Already essential to Real Madrid, Aurélien Tchouaméni has a volume of play that makes him essential to the Blues. A profile bringing him closer to Viera or Pogba. Profile, statistics, career with the France team and state of form for the World Cup…
With the absences of Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kanté for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Aurélien Tchouaméni will undoubtedly be the midfielder of this French team. By his volume of play and his physical presence, he could be one of the best players of this World Cup…
Trained in Bordeaux with whom he turned professional, Aurélien Tchouaméni was nurtured in the tricolor jersey from an early age, passing through all the youth selections. His linear career sees him progress and take more and more space in the midfield but the results are not there, failing each time in his quest for the title, especially in U17 where Spain stands in his way. with the Bleuets at the European Championship and the World Cup. Among the U18s, the young player even became captain of the Blues without much more success. His experience is nevertheless growing as he develops in a club with the Girondins at first but especially in Monaco from 2020. His full season opens the doors to him for the hopeful selection. “Tchouaméni confirms, he is regular, progressing quickly and deserves to be with us”, declared Sylvain Ripoll in the spring of 2021 when he summons the Monegasque to compete in the Euro hopes. On the bench for the first match, lost against Denmark, entering on the hour mark, he started the next game against Russia (2-0). If the Blueberries come out of the pools, they fail in the quarters against the Netherlands (1-2). Barely integrated into the team, the Espoirs are already too small for a player who continues to grow.
Also at the start of the 2021 school year, Didier Deschamps rewards his regularity and calls him to the A to compete in the qualifications for the World Cup. His first selection comes against Bosnia and Herzegovina on September 1, replacing Lemar at the break. His performances convinced the coach who called him back to participate in the final phase of the League of Nations, taking advantage of the physical concerns of N’Golo Kanté to play alongside Pogba and win the competition against Spain (2-1). Since then, Tchouaméni has not left the France group and has established himself as a young owner at only 22 years old. In 2022, he is in all the meetings with the Blues, except the friendly against South Africa (5-0), well helped by the repeated injuries and poor form of Pogba and Kanté. With the package of the world champion pair in 2018, he is logically selected in the group for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. A tournament where he will have to go up a notch and become the boss of a rejuvenated environment. “Playing a World Cup is a dream for any player. We will have to get into it quickly. Switch quickly. Monday, we will go into World Cup mode”, said Tchouaméni on November 12 on the sidelines of the match. Bordeaux Pau which he attended as a spectator. The child of the Blues is ready to give his full measure to the heart of the tricolor game.
Aurélien Tchouaméni was born on January 27, 2000 in Rouen, Normandy. Son of a pharmacist father, working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry and a senior education adviser mother, Aurélien grew up mainly in Bordeaux, a French metropolis which the family joined in 2005. If he started playing football very Early in a club in the Bordeaux suburbs as a striker, Aurélien Tchouaméni started as a striker. After being detected by the Girondins de Bordeaux, he only joined the Girondins at the age of eleven.
Trained at the Girondins de Bordeaux, Aurélien Tchouaméni played in different positions on the pitch during his training: attacking until the age of 14-15 when he moved to midfield as number 10 before becoming a midfielder in U18, a position he won’t leave again. After signing his first professional contract on November 10, 2017, he made his debut with the Girondins de
Bordeaux on July 26, 2018 during a European meeting. After playing two seasons in the colors of the Girondins, he signed a contract for four and a half seasons on January 29, 2020 in favor of AS Monaco, a club which will help him progress until he was called up by Didier Deschamps for the national team. France in the summer of 2021. Everything then accelerated for the best hope of Ligue 1. Having become essential in the midfield on the Rock, he multiplied the leading performances and confirmed all his potential both athletic and technical in the championship but also in the European Cup. His impact on the game is on both sides of the pitch. Even more impressive, the Norman shows an amazing maturity for his 22 years. In the summer of 2022, his career took a new turn as he left Monaco for Madrid, Real securing his services for 80 million euros. Far from being crushed by the weight of this transfer and the expectations, he responds present on the ground and immediately imposes himself at the heart of Carlo Ancelotti’s system.
Went last summer to real Madrid, Aurélien Tchouaméni could have stayed in Ligue 1. Indeed, in an interview with France Football, the former Monegasque revealed that Kylian Mbappé and Presnel Kimpembe tried to convince him to join Paris Saint-Germain. “During the June selection, where it was decided that he was going to stay, he was teasing me with Presko: ‘Come on, you have to come to PSG too’. But my choice had been made for a long time. We were laughing about it. to that, but … There was no way“he said. A vain attempt therefore since the native of Rouen had already made his choice and tied his contract with Real Madrid.