Mathis Lambourde

Mathis Lambourde

Personal information
Full name	Mathis Thierry Lambourde Frontier
Date of birth	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth	Les Lilas, France[1]
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hellas Verona
Number	7
Youth career
2013–2014	Cosmos Saint-Denis
2014–2017	Les Lilas
2017–2018	Paris Saint-Germain
2018–2021	Drancy
2021–2024	Rennes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–2024	Rennes B	16	(3)
2023–2024	Rennes	1	(0)
2024–	Hellas Verona	2	(1)
International career^‡
2022–2023	France U17	16	(9)
2023	France U18	12	(3)
Medal record Men's football Representing  France FIFA U-17 World Cup Runner-up 2023 Indonesia UEFA European Under-17 Championship Runner-up 2023 Hungary
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2023

Mathis Thierry Lambourde Frontier (born 9 January 2006) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Hellas Verona.

Club career

Born in Les Lilas, of Guadeloupean and Malagasy descent, Lambourde began his career at the age of seven with grassroots side Cosmos Saint-Denis.[1] After one season, he joined hometown club Les Lilas, where he spent three years before a move to professional club Paris Saint-Germain.[2] After only a season with Paris Saint-Germain, he moved to Jeanne d'Arc de Drancy in 2018, but the club would report that he had signed a six-year deal with Stade Rennais only a year later, in April 2019.[3]

Despite being pictured in club attire holding a Stade Rennais kit, the French Football Federation have stated that it was not until 2021 that Lambourde would join the club.[1] He got off to a good start to the 2022–23 season, scoring fourteen goals by November, and went on to finish the season with twenty-five in all competitions at under-19 level.[4][5]

On 30 August 2024, Lambourde signed a five-year contract with Hellas Verona in Italy.[6]

International career

Lambourde has represented France at under-17 level.[1] He starred at the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship as France finished runners-up to Germany.[2][5][7]

Legal affairs

On 18 June 2024, while riding an electric scooter on the pedestrian section of the François-Mitterrand mail in Rennes, Lambourde collided with a pedestrian, who was a 51-year old woman. She died as a result of this accident six days later. On 4 July 2024, Lambourde was placed under judicial supervisionand prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter, lack of insurance and "manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence".[8] The trial was held at the Rennes Criminal Court on 23 August 2024, in which Lambourde was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter.[9]

Honours

France U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2023[10]
• FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2023[11]

References

1. Mathis Lambourde at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
2. Detout, Arnaud (2 June 2023). "Finale de l'Euro U 17 : qui est le Francilien Mathis Lambourde, le phénomène des Bleuets ?" [Euro U 17 final: who is Ile-de-France Mathis Lambourde, the Bleuets phenomenon?]. leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
3. "Mathis Lambourde Frontier s'engage en faveur du Stade Rennais" [Mathis Lambourde Frontier is committed to Stade Rennais]. ja-drancy.com (in French). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
4. "Stade Rennais. Mathis Lambourde pied au plancher" [Stade Rennais. Mathis Lambourde foot to the floor]. ouest-france.fr (in French). 12 November 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
5. Tresarrieu, Flavien (2 June 2023). "Mathis Lambourde, la révélation finale des moins de 17 ans français à l'Euro" [Mathis Lambourde, the final revelation of the French under-17s at the Euro]. lequipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
6. "From France for Verona's attack: bienvenue Mathis!". Hellas Verona. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
7. Denis, Sebastien (29 May 2023). "Equipe de France U17 : l'ascension fulgurante du phénomène Mathis Lambourde" [France U17 team: the meteoric rise of the Mathis Lambourde phenomenon]. footmercato.net (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
8. "Mathis Lambourde, joueur du Stade Rennais, poursuivi pour homicide involontaire". Le Télégramme (in French). 4 July 2024.
9. "Deux ans de prison avec sursis pour Mathis Lambourde (Rennes)". L'Équipe (in French). 23 August 2024.
10. "Germany take title with shoot-out win over France". UEFA.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
11. "Germany win FIFA U-17 World Cup after shootout drama". FIFA.com. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.