Aymeric Laporte

Aymeric Laporte

Laporte with Al Nassr in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alphonse Laporte
Date of birth	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Agen, France
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Al Nassr
Number	27
Youth career
2000–2009	SU Agen
2009–2010	Bayonne
2010–2011	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Basconia	33	(2)
2012	Athletic Bilbao B	8	(0)
2012–2018	Athletic Bilbao	161	(7)
2018–2023	Manchester City	121	(8)
2023–	Al Nassr	27	(4)
International career‡
2011–2012	France U17	11	(1)
2011–2012	France U18	9	(0)
2012–2013	France U19	12	(1)
2013–2016	France U21	19	(1)
2021–	Spain	35	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Spain UEFA European Championship Winner 2024 Germany UEFA Nations League Winner 2023 Netherlands Runner-up 2021 Italy Representing  France UEFA European Under-19 Championship Runner-up 2013 Lithuania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:22, 23 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:54, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alphonse Laporte (born 27 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr.

When he joined Athletic Bilbao in 2010 at the age of 16, he became only the second player born in France—after Bixente Lizarazu—to play for them, going on to make 222 competitive appearances for the club. In January 2018, he signed for Manchester City. He was part of the side which won the only domestic treble in English men's football in 2019, and the country's second-ever continental treble in 2023.

Born in France, Laporte won 51 caps for the country at youth international levels, and was called up to the senior team twice but remained uncapped. In 2021, after receiving Spanish citizenship despite having no family connection to Spain (his great-grandparents were from the French Basque region), and approval from FIFA to switch national teams, Laporte was named in Spain's squad for UEFA Euro 2020. He would then go on to represent the nation at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2024, winning the latter tournament.