Gaëtan Laborde
 Laborde with Nice in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Mont-de-Marsan, France | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Diriyah | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | Stade Montois | ||
| 2008–2011 | Bordeaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Bordeaux II | 50 | (8) |
| 2013–2018 | Bordeaux | 58 | (9) |
| 2013–2014 | → Red Star (loan) | 24 | (14) |
| 2014–2015 | → Brest (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Clermont (loan) | 18 | (8) |
| 2018–2021 | Montpellier | 106 | (36) |
| 2021–2022 | Rennes | 38 | (14) |
| 2022–2025 | Nice | 95 | (29) |
| 2025– | Al-Diriyah | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | France U17 | 10 | (3) |
| 2011 | France U18 | 5 | (4) |
| 2013 | France U19 | 1 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | France U20 | 5 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 | |||
Gaëtan Laborde (born 3 May 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi First Division League club Al-Diriyah. He played for the France national youth teams up to France U20 level.
Club career
[edit]Laborde started his career at Stade Montois before joining Bordeaux in 2008. He won the 2013 Coupe Gambardella with Bordeaux, scoring the winning goal in the final against Sedan.[2]
On 16 August 2018, Laborde joined Ligue 1 rivals Montpellier HSC on a four-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Bordeaux was reported as €3 million plus bonuses.[3] A day later, Bordeaux's manager Gus Poyet was suspended by his club following an outburst in which he criticised the sale of Laborde.[4]
After 3 seasons at Montpellier HSC in which he scored 39 goals across 118 games, Laborde signed for Ligue 1 club Stade Rennais F.C. on 31 August 2021. His only season at Rennes was moderately successful, in which he scored 19 goals in 47 matches across all competitions.
On 1 September 2022, Nice signed Laborde from Rennes for €15 million on a contract until 30 June 2026. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on 2 October 2022.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 17 May 2025[5]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bordeaux B | 2011–12 | CFA | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | CFA | 23 | 7 | — | — | — | 23 | 7 | ||||
| 2015–16 | CFA | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 8 | — | — | — | 50 | 8 | |||||
| Bordeaux | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 42 | 13 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 22 | 3 | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 58 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 19 | ||
| Red Star (loan) | 2013–14 | Championnat National | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 14 | |
| Brest (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 4 | |
| Clermont (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 8 | |
| Montpellier | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 11 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 43 | 18 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 3 | |||
| Total | 106 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 118 | 39 | |||
| Rennes | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[b] | 5 | 43 | 17 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 5 | 47 | 19 | |||
| Nice | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 10[b] | 3 | 44 | 16 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 0 | 36 | 11 | ||
| Total | 95 | 29 | 8 | 1 | — | 15 | 3 | 118 | 33 | |||
| Career total | 415 | 120 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 476 | 144 | ||
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit]Bordeaux
- Coupe Gambardella: 2013[2]
Individual
- UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: November 2021[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gaëtan Laborde". Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Coupe Gambardella 2013". Youtube.com. Fédération Française de Football.
- ^ "Transferts : Gaëtan Laborde s'engage officiellement à Montpellier". L'Équipe (in French). 16 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Holyman, Ian (18 August 2018). "Bordeaux coach Gustavo Poyet faces sack over striker sale rant". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Gaëtan Laborde at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Gaën Laborde, joueur du mois de novembre de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats !" [Gaën Laborde, player of the month for November in Ligue 1 Uber Eats!] (in French). National Union of Professional Footballers. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the OGC Nice website
- Gaëtan Laborde at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Gaëtan Laborde – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
