Thomas Fontaine (born 8 May 1991) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender for

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club Gençlerbirliği. Born in the French region of

Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...

, Fontaine represents the Madagascar national team internationally.

Club career

Fontaine made his professional debut on 30 July 2012, coming on as a substitute for Yacoub Meite in the 4–0 defeat to

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

. On 29 January 2022, Fontaine signed with Nancy. After a brief spell with Beroe in Bulgaria, Fontaine joined

club Gençlerbirliği on a one-and-a-half-year deal on 10 January 2023.

International career

Fontaine represented the France U21 national team at the

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title. At a FIFA ...

. Fontaine made his senior debut for

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

in a

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the 32nd edition of the international men's football champion ...

win over

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

on 9 June 2017. He represented the national team at

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Career statistics

International

Honours

Lorient *

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

: 2020 Auxerre *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

: runner-up: 2015 Orders * Knight Order of Madagascar: 2019

References

External links

*
Thomas Fontaine profile
at Foot-National.com * * 1991 births Living people People from Saint-Pierre, Réunion People with acquired Malagasy citizenship Malagasy footballers Madagascar international footballers French footballers France youth international footballers Footballers from Réunion French sportspeople of Malagasy descent French people of Réunionnais descent People of Malagasy descent from Réunion Association football defenders 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Olympique Lyonnais players Tours FC players AJ Auxerre players Clermont Foot players Stade de Reims players FC Lorient players AS Nancy Lorraine players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players {{Réunion-footy-bio-stub