Aymeric Laporte
Laporte (left) playing for Athletic Bilbao in 2014.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aymeric Laporte | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Agen, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2009 | SU Agen | ||
| 2009–2010 | Bayonne | ||
| 2010–2011 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Basconia | 33 | (2) |
| 2012 | Bilbao Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| 2012– | Athletic Bilbao | 132 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | France U17 | 11 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | France U18 | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | France U19 | 12 | (1) |
| 2013–2016 | France U21 | 19 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:16, 25 March 2016 (UTC) |
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Aymeric Laporte (born 27 May 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Athletic Bilbao mainly as a central defender.
He is only the second French player – after Bixente Lizarazu – to play for Athletic Bilbao, since signing in 2010 at the age of 16.
Born in Agen, Aquitaine, Laporte had Basque great-grandparents and began playing football and rugby at the age of five. He started his formation with SU Agen Football, joining Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2010 from Aviron Bayonnais and going on to play for both its farm and reserve teams. On 28 November 2012 he made his debut with the main squad, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away win against Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. for the season's UEFA Europa League.
Laporte made his first La Liga appearance on 9 December 2012, appearing one minute in a 1–0 home win over Celta de Vigo. The following week he was inserted in the starting XI by manager Marcelo Bielsa, helping the Lions to the same result at RCD Mallorca, and was definitely promoted to the first-team shortly after, signing a new contract until 2015; on 14 January 2013, he was given the number 4 jersey previously worn by Ustaritz, and late in the month he renewed his contract, running until 2016 and with a €27.5 million release clause.
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