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Aymeric Laporte

Spain

Position
Club
Age
Defender
Manchester City
27
Caps
Goals
Rating
7
1
Group16QFSFF
6
5
7
7
6
8

It was only on 14 May that Fifa officially gave Laporte, who played 41 times for France at youth level, approval to represent Spain. He was first called up by France in 2016, when he was happy to pose with their kit and say he was “proud and honoured” to represent them...