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Alban Lafont

アルバン・ラフォン　/　あるばん・らふぉん

Association football player from Burkina Faso

January 23, 1999 (age 27)　・　Ouagadougou, Kadiogo Province, Burkina Faso

Kadiogo Province
association football player

My Take

Lafont fascinates me because his story refuses to fit a single flag. Born in Ouagadougou, raised in France, and now keeping goal for the Ivory Coast, he's a living map of football's borderless modern era. What I find most striking is that he was already a senior goalkeeper as a teenager, thrown into top-flight pressure at an age when most players are still finding their feet. At 193 cm he has the reach you'd expect, but it's the early composure I admire. Watching a keeper grow up in public is rare, and his cross-continental path makes him one of the more quietly compelling careers I follow.

Overview

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 2 club Nantes. Born in Burkina Faso and raised in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Alban Lafont
Name (Japanese): アルバン・ラフォン
Reading: あるばん・らふぉん
Born: January 23, 1999 (age 27)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rabbit
Origin: Ouagadougou, Kadiogo Province, Burkina Faso
Blood type: Private
Height: 193 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3

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