Romuald Lacazette (born 3 January 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...

Personal life

Lacazette was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

on 3 January 1994. His cousin is the Lyon striker

Alexandre Lacazette Alexandre Lacazette (born 28 May 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for and is the captain of club Lyon. He plays mainly as a striker but has also been deployed as a second striker and wide forward. Lacazette ...

Career

Early career

He played for

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

, joining its youth team in 2012. He then played for PSG II for the whole season. Despite receiving a call up to the first team, he could not feature for them.

TSV 1860 Munich

Lacazette was transferred to

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on 18 July 2015. During the 2015–16 season, he scored two goals in three matches played for the

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and made nine appearances for the first team. He made his first team debut in a 3–0 loss to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

on 20 December 2015. On 20 March 2016, Lacazette received a red card against Arminia Bielefeld in a 1–1 draw.

Darmstadt 98

Lacazette joined

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Sp ...

from 1860 Munich on a three-year contract until 2020. On 31 August 2018, Lacazette returned to 1860 Munich on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

Villefranche

After a season without a club, Lacazette joined French

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side

FC Villefranche Football Club Villefranche Beaujolais or simply Villefranche is a French association football club founded in 1927. They are based in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône-Alpes and play at the Stade Armand Chouffet in town. The team played one season ...

in July 2020.

TSV Wasserburg

In the summer of 2021, he joined German fifth-tier

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club TSV Wasserburg in his wife's hometown to maintain shape, without signing with the club. In November 2021, he officially joined the team.

Career statistics

References

1994 births Footballers from Paris French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Guadeloupean expatriate men's footballers Guadeloupean men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2. Bundesliga players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players TSV 1860 Munich II players TSV 1860 Munich players FC Villefranche Beaujolais players Living people Men's association football midfielders SV Darmstadt 98 players 3. Liga players Bayernliga players Grand-Lancy FC players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria French expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Guadeloupe-footy-bio-stub