Lorenz Assignon
{{short description|French footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lorenz Assignon
| image = Assignon asse srfc 2425.png
| caption = Assignon with Rennes in 2025
| full_name = Lorenz Assignon{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/3886218 |title=Latest updated Premier League squad lists for 2023/24 |publisher=Premier League |date=8 February 2024 |access-date=5 April 2025}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|22|df=y}}{{cite news |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur84002.html |title=Lorenz Assignon |newspaper=L'Équipe |location=Paris |access-date=5 April 2025 |language=fr}}
| birth_place = Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France
| height = 1.81 m{{cite web |url=https://www.staderennais.com/en/player/show/8 |title=Lorenz Assignon |publisher=Stade Rennais FC |access-date=5 April 2025}}
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = VfB Stuttgart
| clubnumber = 22
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Stade Poitevin
| youthclubs2 = Pôle Espoirs Châteauroux
| youthyears3 = 2015–2019
| youthclubs3 = Rennes
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2015
| years1 = 2019–2023
| clubs1 = Rennes II
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2020–2025
| clubs2 = Rennes
| caps2 = 78
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2021
| clubs3 = → Bastia (loan)
| caps3 = 13
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2024
| clubs4 = → Burnley (loan)
| caps4 = 15
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2025–
| clubs5 = Stuttgart
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| club-update = 25 May 2025
}}
Lorenz Assignon (born 22 June 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
Career
=Rennes=
On 3 March 2020, Assignon signed his first professional contract with Rennes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.footmercato.net/a1132020027511764554-officiel-lorenz-assignon-passe-pro-au-stade-rennais|title=Officiel : Lorenz Assignon passe pro au Stade Rennais|website=Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert}} During the second half of the 2020–21 season, he was loaned to third-tier Bastia, where he helped the club win the Championnat National, contributing one goal in thirteen appearances.
Assignon made his professional debut for Rennes as a substitute in a 3–1 UEFA Europa Conference League win over Rosenborg on 26 August 2021.{{Cite web|title=Résultat et résumé Rosenborg - Rennes, Ligue Europa Conference, Retour Barrages, jeudi 26 août 2021|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/match-direct/ligue-europa-conference/2021-2022/rosenborg-rennes-live/521602|access-date=2021-09-19|website=L'Équipe|language=fr}} On 8 September 2022, he scored his first professional goal for Rennes, a last-minute winner in a 2–1 UEFA Europa League victory over AEK Larnaca. Sports newspaper L'Équipe described his goal as "Zlatan-
==Burnley (loan)==
On 1 February 2024, Assignon was loaned out to English side Burnley until the end of the season with an option to buy.{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transferts-lorenz-assignon-rennes-officiellement-prete-a-burnley/1446206|title=Transferts : Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) officiellement prêté à Burnley|trans-title=Transfers : Lorenz Assignon (Rennes) officially loaned to Burnley|language=fr|publisher=L'Équipe|date=2 February 2024|access-date=2 February 2024}} On 30 March 2024, Assignon gave away a penalty and got a red card after receiving his second booking for a foul on Mykhailo Mudryk, with the game against Chelsea ending in a 2-2 draw. After his second yellow card, Vincent Kompany was also sent off for protesting against the referee Darren England over awarding the home side the penalty.{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Marissa|date=30 March 2024|title=Chelsea 2-2 Burnley: 10-man Burnley hold Chelsea at Stamford Bridge|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68644054|access-date=26 July 2024|website=BBC Sport}} On 20 April 2024 he became just the second Burnley defender to both score and assist in a single Premier League game, in a 4-1 away win at Sheffield United.{{Cite news |title=Burnley boost survival hopes with win at Sheff Utd |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68804742 |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} On 21 May 2024, Burnley said it was moving to make the loan permanent.{{Cite web |title=CLUB CONFIRM RETAINED LIST {{!}} BurnleyFC |url=https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/content/club-confirm-retained-list |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.burnleyfootballclub.com |language=en}}
Personal life
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 19 May 2024|{{Soccerway|lorenz-assignon/609986|accessdate=4 February 2024}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France}} !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6" |Rennes II
|2018–19 | rowspan="3" |Championnat National 3 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2 |0 | ||||||||||
| 2019–20
|16 |2 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |16 |2 | ||||||||||
| 2020–21
|3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3 |0 | ||||||||||
| 2022–23
|2 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2 |1 | ||||||||||
| 2023–24
|1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |總計
!24 !3 !0 !0 !0 !0 !0 !0 !24 !3 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="5" |Rennes
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Ligue 1 |20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 4Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|Ligue 1 |12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 5Appearances in the UEFA Europa League | 1 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|Ligue 1 |14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 5 | 1 | 20 | 2 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!46||1||4||0||colspan="2"|—||14||2||64||3 | ||||||||||
| Bastia (loan)
|13 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Burnley (loan)
| 2023–24 |15 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | ||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!74||3||4||0||colspan="2"|—||14||2||92||5 |
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Honours
Bastia
References
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External links
{{commons category}}
- [https://www.staderennais.com/en/player/show/8 Profile] at the Stade Rennais FC website
- {{UEFA player}}
{{Stade Rennais FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Assignon, Lorenz}}
Category:Footballers from Grasse
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Stade Rennais FC players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Championnat National players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:Premier League players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England