Lazare Amani
Ivorian footballer
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Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (born 7 March 1998) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge and the Ivory Coast national team.
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| Full name | Jean Thierry Lazare Amani | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Diégonéfla, Ivory Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cercle Brugge | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2016 | Aspire Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Eupen | 91 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Charleroi | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Estoril (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Union SG (loan) | 34 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Union SG | 78 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Kifisia | 29 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Cercle Brugge | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ivory Coast U20 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ivory Coast U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Ivory Coast | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
On 22 June 2021, he joined Union Saint-Gilloise on a season-long loan.[1] On 20 April 2022, Union SG exercised their option to make the transfer permanent and signed a three-year contract with Amani.[2]
On 26 January 2025, Lazare moved to Standard Liège on loan with an option to buy.[3]
In the summer of 2026, he signed a two-year contract with Cercle Brugge.[4]
International career
Lazare represented the Ivory Coast national under-20 football team at the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[5][6]
Lazare made his debut for Ivory Coast national football team in a 4-0 win over Burundi, on 16 November 2022.[7]
During the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Lazare was part of the Côte d'Ivoire side that won the tournament; he made a substitute appearance in the final.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 April 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| AS Eupen | 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 91 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 103 | 4 | ||||
| Charleloi | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Estoril (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| Union SG (loan) | 2021–22 | Belgian First Division A | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| Union SG | 2022–23 | Belgian First Division A | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 9[b] | 2 | — | 43 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 174 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 16 | ||
- Appearances in Europa League play-offs
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 12 February 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Ivory Coast | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
Union SG
Ivory Coast U23
- Africa U-23 Cup of Nations runner-up:2019[11][12]
Ivory Coast
Individual
- Toulon Tournament Best XI: 2017[14]
- Toulon Tournament Third best player: 2017[15]
