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Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien (French pronunciation: [liljɑ̃ tyʁam]; born 1 January 1972) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. A quick, powerful and versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a centre-back or as a right-back, and was competent both offensively and defensively.
Lilian Thuram former footballer from France Centre-Back last club: FC Barcelona * Jan 1, 1972 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
Dec 5, 2022 · After playing professional soccer for 17 years, Thuram, 50, became an accomplished author and social justice activist, establishing the Lilian Thuram Foundation in 2008 to dismantle systemic racism and educate people against discrimination in France and around the world.
Oct 14, 2021 · French Lilian Thuram slips away from Italian player Stefano Fiore during the France vs Italy Final of the Euro 2000 soccer championhips in Rotterdam. EFE-EPA/Michele Limina Email
Nov 5, 2021 · Since retiring in 2008, Thuram has been heading up the Lilian Thuram Foundation, the purpose of which is to educate people about racism – not only about its ill effects but about its past and the way that the identities that underpin it came to be.
Jan 5, 2018 · Lilian Thuram won some of soccer’s most coveted titles, but the Frenchman remains unsatisfied. Now retired, he tells SportsPro about his experiences of racist abuse, and discusses what must be...
Dec 9, 2021 · Former World Cup winner, Lilian Thuram believes players should be brave in the fight against one of the most significant and recurring issues in football, racism.
Nov 17, 2021 · World Cup winner Lilian Thuram has urged White footballers to take a more active role in the decision to stop matches by walking off the pitch if Black players are being racially abused.
Lilian Thuram is the most-capped male player in French history, and 141 of his record 142 appearances ended without a goal. The solitary exception to that rule, however, proved...
Nov 24, 2022 · Lilian Thuram is a World and European champion with France, regarded as one of the finest defenders of his generation and his country’s most capped player. That was a lifetime ago...
