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Lucas Digne (; born 20 July 1993) is a French professional
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who plays as a
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for club
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and the France national team. Digne began his career at
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before joining
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in 2013. After spending a season on loan at
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, he moved to
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in July 2016. Despite not playing regularly at either club, he won twelve honours at Paris and Barcelona combined. He joined Everton in August 2018, making 113 appearances before transferring to Aston Villa in January 2022. Digne won the 2013 World Cup with the France under-20 team, and made his senior international debut in March 2014. He represented France at the
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,
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(where his nation reached the
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), and
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.


Club career


Lille

Born in
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,
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, Digne finished his development at
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, signing his first professional contract on 27 July 2010 for three years. Ahead of the 2011–12 season, Digne was promoted to the senior team permanently and assigned the number 3 shirt. He made his professional debut on 26 October 2011 in a 6–1 victory over Sedan in the last 16 of the
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. In January 2012, Digne extended his contract until 2016. On 28 January, he made his
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debut at the Stadium Nord Lille Metropole, playing the final two minutes of a 3–0 win over
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. He totalled 16 league appearances as the defending champions came third. Digne was a regular in the 2012–13 season. On 23 February 2013, having given Lille the lead in a 3–1 win at
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when his cross was deflected in by Yoann Poulard, he was sent off after an hour for a foul on
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. He scored his first goal on 7 April, a penalty in a 5–0 home win over
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, and two weeks later he added another to equalise in a 2–1 comeback victory at
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.


Paris Saint-Germain

On 17 July 2013, Digne signed a five-year deal with
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, on a fee believed to be around €15 million. On 3 August, he was an unused substitute as they won the 2013 Trophée des Champions with a 2–1 victory over
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in Gabon. He did not make his debut until 13 September in a 2–0 win at the same opponents, as manager
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rotated his squad ahead of the
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. PSG ended the season with both the league and league cup titles, though Digne was back-up to Brazilian veteran
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. Digne played the full 90 minutes in the
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, which PSG won 2–0 against
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in Beijing. The Parisians won all four domestic honours in 2014–15, with Digne an unused substitute in their Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue final victories.


Roma (loan)

On 26 August 2015, Italian
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club
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signed Digne from PSG on a season-long loan deal for €2.5 million, with the option to make the move permanent at the end of the
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. He made his debut five days later, playing the entire match in a 2–1 victory against title holders
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at the
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. He blew a sarcastic kiss at opponent
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and advised him to check the scoreboard, a gesture likened to one by Roma captain Francesco Totti to
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of the same rival in a 4–0 win in February 2004. Digne scored his first goal for the ''Giallorossi'' on 26 September with a close-range header in a 5–1 home win over Carpi, having earlier assisted
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in opening his account for the club. Against the same opponents on 12 February, he returned from injury to score from 30 metres in a 3–1 win, and on 17 April he opened a 3–3 draw at
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. The team from Italy's
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came third in Serie A, and Digne declared that he wanted the move to be made permanent.


Barcelona

On 13 July 2016, Digne joined Spanish
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side
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on a five-year deal. The fee was €16.5 million (£13.8 million), with the possibility to increase to €20.5 million (£17.1 million), according to individual and team results. On 14 August 2016, Digne made his first appearance for Barcelona in a 0–2 victory against
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in the
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first leg, as a 27th-minute substitute for compatriot
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. He played 26 total games in his first season at the
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, scoring once in a 7–0 (8–1 aggregate) win over
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club Hércules in the last 32 of the
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on 21 December 2016. Barcelona won that cup, with Digne unused in the
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on 27 May 2017, a 3–1 win over Alavés. Digne played 20 times in 2017–18 as Barcelona won the league and cup
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under new manager
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. On 18 October 2017, he scored from
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's assist in a 3–1 home win over
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in the Champions League group stage.


Everton

Digne joined English club Everton on 1 August 2018, for a five-year deal on an initial fee of £18 million. He made his debut ten days later, replacing double goalscorer and fellow debutant
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for the last four minutes of a 2–2 draw at
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. On his first start on 29 August in a 3–1
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win against
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, he assisted a goal from
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. Digne made his first
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start for Everton four days later in a home game against
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, and assisted Calvert-Lewin's headed equaliser in a 1–1 draw. By the start of October, Digne had become Everton's first-choice left back, ahead of veteran
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. He scored his first goal for the club on 10 December, in the sixth minute of stoppage time at the end of a match against
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, curling in a free kick for a 2–2 draw. Sixteen days later he scored twice in a 5–1 win at
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, with a free kick and a 30-yard shot. On 29 January 2019 he was sent off in a 1–0 win at Huddersfield for denying Adama Diakhaby a goalscoring opportunity with a foul. Digne's first season at Everton concluded with individual honours as he was named the Club’s Player of the Season, as voted for by supporters, and Players' Player of the Season alongside midfielder
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, the first time the award had been shared. On 25 October 2020, Digne was sent off in a 2–0 loss at
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for a foul on
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. Referee Kevin Friend recorded it as "serious foul play" which is punished with a three-game suspension, but the ban was reduced to one match on appeal. In January 2022, Digne told Everton manager Rafael Benítez that he no longer wanted to play for the club and wished to leave. He had argued with the manager over tactics.


Aston Villa

On 13 January 2022,
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announced the signing of Digne from Everton for a fee of £25 million, with a contract until 2026. He made his debut two days later, in a 2–2 home draw with
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. On 23 August, Digne scored his first goal for the team in a 4–1 victory at
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in the second round of the
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. On 21 September 2022, Digne suffered a
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to his ankle whilst on international duty with France. This kept him out of the squad until 29 October, when he returned as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 defeat to
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.


International career

Digne was a French youth international and represented his nation at the U16, U17, and U18 levels. At the
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in Turkey, he played every match as
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won the title. He was first called up for the senior side in February 2014, ahead of a friendly match against the
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on 5 March. He debuted in that match, as a half-time substitute for
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in a 2–0 win at the
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. In June, manager
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named Digne as one of 23 members of the French squad for the
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in Brazil, wearing the number 17 shirt. His one appearance for the eventual quarter-finalists was the third group game against
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, in which he suffered a foul that earned the Ecuadorian captain
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a straight red card. Digne was chosen for the French squad that came runners-up on home soil at
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, but did not play. He was put on standby for the squad at the
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in Russia. At
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, Digne came on at half time in the 2–2 group draw with
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due to
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's injury. Minutes later, he too withdrew due to a thigh muscle injury. The injuries at left back forced Deschamps to use an untested 3–5–2 formation in the last 16 against
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, which France lost.


Personal life

On 27 December 2014, Digne married his girlfriend Tiziri, whom he met while both were in school. The couple have a son and a daughter. Digne was in
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when it was hit by a terror attack on 17 August 2017, and gave first aid to the victims.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Paris Saint-Germain *
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: 2013–14, 2014–15 *
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: 2014–15 *
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: 2013–14, 2014–15 *
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:
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Barcelona *
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: 2017–18 *
Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
: 2016–17, 2017–18 *
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:
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France U20 *
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Individual *Everton Players' Player of the Season: 2018–19 (shared with
Idrissa Gueye Idrissa Gana Gueye (born 26 September 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Everton and the Senegal national team. Starting his career at Diambars in his native Senegal, Gueye joined Fren ...
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