Gaëtan Laborde

Gaëtan Laborde
Laborde with Nice in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Mont-de-Marsan, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Diriyah
Number 9
Youth career
2000–2008 Stade Montois
2008–2011 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Bordeaux II 50 (8)
2013–2018 Bordeaux 58 (9)
2013–2014 → Red Star (loan) 24 (14)
2014–2015 → Brest (loan) 26 (2)
2016 → Clermont (loan) 18 (8)
2018–2021 Montpellier 106 (36)
2021–2022 Rennes 38 (14)
2022–2025 Nice 95 (29)
2025– Al-Diriyah 37 (28)
International career
2011 France U17 10 (3)
2011 France U18 5 (4)
2013 France U19 1 (1)
2013–2014 France U20 5 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 August 2026

Gaëtan Laborde (born 3 May 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Diriyah. He played for the France national youth teams up to France U20 level.

Club career

Laborde started his career at Stade Montois before joining Bordeaux in 2008. He won the 2013 Coupe Gambardella with Bordeaux, scoring the winning goal in the final against Sedan.

On 16 August 2018, Laborde joined Ligue 1 rivals Montpellier HSC on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Bordeaux was reported as €3 million plus bonuses. A day later, Bordeaux's manager Gus Poyet was suspended by his club following an outburst in which he criticised the sale of Laborde.

After 3 seasons at Montpellier HSC in which he scored 39 goals across 118 games, Laborde signed for Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais F.C. on 31 August 2021. His only season at Rennes was moderately successful, in which he scored 19 goals in 47 matches across all competitions.

On 1 September 2022, Nice signed Laborde from Rennes for €15 million on a contract until 30 June 2026. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on 2 October 2022.

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux B 2011–12 CFA 170———170
2012–13 CFA 237———237
2015–16 CFA 101———101
Total 508———508
Bordeaux 2015–16 Ligue 1 1000101131
2016–17 Ligue 1 3664324—4213
2017–18 Ligue 1 203000020223
2018–19 Ligue 1 1000003242
Total 5894334637119
Red Star (loan) 2013–14 Championnat National 24140000—2414
Brest (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 2 2623210—304
Clermont (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 2 1880000—188
Montpellier 2018–19 Ligue 1 36111010—3811
2019–20 Ligue 1 2863120—337
2020–21 Ligue 1 381652——4318
2021–22 Ligue 1 4300——43
Total 106369330—11839
Rennes 2021–22 Ligue 1 341220—754317
2022–23 Ligue 1 42———42
Total 381420—754719
Nice 2022–23 Ligue 1 331310—1034416
2023–24 Ligue 1 34541—00386
2024–25 Ligue 1 281130—503611
Total 952981—15311833
Career total 415120269742811476144
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Bordeaux

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Gaëtan Laborde". Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Coupe Gambardella 2013". Youtube.com. Fédération Française de Football.
  3. ↑ "Transferts : Gaëtan Laborde s'engage officiellement à Montpellier". L'Équipe (in French). 16 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Holyman, Ian (18 August 2018). "Bordeaux coach Gustavo Poyet faces sack over striker sale rant". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Gaëtan Laborde at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Gaën Laborde, joueur du mois de novembre de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats !" [Gaën Laborde, player of the month for November in Ligue 1 Uber Eats!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.