Mathis Lambourde

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|name = Mathis Lambourde

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|full_name = Mathis Thierry Lambourde Frontier

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|1|9|df=y}}

|birth_place = Les Lilas, France{{FFF male player|10601-lambourde-mathis}}

|height = 1.79 m

|position = Forward

|currentclub = Hellas Verona

|clubnumber = 7

|youthyears1 = 2013–2014

|youthclubs1 = Cosmos Saint-Denis

|youthyears2 = 2014–2017

|youthclubs2 = Les Lilas

|youthyears3 = 2017–2018

|youthclubs3 = Paris Saint-Germain

|youthyears4 = 2018–2021

|youthclubs4 = Drancy

|youthyears5 = 2021–2024

|youthclubs5 = Rennes

|years1 = 2023–2024

|clubs1 = Rennes B

|caps1 = 16

|goals1 = 3

|years2 = 2023–2024

|clubs2 = Rennes

|caps2 = 1

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 2024–

|clubs3 = Hellas Verona

|caps3 = 7

|goals3 = 1

|nationalyears1 = 2022–2023

|nationalteam1 = France U17

|nationalcaps1 = 16

|nationalgoals1 = 9

|nationalyears2 = 2023

|nationalteam2 = France U18

|nationalcaps2 = 12

|nationalgoals2 = 3

|club-update = 21 May 2025

|nationalteam-update = 1 December 2023

|medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

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Mathis Thierry Lambourde Frontier (born 9 January 2006) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{Italian football updater|HellasVerona}} club Hellas Verona.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/finale-de-leuro-u-17-qui-est-le-francilien-mathis-lambourde-le-phenomene-des-bleuets-02-06-2023-GWG33UHFGJDGREO3GWR76TPA2M.php|title=Finale de l’Euro U 17 : qui est le Francilien Mathis Lambourde, le phénomène des Bleuets ?|trans-title=Euro U 17 final: who is Ile-de-France Mathis Lambourde, the Bleuets phenomenon?|first=Arnaud|last=Detout|date=2 June 2023|accessdate=4 June 2023|website=leparisien.fr|language=French}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://ja-drancy.com/mathis-lambourde-frontier-sengage-en-faveur-du-stade-rennais-2/|title=Mathis Lambourde Frontier s’engage en faveur du Stade Rennais|trans-title=Mathis Lambourde Frontier is committed to Stade Rennais|date=2 April 2019|accessdate=4 June 2023|website=ja-drancy.com|language=French}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/stade-rennais/stade-rennais-mathis-lambourde-pied-au-plancher-b7a85bb0-629c-11ed-971d-47f33cb6a90b|title=Stade Rennais. Mathis Lambourde pied au plancher|trans-title=Stade Rennais. Mathis Lambourde foot to the floor|date=12 November 2022|accessdate=4 June 2023|website=ouest-france.fr|language=French}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Mathis-lambourde-la-revelation-finale-des-moins-de-17-ans-francais-a-l-euro/1400062|title=Mathis Lambourde, la révélation finale des moins de 17 ans français à l'Euro|trans-title=Mathis Lambourde, the final revelation of the French under-17s at the Euro|first=Flavien|last=Tresarrieu|date=2 June 2023|accessdate=4 June 2023|website=lequipe.fr|language=French}}

On 30 August 2024, Lambourde signed a five-year contract with Hellas Verona in Italy.{{cite web|publisher=Hellas Verona|url=https://www.hellasverona.it/en/news/from-france-for-veronas-attack-bienvenue-mathis|title=From France for Verona's attack: bienvenue Mathis!|date=30 August 2024|access-date=31 August 2024}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.footmercato.net/a8928774018433223376-equipe-de-france-u17-lascension-fulgurante-du-phenomene-mathis-lambourde|title=Equipe de France U17 : l’ascension fulgurante du phénomène Mathis Lambourde|trans-title=France U17 team: the meteoric rise of the Mathis Lambourde phenomenon|first=Sebastien|last=Denis|date=29 May 2023|accessdate=4 June 2023|website=footmercato.net|language=French}}

Legal affairs

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".{{cite web|language=fr|title=Mathis Lambourde, joueur du Stade Rennais, poursuivi pour homicide involontaire|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/ille-et-vilaine/rennes-35000/mathis-lambourde-joueur-du-stade-rennais-poursuivi-pour-homicide-involontaire-6619784.php|website=Le Télégramme|date=4 July 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Deux-ans-de-prison-avec-sursis-pour-mathis-lambourde-rennes/1503018|title=Deux ans de prison avec sursis pour Mathis Lambourde (Rennes)|date=23 August 2024|website=L'Équipe|language=French}}

Honours

France U17

UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2023{{Cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/0282-182989bb7eb4-4fac0025443c-1000--germany-take-title-with-shoot-out-win-over-france/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602213523/https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/0282-182989bb7eb4-4fac0025443c-1000--germany-take-title-with-shoot-out-win-over-france/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 June 2023|title=Germany take title with shoot-out win over France |date=2 June 2023 |website=UEFA |access-date=3 December 2023}}
FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/indonesia-2023/articles/germany-france-match-review-watch-highlights|title=Germany win FIFA U-17 World Cup after shootout drama|website=FIFA.com|date=2 December 2023|access-date=3 December 2023}}