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Chelsea · Coupe de la Ligue · Defender · #5 · France · 25 yrs
Maxence Lacroix plays as a defender for Chelsea. Maxence Lacroix is a French international, 25 years old, defender, currently at Chelsea. Maxence Lacroix wears shirt number 5 for Chelsea. Maxence Lacroix was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France on 2000-04-06. Maxence Lacroix is 190 cm tall and weighs 88 kg. Maxence Lacroix's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across Coupe de la Ligue, Friendlies, World Cup, Coupe de la Ligue, and other leagues. Maxence Lacroix's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore Maxence Lacroix season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.
| Season | Team |
|---|---|
| 2026 |  France FRA |
| 2025 |  Crystal Palace CRY |
| 2024 | Crystal Palace CRY |
| 2023 |  VfL Wolfsburg WOL |
| 2022 | VfL Wolfsburg WOL |
| Date | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | Transfer | Crystal Palace CRY |  Chelsea CHE |
| 2026-07-28 | Transfer | Crystal Palace CRY | Chelsea CHE |
| 2024-08-30 | € 18M | VfL Wolfsburg WOL | Crystal Palace CRY |
Season intelligence
Profile as Defender: balanced output without a single dominant trait. Archetype: Balanced contributor. Season rating 6.7.
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How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
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Isolation threat and progressive carrying — volume plus success rate.
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Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal downed Chelsea on Sunday at the Emirates (Picture: REUTERS) Chelsea defender Maxence Lacroix reckons the Blues deserved a draw against Arsenal on Sunday as luck was against them in the 2-1 defeat at the Emirates. Xabi Alonso’s side made the ideal start to the afternoon in north London as Morgan Rogers scored the opener within two minutes. That sparked a brilliantly entertaining first half which was end-to-end and finished level after Kai Havertz equalised for the home team. The second period was not quite as thrilling as Martin Odegaard put Arsenal ahead on 50 minutes and Mikel Arteta’s men were largely in control from then on. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. Chelsea did have periods of pressure and Estevao forced David Raya into a fine save late on, but Arsenal were good value for the three points. Lacroix did not quite see it like that, feeling that the west Londoners deserved a draw in the derby, but did not have luck on their side. ‘We are a little bit unhappy, of course, after losing, but I believe that we did well to be honest,’ said the France international. Maxence Lacroix joined Chelsea from Crystal Palace over the summer (Picture: Getty Images) ‘We just have to adjust some points. I think it’s not easy to play there but we did good. ‘We accept the loss but we want to learn from it. I think it’s good to learn about the mistakes and all the wrong parts. We have to go forward and go again.’ The summer signing from Crystal Palace added: ‘I think it was a good start but once they scored it got more and more difficult. But we showed that we also had good actions and good attacks, so the defeat hurts a little bit. We gave our best. ‘I think we deserved more. Luck was not by our side, but we have to accept it. The desire to score, the attitude was clear. We showed good character until the very end. We deserved the 2-2, but we learned for next time.’ Chelsea took the lead through Morgan Rogers inside two minutes (Picture: REUTERS) Rogers felt there were only one or two moments of quality that separated the teams at the Emirates and Blues captain Reece James saw it the same way. ‘We started the game really well,’ said James. ‘Even when we went behind, we showed character to try and get back in the game. We ran out of time in the end. ‘Football at this level is a game of moments. It’s one or two things that change the scoreline, and that gets overplayed a bit. ‘It was a tough game and we have to review and take the learnings. We have another game against Leeds in a few days and we have to get ready for that.’ Xabi Alonso suffered his first loss as Chelsea manager (Picture: Getty Images) Alonso said it was, like every game, a useful learning experience. ‘Yesterday’s game, we will take many things for the next one, as we have done so far after Fulham, after Brighton, after Luton,’ he said. ‘We want to squeeze everything from each game to make things better, when we win and when we lose as well. ‘That is the process of where we are, where we want to build strong principles and strong ideas for our game, little by little, to win games and to compete in the best possible way.’ Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
Chelsea centre-back Maxence Lacroix says the Blues "deserved more" from their 2-1 defeat against Arsenal. The 26-year-old has featured in all four games for Xabi Alonso since his £52m move from Crystal Palace and although Chelsea have only lost one game, they have conceded seven goals in three league fixtures.
Xabi Alonso watched his side new-look Chelsea side lose 2-1 against Arsenal (Picture: Getty) Frank Leboeuf fears it won’t be long until one of Chelsea’s new signings isreduced to screaming at his teammates having been handed an ‘impossible’ task by Xabi Alonso. The new-look Blues were handed a reality check by champions Arsenal on Sunday, who ran out worthy 2-1 winners in this season’s first heavyweight clash. Alonso’s side were unable to build on the early lead handed to them by Morgan Rogers’ early strike and were unable to contain and Arsenal forward line which benefited from Martin Odegaard’s virtuoso display. Only an excellent display from Chelsea’s new No.1 goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, prevented the Gunners from adding to the goals provided by Kai Havertz and Odegaard. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. While the Argentina international was partially at fault for Havertz’s equaliser, when he was beaten at his near post, he had no chance with Odegaard’s matchwinning strike after he was left completely exposed by a defence that remains a work in progress. The Blues have already conceded seven goals in three Premier League games this season and Leboeuf, a former Chelsea defender himself, has warned Alonso the recent recruit from Aston Villa can only do so much to bail his teammates out. Emiliano Martinez was left totally exposed for Arsenal’s winning goal (Credits: EPA) ‘He has to make the people click, that was kind of awful the people don’t know what to do,’Leboeuf told ESPNFC when asked about Chelsea’s defensive fragility. ‘I think Emiliano Martinez is going to be upset soon. He doesn’t say anything now because he just signed, he doesn’t want to be unpolite maybe, but he’s going to start screaming very soon because that’s impossible. ‘Especially again, Fofana he doesn’t know what to do, he has the help of Hato on the left side, which is not the case for Acheampong who couldn’t count on Neto, it was more Lavia trying to help. Wesley Fofana had a difficult afternoon up against Kai Havertz (Source: AP) ‘They have to try working better and talk to each other. For me Lacroix has to be with Colwill and do something for the others. ‘The others are kind of lost maybe because of inexperience, maybe not good enough, maybe too young. ‘But they have to click, if you want to do something you know this. ‘Chelsea have proven that when you used to win titles you have to be good defensively and when you have that then you can approach something. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Alonso: Chelsea made to 'hurt' by Arsenal during 2-1 defeat","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/09\/07\/4710295427016078709\/480x270_MP4_4710295427016078709.mp4","description":"1-0 up. 2-1 loss.","duration":"T6M45S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/09\/07\/07\/111091357-0-image-a-105_1788761969650.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-07T07:19:25+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); ‘They are very good offensively, but when they lose the ball they become very fragile. ‘That’s the aspect of the game they have to improve. ‘They can threaten any team, any club, any time. But it’ so open at times it’s unbearable to see, you cannot lo
Chelsea’s trip to Arsenal feels significant for reasons that go beyond the result. A decade ago, Antonio Conte’s visit to the Emirates became a turning point. After watching Chelsea dismantled by Arsenal, he accelerated the switch to a back three that transformed the club’s season and ultimately delivered the Premier League title. Now, Xabi Alonso […] The post Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea Revolution Faces Stern Emirates Test appeared first on SoccerNews.
Chelsea have had a few remarkable transfer summers since their forced sale from Roman Abramovich's control in May 2022. Once again they were big spenders, outlaying £349m on 11 signings such as Morgan Rogers, Maxence Lacroix and Emiliano Martinez. Chelsea actually made a trading profit after selling 17 players.
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