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Adrien Truffert

Adrien Lilian Gaëtan Truffert is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Bournemouth.

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Adrien Truffert
Truffert with Bournemouth in 2025
Personal information
Full name Adrien Lilian Gaëtan Truffert1
Date of birth (2001-11-20) 20 November 20012
Place of birth Liège, Belgium
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)3
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Bournemouth
Number 3
Youth career
2007–2010 ES Jouy St Prest
2010–2015 Chartres
2015–2018 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Rennes B 15 (0)
2020–2025 Rennes 150 (7)
2025– Bournemouth 38 (1)
International career
2019 France U18 6 (1)
2019 France U19 8 (3)
2020–2022 France U21 15 (0)
2024 France Olympic 10 (0)
2022 France 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place Paris 2024 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 May 2026

Adrien Lilian Gaëtan Truffert (born 20 November 2001) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Bournemouth.

Early life

Adrien Truffert was born on 20 November 2001 in Liège, Belgium to French parents Laurence and Jean-Christophe Truffert.4 When Adrien was six months old, his family moved to Southampton because his father was a laboratory director. Truffert's family returned to Belgium and immigrated to France six months afterward.5

Club career

Rennes

Truffert with Rennes in 2025 source ↗

On 28 May 2020, Truffert signed his first professional contract with Rennes.6 He made his debut for the club on 19 September 2020 against Monaco. He came on as a 41st minute substitute for Faitout Maouassa, and had an assist and scored the game-winning goal in his debut.7

Bournemouth

On 16 June 2025, Truffert signed for Bournemouth in the Premier League on a five–year contract in a £14.4m deal made up of an £11.4m fee with £3m possible add-on fees. Rennes also negotiated a 10% sell-on fee.8

International career

Truffert was born in Belgium to French parents, and moved back to France at a young age.910 He made his international debut for France at the under-19 level on 9 October 2019 against England U19.11

On 20 September 2022, Truffert received his first call-up to the France national team for two UEFA Nations League matches, replacing the injured Lucas Digne.12

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 202613
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cupa League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rennes B 2018–19 Championnat National 3 1 0 — — — 1 0
2019–20 Championnat National 3 12 0 — — — 12 0
2020–21 Championnat National 3 2 0 — — — 2 0
Total 15 0 — — — 15 0
Rennes 2020–21 Ligue 1 29 1 0 0 — 5b 0 34 1
2021–22 Ligue 1 30 3 2 0 — 9c 0 41 3
2022–23 Ligue 1 28 0 2 0 — 8d 0 38 0
2023–24 Ligue 1 30 1 5 0 — 8d 1 43 2
2024–25 Ligue 1 33 2 2 1 — — 35 3
Total 150 7 11 1 — 30 1 191 9
Bournemouth 2025–26 Premier League 38 1 1 0 0 0 — 39 1
Career total 203 8 12 1 0 0 30 1 245 10
  1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 25 September 202214
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2022 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

France U23

Orders

References

References

  1. "2025/26 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  2. "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 July 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  3. "Adrien Truffert". Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. "Adrien Truffert: 5 things you didn't know". www.afcb.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  5. Fisher, Ben (3 October 2025). "Bournemouth's Adrien Truffert: 'It is important to do something outside of football, change your mindset'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  6. "Premier contrat professionnel pour Adrien Truffert". STADE RENNAIS F.C. 28 May 2020.
  7. Lebastard, Evan (19 September 2020). "Adrien Truffert offre la victoire au Stade Rennais face à Monaco". France Bleu (in French). Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. Sanghera, Mandeep (16 June 2025). "Bournemouth sign Adrian Truffert from Rennes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  9. foot-national.com/ligue-1/rennes-entre-la-france-et-la-belgique-adrien-truffert-a-choisi-620716
  10. "Adrien TRUFFERT -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  11. "England U19 1–3 France U19". Soccerway.
  12. "Uncapped Truffert called up by France with Digne injured". The Sun. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  13. Adrien Truffert at Soccerway
  14. "Adrien Truffert". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  15. Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  16. "Décret du 23 septembre 2024 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national du Mérite" [Decree of 23 September 2024 on promotion and appointment to the National Order of Merit]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2024 (227). 24 September 2024. PRER2420330D. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
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