Mario René Junior Lemina (born 1 September 1993) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Galatasaray on loan from Premier League club Southampton 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.
Lemina began his career in France with the Lorient youth academy at the age of 11; he was later promoted to the first team during the 2012–13 season, his only season with the club.
Lemina had been called by the Gabon national team to participate in the 2015 African Cup of Nations, but he refused his call-up. Although he had initially represented France's under-20 and under-21 sides, also winning the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup at youth level, he formally switched to the Gabonese Federation on 2 June, and is now a formal member of the Gabon national team.
On 8 August 2017, Lemina joined Southampton on a five-year deal for a club record fee of £15.4m.
Player Goals
1 in the current 2020-2021 Season
Career Honours
![]() ![]() 2016-2017 Juventus | ![]() ![]() 2016-2017 Juventus | ![]() ![]() 2015-2016 Marseille | ![]() ![]() 2015-2016 Juventus |
![]() 2012-2013 |
![]() 2013-2015 |
![]() 2015-2017 |
![]() 2017- |
![]() 2019-2020 (Loan) | |||||
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