Aurélien Tchouaméni
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Personal information
Full name
Aurélien Djani Tchouaméni
Date of birth
27 January 2000
Place of birth
Rouen, France
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position
Defensive midfielder / centre-back
Team information
Current team
Real Madrid
Number
14
Youth career
SJ D'Artigues
2006-2011
Bordeaux
2011-2018
Senior career*
Bordeaux II
2017-2018
16x apps 3x goals
Bordeaux
2018-2020
25x apps 0x goal
Monaco
2020-2022
74x apps 5x goals
Real Madrid
2022-
119x apps 4x goals
International career‡
France U16
20152016
11x apps 0x goal
France U17
2016-2017
14x apps 0x goal
France U18
2017-2018
11x apps 1x goal
France U19
2018
7x apps 0x goal
France U20
2019
5x apps 0x goal
France U21
2021
4x apps 0x goal
France
2021-
44x apps 3x goals
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:19, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:44, 26 March 2026 (UTC)
Aurélien Djani Tchouaméni is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the France national team.
Early life
Tchouaméni was born in Rouen, Normandy, and grew up in Bordeaux, Gironde.
He is of Cameroonian descent.
He acquired French nationality on 19 December 2000 through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.
Club career
Bordeaux
Tchouaméni made his first-team debut for Bordeaux in a 1:0 UEFA Europa League away win to Latvian side Ventspils in the second qualifying round on 26 July 2018, starting the match and playing 89 minutes.
He scored the first goal of his senior club career on 9 August, netting the final goal in Bordeaux's 3:1 Europa League away victory over Mariupol.
Monaco
On 29 January 2020, Tchouaméni signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Ligue 1 side Monaco.
After almost a year playing for the club, he registered his first league goal, netting the second goal in a 3:1 win against Marseille on 23 January 2021.
On 14 May 2022, he delivered an assist for his captain Wissam Ben Yedder and, thus, participated in the ninth win in a row for his side.
Real Madrid
On 11 June 2022, it was announced that Tchouaméni would be transferred to La Liga side Real Madrid on 1 July 2022, signing a six-year contract with the club.
The transfer fee was reported to be €80 million, which could rise to €100 million due to additional fees.
He made his official debut for the club on 10 August, coming on as a late substitute in a 2:0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Super Cup to win his first career club trophy.
On 30 September 2023, Tchouaméni scored his first goal for Los Blancos, a header in a 3:0 league away win over Girona.
International career
On 26 August 2021, Tchouaméni received his first call-up to the France senior squad.
On 1 September, he made his international debut in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, replacing Thomas Lemar in the 46th minute.
On 25 March 2022, Tchouaméni scored his first goal for the national team in a friendly against the Ivory Coast.
In November 2022, Tchouaméni was named in France's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
On 10 December, he scored his first World Cup goal in a 2:1 victory over England in the quarter-finals.
On 18 December 2022, Tchouaméni started in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final.
He was one of two French players to miss in the penalty shootout as France lost to Argentina at the Lusail Stadium, Qatar.