Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maxence Guy Lacroix[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 6 April 2000||
Place of birth | Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Limeyrat | ||
2008–2011 | Montignacoise | ||
2011–2012 | FCTLF | ||
2012–2015 | Trélissac | ||
2015–2017 | Sochaux | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Sochaux II | 13 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Sochaux | 27 | (0) |
2020–2024 | VfL Wolfsburg | 111 | (6) |
2024– | Crystal Palace | 9 | (0) |
International career | |||
2016 | France U16 | 1 | (0) |
2017 | France U17 | 4 | (0) |
2017 | France U18 | 5 | (0) |
2019 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024 |
Maxence Guy Lacroix (born 6 April 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace.
On 21 August 2017, Lacroix signed his first professional contract with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.[4] Lacroix made his professional debut with Sochaux in a 1–0 Ligue 2 win over FC Lorient on 22 December 2018.[5]
On 25 August 2020, Lacroix joined VfL Wolfsburg on a four-year deal.[6][7] On 27 February 2021, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 2–0 win over Hertha BSC.[8]
On 30 August 2024, Premier League club Crystal Palace signed Lacroix on a five-year deal, reuniting him with former Wolfsburg manager Oliver Glasner.[9]
Lacroix is a youth international for France, and represented the France U17s at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10]
Lacroix was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, and his father is a nurse and his mother a doctor. He is of Guadeloupean and Malagasy descent through his father and mother.[11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sochaux II | 2017–18 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||||
Sochaux | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
VfL Wolfsburg | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | |||
2024–25 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 111 | 6 | 10 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | 130 | 7 | |||
Crystal Palace | 2024–25 | Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
Career total | 160 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 182 | 7 |