Player profile
About Alban Lafont
Alban-Marc Lafont (born 23 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos, on loan from Ligue 1 club Nantes. Born in Burkina Faso and raised in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team. Having progressed through the academy of AS Lattoise, Lafont signed for Toulouse in 2014 where he became the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in Ligue 1 upon making his debut the following year. He went on to make over 100 appearances for the club across all competitions before joining Fiorentina in 2018. In 2019, he returned to France in a loan deal to Nantes; the deal was made permanent in 2021.
