Mathis Lambourde

Mathis Lambourde
Personal information
Full name Mathis Thierry Lambourde Frontier
Date of birth (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 20)
Place of birth Les Lilas, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Servette
Number 22
Youth career
2013–2014 Cosmos Saint-Denis
2014–2017 Les Lilas
2017–2018 Paris Saint-Germain
2018–2021 Drancy
2021–2024 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Rennes B 16 (3)
2023–2024 Rennes 1 (0)
2024–2026 Hellas Verona 7 (1)
2025–2026 → Reggiana (loan) 24 (4)
2026– Servette 7 (2)
International career‡
2022–2023 France U17 16 (9)
2023 France U18 12 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Runner-up2023 Indonesia
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up2023 Hungary
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 December 2023

Mathis Thierry Lambourde Frontier (born 9 January 2006) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Servette.

Club career

Born in Les Lilas, of Guadeloupean and Malagasy descent, Lambourde began his career at the age of seven with grassroots side Cosmos Saint-Denis. After one season, he joined hometown club Les Lilas, where he spent three years before a move to professional club Paris Saint-Germain. After only a season with Paris Saint-Germain, he moved to Jeanne d'Arc de Drancy in 2018, but the club would report that he had signed a six-year deal with Stade Rennais only a year later, in April 2019.

Despite being pictured in club attire holding a Stade Rennais kit, the French Football Federation have stated that it was not until 2021 that Lambourde would join the club. He got off to a good start to the 2022–23 season, scoring fourteen goals by November, and went on to finish the season with twenty-five in all competitions at under-19 level.

On 30 August 2024, Lambourde signed a five-year contract with Hellas Verona in Italy. On 1 September 2025, he was loaned to Reggiana in Serie B.

On 29 June 2026, he signed for Swiss Super League club Servette, leaving Italy and Hellas Verona after two and a half years.

International career

Lambourde has represented France at under-17 level. He starred at the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship as France finished runners-up to Germany.

On 18 June 2024, while riding an electric scooter on the pedestrian section of the François-Mitterrand mail in Rennes, Lambourde collided with a pedestrian, who was a 51-year-old woman. She died as a result of this accident six days later. On 4 July 2024, Lambourde was placed under judicial supervision and prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter, lack of insurance and "manifestly deliberate violation of an obligation of safety or prudence". The trial was held at the Rennes Criminal Court on 23 August 2024, in which Lambourde was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter.

Honours

France U17

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mathis Lambourde at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
  2. 1 2 Detout, Arnaud (2 June 2023). "Finale de l'Euro U 17 : qui est le Francilien Mathis Lambourde, le phénomène des Bleuets ?" [Euro U 17 final: who is Ile-de-France Mathis Lambourde, the Bleuets phenomenon?]. leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Mathis Lambourde Frontier s'engage en faveur du Stade Rennais" [Mathis Lambourde Frontier is committed to Stade Rennais]. ja-drancy.com (in French). 2 April 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Stade Rennais. Mathis Lambourde pied au plancher" [Stade Rennais. Mathis Lambourde foot to the floor]. ouest-france.fr (in French). 12 November 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 Tresarrieu, Flavien (2 June 2023). "Mathis Lambourde, la révélation finale des moins de 17 ans français à l'Euro" [Mathis Lambourde, the final revelation of the French under-17s at the Euro]. lequipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "From France for Verona's attack: bienvenue Mathis!". Hellas Verona. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Mathis Lambourde veste la maglia granata: il giovane francese è in prestito dall'Hellas Verona" [Mathis Lambourde wears the Granata jersey: the young Frenchman is on loan from Hellas Verona.] (in Italian). AC Reggiana 1919. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Mathis Lambourde a titolo definitivo al Servette". Hellas Verona FC. 29 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ Denis, Sebastien (29 May 2023). "Equipe de France U17 : l'ascension fulgurante du phénomène Mathis Lambourde" [France U17 team: the meteoric rise of the Mathis Lambourde phenomenon]. footmercato.net (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Mathis Lambourde, joueur du Stade Rennais, poursuivi pour homicide involontaire". Le Télégramme (in French). 4 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Deux ans de prison avec sursis pour Mathis Lambourde (Rennes)". L'Équipe (in French). 23 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Germany take title with shoot-out win over France". UEFA. 2 June 2023. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Germany win FIFA U-17 World Cup after shootout drama". FIFA.com. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.