Lesley UGOCHUKWU
Presentation

Full name | Lesley Chimuanya Ugochukwu | |
Born | Mar 26, 2004 Rennes, FRANCE | |
Age | 19 years old | |
Size | 1.88 m | |
Weight | 83 kg | |
Position | Central midfielder | |
Arrival(s) | From academy | |
End of contract | 2025 | |
Numbers | 393338266 | |
Career |
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Lesley Ugochukwu arrived at Stade Rennais aged 8 in 2012. A versatile midfielder, he showed lots of potential to make it at a higher level as soon as he joined the Academy in 2019. The club offered him an apprentice contract of a year, and a first professional contract automatically in the Summer of 2020. On the eve of the 2020/2021 season, he became the second youngest professional in the history of the club, aged just 16 years, 3 months and 4 days. In April 2021, he made his first three appearances as a professional in the First Team, and signed a contract extension on 1st July of the same year. In the 2021/2022 season, he would make 22 appearances for the First Team, even scoring his first goal in professional football in the away match at Saint-Etienne in December 2021. On 23rd June 2022, he extended his contract by a further year to 2025 with the Red and Blacks.