Emelyne Ann-Emmanuelle Laurent (born 4 November 1998) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for German club

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and the France national team.

Club career

At club level, Laurent has played for

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

and

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. In January 2019, Laurent was loaned to

En Avant de Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, en, Forward Guingamp), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a professional football club based in the commune of Guingamp in France's Brittany region. The club was founded in 1912 and play in ...

for the remainder of the season. Later in 2019, she was loaned to

. In August 2020, she was loaned to

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

for the season. She scored for Atlético in their 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 16 second leg match against

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. Atlético drew the match 1–1, but lost 3–1 on aggregate. In May 2022, Laurent signed for German club

on a three-year contract.

International career

Laurent was France U-19's joint top goal scorer at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, with three goals. She represented France U-20 in the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In the opening match against Ghana U-20, she scored two goals, as France won 4–1. She scored 4 goals in the tournament, as France finished fourth. Aged 19, Laurent made her senior team debut, coming on as a substitute in a friendly against

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. In May 2019, Laurent was selected for the

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in France. At the time, she had made three appearances for France. In 2021, she scored two goals in a match for France under-23s against Sweden under-23s.

Personal life

Laurent is from

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

. Aged 11, she started playing football for

AS Samaritaine AS Samaritaine is a football club of Martinique, based in the northeastern town Sainte-Marie. Founded in 1920,Metropolitan France Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ...

at the age of 14.

Career statistics

International

International goals

References

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