Loïc Lapoussin

  1. Home
  2. Wiki

Loïc Lapoussin
Lapoussin in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth Rosny-sous-Bois, France[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sint Truiden
Number 94
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Créteil II 22 (2)
2017–2019 Red Star 44 (2)
2019–2020 Virton 26 (5)
2020–2025 Union SG 138 (14)
2025– Sint Truiden 12 (3)
International career‡
2020– Madagascar 21 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2024

Loïc Lapoussin (born 27 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Sint Truiden. Born in France, he represents Madagascar at international level.

Club career

[edit]

Lapoussin made his Ligue 2 debut with Red Star F.C. in a 2–1 home defeat to Niort on the first matchday of the 2018–19 season on 27 July 2018.[2]

In summer 2019, he joined Belgian First Division B side R.E. Virton.[3]

After being linked with moves to Beerschot and Charleroi,[4] Lapoussin moved to fellow First Division B club Union Saint-Gilloise in July 2020.[5]

Each of Lapoussin's five seasons at Union would involve a title challenge of one form or another. Lapoussin won the First Division B title with Union in 2020-21, earning them a top flight place for the first time since 1973.[6][7]

Union would be runners-up in the league behind Club Brugge in their first season back, leading the division for 200 days.[8][9][10]

They finished third in the final-day three-way fight for the title in 2022-23, leading the live table entering stoppage time against Club Brugge, only to succumb to three goals from the 90-minute mark.[11][12][13][14]

Lapoussin finished league runner-up again in 2023-24 with Union after being top for most of the season,[15] but was in the starting line-up for their 2024 Belgian Cup Final success over Royal Antwerp, playing 81 minutes of the 1-0 victory at the King Bauduoin Stadium. It was Union's first major trophy since their 1935 League success, and the first time they had won the Cup in 110 years.[16]

Having fallen out of favour with new coach Sebastien Pocognoli and being dropped to the Union B team, Lapoussin moved to Sint Truiden on 2 February 2025.[17]

However, Lapoussin's six league appearances for Union entitled him to a league winner's medal and he was present for the clinching of their league championship triumph with their final day win over KAA Gent.[18] Lapoussin also helped Sint-Truiden successfully win their fight against relegation.

International career

[edit]

Lapoussin was born in France, and is of Malagasy descent. Lapoussin debuted with the Madagascar national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to Ivory Coast on 12 November 2020.[19]

Career statistics

[edit]

Club

[edit]
As of match played 8 January 2025[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Créteil II 2016–17 Championnat National 3 22 2 — — — 22 2
Red Star 2017–18 Championnat National 2 21 1 2 0 — — 23 1
2018–19 Ligue 2 23 1 2 1 — — 25 2
Total 44 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 48 3
Virton 2019–20 Belgian First Division B 26 5 1 0 — — 27 5
Union SG 2020–21 Belgian First Division B 21 2 3 1 — — 24 3
2021–22 Belgian First Division A 38 2 0 0 — — 38 2
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 38 3 4 0 12[a] 1 — 54 4
2023–24 Belgian Pro League 31 3 5 1 12[b] 0 — 47 4
2024–25 Belgian Pro League 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 2
Total 134 11 15 3 23 1 0 0 172 15
Union SG II 2024–25 Belgian Division 3 4 1 — — — 4 1
Career total 230 21 20 4 23 1 0 0 273 26
  1. ^ Two appearances in the UEFA Champions League, Ten appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Eight appearances in the UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

[edit]
As of match played 14 October 2024[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Madagascar 2020 2 0
2021 7 0
2022 2 0
2023 5 1
2024 5 0
Total 21 1
Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lapoussin goal.[20]
List of international goals scored by Loïc Lapoussin
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 November 2023 Stade Municipal d'Oujda, Oujda, Morocco  Chad 3–0 3–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

[edit]

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Loïc Lapoussin". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ^ Gineste, Franck (27 July 2018). "Ligue 2 : le Red Star chute d'entrée contre Niort (1-2)". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ "L'objectif de Lapoussin? Jouer en D1". L'Avenir (in French). 23 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. ^ Flammetti, Alexandere (25 May 2020). "Loïc Lapoussin (Virton) va rejoindre le Sporting Charleroi plutôt que le Beerschot". walfoot.be (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Football : Anthony Moris et Loïc Lapoussin quittent Virton pour l'Union Saint-Gilloise". bx1.be (in French). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. ^ Stenning, Adam (14 March 2021). "Tony Bloom congratulations Union St Gilloise on promotion". The Argus. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. ^ Dzhulai, Dmytro (16 March 2021). "Король повертається: історичний гранд забивав 100 м'ячів за сезон, упав, але вперше за 48 років зіграє в еліті (The king returns: the historic greats scored 100 goals in a season, fell, but will play in the elite for the first time in 48 years". football24.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Union verslaat Anderlecht voor de 4e keer dit seizoen en mag als vicekampioen de CL in (Union beats Anderlecht for the 4th time this season and is allowed to enter the Champions League as vice champion)". Sporza (in Dutch). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Royale Union Saint-Gilloise: Belgium's Lazarus". Between The Lines. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Daydream believer: Chris O'Loughlin's remarkable rise up the football ladder". Irish Times. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Alderweireld earns Royal Antwerp first Belgian league title in 66 years". The Guardian. 4 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Royal Antwerp win Belgian title after 94th-minute Alderweireld wonder goal". The Athletic. 4 June 2023.
  13. ^ "KRC Genk 2-2 Royal Antwerp". BBC Sport. 4 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Toby Alderweireld's screamer in 94th minute wins Belgian title for Royal Antwerp". GiveMeSport. 4 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Club Brugge win Belgium title after late surge in championship playoffs". Reuters. 26 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Union Saint-Gilloise end 110-year wait for Belgian Cup success with win over Antwerp". Flashscore.com. 9 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Le poussin Lapoussin wordt een Kanarie" (in Dutch). Sint-Truidense V.V. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  18. ^ "Loïc Lapoussin pikt zijn graantje mee bij titelfeest van Union: "Ook ik ben kampioen geworden" (Loïc Lapoussin takes his share of the Union title celebration: "I too have become champion")". Sporza (in Dutch). 26 May 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Sébastien Haller et la Côte d'Ivoire font plier Madagascar". 12 November 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Loic Lapoussin". SofaScore. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Lapoussin, Loïc". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  22. ^ "Union St-Gilloise win first league title in 90 years". Brussels Times. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
[edit]