Alban Lafont
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Lafont with Toulouse in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alban-Marc Lafont | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Panathinaikos (on loan from Nantes) | ||
| Number | 40 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2014 | AS Lattoise | ||
| 2014–2015 | Toulouse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Toulouse | 98 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Fiorentina | 34 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Nantes (loan) | 65 | (0) |
| 2021– | Nantes | 115 | (0) |
| 2025 | Nantes B | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Panathinaikos (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | France U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015 | France U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | France U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | France U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | France U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | France U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 2025– | Ivory Coast | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:21, 4 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:44, 1 February 2026 (UTC) | |||
Alban-Marc Lafont (born 23 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos, on loan from Ligue 1 club Nantes. Born in Burkina Faso and raised in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.
Having progressed through the academy of AS Lattoise, Lafont signed for Toulouse in 2014 where he became the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in Ligue 1 upon making his debut the following year. He went on to make over 100 appearances for the club across all competitions before joining Fiorentina in 2018. In 2019, he returned to France in a loan deal to Nantes; the deal was made permanent in 2021.