue 2". 5 July 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
4. "Pau vs. Valenciennes - 18 September 2021". Retrieved 25 September 2021.
5. Lafont, Romain (17 September 2022). "Lucas Chevalier, celui que les Lillois attendaient tant". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
6. Käppeli, Pierre-Louis (10 October 2022). "Lille - Lens : Lucas Chevalier héroïque, les notes des joueurs lillois". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
7. @lequipe (10 October 2022). "L'équipe type de la 10e journée de Ligue 1 : c'est la Bretagne qui gagne" [10th round Team of the Week: Brittany wins] (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via Twitter.
8. @PVSportFR (9 October 2022). "@mmseize avait mis la pression à Lucas Chevalier avant le Derby !" [@mmseize put pressure on Lucas Chevalier before the Derby!] (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via Twitter.
9. "Enfant du coin, enfant du LOSC, Lucas Chevalier prolonge son contrat". LOSC Lille (in French). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
10. Domenighetti, Joël; Penot, Hervé; Degorre, Damien (3 October 2024). "Les notes de Lille - Real Madrid : Chevalier royal, Genesio a trouvé la clé". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
11. "Les notes des Lillois contre le Real Madrid : l'époustouflant Lucas Chevalier". La Voix du Nord (in French). 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
12. @lavoixdessports (2 October 2024). "Lucas Chevalier impérial, Ayyoub Bouaddi sérieux... Retrouvez les notes des joueurs lillois face au Real Madrid sur notre site" (Tweet) (in French). Retrieved 2 October 2024 – via Twitter.
13. "Löic Mbe Soh et Arthur Zagre au Tournoi des Boches-du-Rhône 2019". 27 May 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
14. Mayen, Philippe (3 June 2024). "La pré-liste pour les JO". FFF (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
15. Lemaître, Clément (29 May 2024). "Paris 2024 : Le LOSC refuserait de libérer Chevalier, Yoro et Diakité pour les JO". Eurosport (in French). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
16. "'Since Thursday my life has changed' - Lucas Chevalier on first-ever France call-up - Get French Football News". 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
17. "Lucas Chevalier: Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

External links

• Lucas Chevalier at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Lucas Chevalier at WorldFootball.net