While her son had absolute respect and admiration for his mother, he didn’t have the same relationship with his father.

Fifteen goal contributions so far this season proves to be a good return for Thuram who moved from Guingamp in Ligue 1 last summer. Bundesliga club SV Sandhausen, and scored the only goal. Following another overly impressive season in 2000–01, where Parma reached the Coppa Italia final, and finishing the Serie A season in fourth place, Thuram,[8] along with teammate Gianluigi Buffon, transferred to Juventus. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Lilian Thuram in Monaco after being signed by Arsène Wenger, aged 17. "He really helps lift spirits in the dressing room.". In addition to his link-up play with his fellow attackers, the 22-year-old is also able to offer runs in behind the defence when his team holds possession from a deeper-lying position.

[29][30], Beyond his football career, Thuram has always shown political engagement, and has frequently spoken out against racism. He then transferred to Parma (1996–2001) and then to Juventus (2001–2006) for £25 million, and eventually to Barcelona in 2006. Thuram played at the top flight in France, Italy and Spain for over 15 seasons, including ten in Serie A with both Parma and Juventus. The information contained in Goal.com may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without the prior written authority of Goal.com, Gladbach have made a strong start to the German league season, with the son of a very famous defender leading the charge up front, Griezmann praises Deschamps for his positioning, More goals than Ronaldo but Neymar is no Brazil legend, Who needs Aouar or Ozil? And the Gunners, Spurs and United all reportedly sent scouts to check on him against Saint-Etienne on Saturday. 15 athletes who've stripped off or posed for saucy mag - from Olympic superstars to WWE babes, Model earns £8k a week by selling dirty bathwater and underwear to kinky fans, Instagram model Emily Knight earns a fortune by flogging kinky content online. As a full-back, he was known for his ability to make attacking runs up the flank and contribute to his team's offensive play after winning back the ball. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien (French pronunciation: ​[li.ljɑ̃ ty.ʁam];[4] born 1 January 1972) is a French retired professional football defender and the most capped player in the history of the France national team with 142 appearances between 1994 and 2008. Thuram's breakout season has not gone unnoticed on the international stage either. Thuram, having taken the decision to go chasing goals rather than focus his attention on keeping them out, is showing himself to be one of the most eye-catching performers in European football. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. He told this tale to AFP : “I was carefree at the time, probably about 10, and he was 20.

Don't wait 30 years - sign up for our daily football email newsletter today! Back when he was a starry-eyed youngster following his father to training at Barcelona, Thuram inherited a pair of boots from a rather special someone. Premier League clubs and supporters alike have been watching the first major European league return to action after a two-month lay off out of curiosity about how such a return has been made possible.

With France, Thuram was a key player for the team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, his side also won UEFA Euro 2000, and was in the runner-up squad for the 2006 World Cup.

On 22 July 2019, Borussia Mönchengladbach announced they had signed Thuram on a four-year deal. Catherine Fitzgerald put on a united front with her husband Dominic West on Tuesday after he spent the weekend in Rome looking very cosy with his co-star Lily James. The return of the Bundesliga has given players in the German top flight an opportunity to impress in front of what is most likely a markedly higher audience across the world. He has, however, opened his goal account for the current campaign and taken in a memorable outing against legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon – with the 40-year-old PSG star a former Parma colleague of his father.

He may not have been able to fill those boots, as he quickly grew to tower over a diminutive Argentine, but he is showing himself to be worthy of them and continues to make his dad proud. However, his son Marcus is now making a name for himself, in part thanks to his own trademark celebration. Parma AC SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2001, 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup winners (2nd title), Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP, "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel", "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of players: France", "Il campione Lilian Thuram a Treviso contro il razzismo", "Agreements with the Spanish club FC Barcelona", "Ranked! In that game he equalled Desailly's record number of caps, which he broke in the final group stage match, a 2–0 win over Togo in Cologne on 23 June 2006, winning his 117th cap.

Whilst starting mostly on the left, Thuram is equally capable on the right or through the middle. "Marcus is a very open person, he laughs a lot and is always positive," Eberl told the WZ. [13], Thuram is the son of the former France international footballer Lilian Thuram, and the older brother of the professional footballer Khéphren Thuram. After the game? [10] He was given the number 10 shirt, vacated by Thorgan Hazard after his move to Borussia Dortmund. Father Lilian won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 with Les Bleus during his 142 international appearances. He plays in various positions, often as the second centre forward. The transfer fee paid to Guingamp was reported as €12 million.

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The 21-year-old has won rave reviews this season, despite Brittany-based minnows Guingamp propping up Ligue 1.

Marcus Thuram joined Borussia Monchengladbach last summer and has impressed in the Bundesliga with all eyes on the league again this weekend. He made his national team debut in 1994, while at Monaco. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. You'll receive an email with all of the top news stories every single morning. [4] He played 43 total matches for Sochaux and scored one goal, in a 3–1 loss at Tours on 14 April 2017. Mum, 35, accused of murdering three-month-old baby is 9 months pregnant, Phillip Schofield says hiding gay secret forced him off This Morning to be sick, The Radfords share savvy Xmas tips & the time it takes to wrap gifts for 22 kids, 12 London boroughs breach threshold of 100 cases per 100,000 people, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Thuram's football career began with Monaco in Ligue 1 in 1991. There has certainly been no sign of nerves this season.

For other inquiries, Contact Us. Thomas Tuchel told reporters after that contest: “Ligue 1 is a very tough championship physically, with very strong players, like Guingamp's Marcus Thuram, who runs fast, is strong, dribbles well and is good in the air.”.

He retired in 2008 after a career which saw him rack up over 800 appearances for club and country. In a global Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in a "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scorpion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Edgar Davids, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament "referee". Why Man Utd paid big money for 'Messi-esque' Diallo, Thuram is happy to be moving slowly through the gears.

None other than five-time Ballon d’Or winner and record-breaker extraordinaire, Senor Messi. This season is a completely different story as Thuram's five goals and five assists in 11 games have propelled Gladbach to the top of the Bundesliga table and seen the forward win the Bundesliga Rookie of the Month award for both Septemer and October. The Guingamp star has hit 10 goals in 17 games this season to catch the eyes of the Premier League trio. [31], On 6 September 2006, Thuram sparked controversy when he invited 80 people, who were expelled by French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy from a flat where they lived illegally, to the football match between France and Italy. Nine of those goals came in Ligue 1 last season, but Thuram had little to celebrate as Guingamp were relegated. He made his Ligue 2 debut with the club on 20 March 2015 against Châteauroux replacing Edouard Butin after 83 minutes. The 21-year-old Frenchman is the son of World Cup winner Lilian, 46, who played in defence in front of Buffon at Parma from 1996 to 2001 and then later at Juventus from 2001-06. For Borussia Monchengladbach, they are now enjoying the rewards for identifying Thuram as a player who could fit into their system and he certainly does that to great effect.

[28], Thuram was sponsored by sportswear company Nike and appeared in Nike commercials. Photograph: Christian Liewig/Corbis/Getty Images “These were nine-year-old kids.

To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. [6] In such, during the French riots in November 2005, Thuram took a position against Nicolas Sarkozy, the head of the conservative political party (and future president) UMP and then Minister of the Interior. Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien (born 6 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach. Deschamps admitted that he has spoken to former team-mate Lilian about his son, but the younger Thuram has already moved out of his father's shadow and is making his own name for himself in … Yes, he was capable of cutting inside from the flank and producing the odd spectacular strike (see World Cup semi-final versus Croatia in 1998), but that was not what his game was about. In a sense, this phase of play illustrates how he is equally suited to playing through the left as he is through the middle. He maintained a starting position in defence throughout his time with Parma, making 163 Serie A appearances and scoring one league goal.