Global InformationMario Lemina information
 Lemina training with Lorient in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario René Junior Lemina[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1993[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Libreville, Gabon | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | ES Nanterre | ||
| 2004–2006 | FC Rueil-Malmaison 92 | ||
| 2006–2009 | AF Garenne-Colombes | ||
| 2009–2013 | Lorient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Lorient II | 31 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Lorient | 14 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Marseille II | 4 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Marseille | 41 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Juventus | 29 | (3) |
| 2017–2021 | Southampton | 46 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Galatasaray (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Fulham (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Nice | 46 | (2) |
| 2023– | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 50 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | France U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | France U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015– | Gabon | 29 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:10, 25 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Mario René Junior Lemina (French pronunciation: [maʁjo ləmina]; born 1 September 1993) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Gabon national team.
He played for French sides Lorient and Marseille, before joining Italian side Juventus in 2015, where he won the domestic double in both of his seasons with the club, as well as appearing in the 2017 UEFA Champions League final. He joined English side Southampton in 2017, and was later loaned out to Turkish club Galatasaray in 2019. After a loan to Fulham in England, he joined French club Nice in 2021. In January 2023, he returned to England after signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
A former French international at youth level, Lemina went on to represent Gabon at senior level, making his senior international debut in 2017. He later represented Gabon at the 2017 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
He has a younger brother Noha Lemina, who was also born in Libreville and currently plays in the same club with him Wolverhampton Wanderers.
- ^ "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Mario Lemina: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Mario Lemina: Biography". Southampton F.C. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2017.