Benjamin Lecomte
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File:Lecompte asse mhsc 2425.png Lecomte with Montpellier in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Pascal Lecomte[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1991[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fulham | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2005 | Arcueil Municipal | ||
| 2005–2006 | Antony Sports | ||
| 2006–2010 | Chamois Niortais | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Lorient B | 22 | (0) |
| 2010–2017 | Lorient | 119 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Dijon (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Montpellier | 75 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Monaco | 56 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Atlético Madrid (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Espanyol (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Montpellier | 79 | (0) |
| 2025– | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | France U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 | |||
Benjamin Pascal Lecomte (born 26 April 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Fulham.[4]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Club career
[edit | edit source]Lorient
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On 26 October 2010, Lecomte made his professional debut for Lorient in a Coupe de la Ligue against Monaco. Lorient lost the match 5–3 on penalties.[6] On 20 January 2011, Lecomte signed his first professional contract after agreeing to a three-year deal with Lorient.[7]
Montpellier
[edit | edit source]On 29 June 2017, Lecomte signed with Ligue 1 side Montpellier after Lorient was relegated.[8]
Monaco
[edit | edit source]On 15 July 2019, Lecomte signed with Monaco on a five-year deal.[9]
Loan in Spain
[edit | edit source]On 20 August 2021, Lecomte moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a one-year loan deal with La Liga defending champions Atlético Madrid. However, despite the club playing in three major tournaments with a somewhat busy schedule, he spent all 51 games of the season on the bench as a substitute for Jan Oblak.[10]
On 13 July 2022, Lecomte signed with La Liga side Espanyol on a season-long loan.[11]
Return to Montpellier
[edit | edit source]On 26 January 2023, Lecomte returned to Montpellier for a transfer fee in the region of €3 million.[12] He chose the club's number 40 jersey.[13]
Fulham
[edit | edit source]On 26 July 2025, Lecomte joined Premier League club Fulham on a two-year deal.[14]
International career
[edit | edit source]Lecomte was a French youth international and has served as the goalkeeper at under-19 and under-20 levels. On 3 September 2018, Lecomte was called up to the senior France squad for the first time to face Germany and the Netherlands after captain Hugo Lloris was ruled out due to injury.[15]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 17 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lorient B | 2010–11 | CFA | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | CFA | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | CFA | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Lorient | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Total | 119 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 0 | ||
| Dijon (loan) | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
| Montpellier | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| Total | 75 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 79 | 0 | |||
| Monaco | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 60 | 0 | |||
| Atlético Madrid (loan) | 2021–22 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Espanyol (loan) | 2022–23 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Montpellier | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Total | 79 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 82 | 0 | ||||
| Fulham | 2025–26 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 392 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 427 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation play-offs
References
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External links
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- Profile at the Montpellier HSC website
- Benjamin Lecomte at the French Football Federation (in French)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Paris
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Chamois Niortais FC players
- FC Lorient players
- Dijon FCO players
- Montpellier HSC players
- AS Monaco FC players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Fulham F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- La Liga players
- France men's youth international footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- 21st-century French sportsmen