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A starter in all eight matches and player of the match in one of them. With 728 minutes, he anchored the least-beaten defence of the World Cup, the one that conceded a single goal all tournament. He also provided an assist against Saudi Arabia.
Match by match
Aymeric Laporte played 8 matches for Spain, starting every one. He was named player of the match once.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group H | vs Cape Verde 0-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Group H | vs Saudi Arabia 4-0 | Started, played the full match · 1 assist |
| Group H | vs Uruguay 1-0 | Started, played the full match · ★ MVP |
| Round of 32 | vs Austria 3-0 | Started, off on 90′ |
| Round of 16 | vs Portugal 1-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Quarter-finals | vs Belgium 2-1 | Started, played the full match · 🟨 |
| Semi-finals | vs France 2-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Final | vs Argentina 1-0 | Started, off on 99′ |
Who he is
- Born
- 27 May 1994 · aged 32 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Agen
- Club
- Athletic Club
- Height
- 1.91 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alphonse Laporte (French pronunciation: [ɛməʁik lapɔʁt]; born 27 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. Born in France, he plays for the Spain national team. When he joined Athletic Bilbao in 2010 at the age of 16, he became only the second player born in France—after Bixente Lizarazu—to play for them, going on to make 222 competitive appearances for the club. In January 2018, he signed for Manchester City. He was part of the side which won the only domestic treble in English men's football in 2019, and the country's second-ever continental treble in 2023. He moved to Saudi club Al-Nassr in 2023 and spent two seasons there before returning to Athletic Bilbao in September 2025. Laporte won 51 caps for France at youth international levels, and was called up to the senior team twice but remained uncapped. In 2021, after receiving Spanish citizenship, Laporte was named in Spain's squad for UEFA Euro 2020.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · opening summary of the article.
Tournament data from API-Football. See more rankings on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)