Luca Dinh (photo below) is a professional French footballer who plays as left-back in Catalan Barcelona and the French national team. He is the world champion among youth in 2013. Currently, Dinh performs in English Everton on a rental basis. Previously, the player has performed in such clubs as Lille, Paris Saint-Germain and Roma. As part of the Paris team, he became the champion of the French League 1 and the owner of all national cups. The growth of a football player is 178 centimeters, weight - 74 kg. It has high technical skills, endurance and speed.
Soccer player biography
Luca Dinh was born on July 20th, 1993 in the city of Moe, France. From an early age he began to play football. He is a pupil of such football academies as Lille, Marey-sur-Urk and Crepe-en-Valois.
In adult football he made his debut in 2010 with performances for the Lille-2 club team, in which he spent one season, taking part in 36 matches. Most of the time spent as part of the second Lille team, Dinh was the main player in the defense team.
The footballer joined the main team of the Lille club in 2011. Ding’s professional debut took place on October 26 of the same year in a match against Sedan in the French League Cup, then the “dogs” won a landslide victory with a score of 6-1.
In January 2012, Luca Dinh extended the contract until 2016. On January 28, he made his debut in Ligue 1 at the Nord Lille Metropole stadium, playing the last two minutes in a victory match against Saint-Etienne with a score of 3: 0. In the 2012/13 season, Luca Dinh was a regular base player. On April 7, the defender scored his first goal on a professional level against Lorian, then the match ended 5-0. Two weeks later, Luke became the author of the goal in the match against Bastia - a 2-1 victory.
Transition to the French Paris Saint-Germain
In July 2013, the player signed a five-year contract with the Paris Saint-Germain club. According to L'Equipe, the purchase of Parisians cost almost 15 million euros. He made his PSG T-shirt debut on September 13 in a match against Bordeaux and helped his new team win 2-0. During the season, Lucas Dinh rarely came out at the start, as he was the understudy of the Brazilian Maxwell.
Dinh spent the full match for Parisians in the final of the French Super Cup against Guingamp, which ended in a 2-0 victory for football players from the capital. In the same year, Paris Saint-Germain won all other national championships: League 1, the Football League Cup and the French Cup. Luca Dinh was in the team until 2016 and took part in 30 official matches. In August 2015, Luca went to Rome, where on a rental basis he played for Roma. As part of the “red-brown”, he spent 42 matches and scored three goals.
Going to the Catalan Barcelona
On July 13, 2016, Digne joined Barcelona from La Liga for € 17 million by signing a contract. On August 14 of the same year, the footballer made his debut as part of the “blue garnet” in the match against Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup, which Barca won 2-0. Din came out in the 27th minute of the meeting instead of Jeremy Mathieu.
In August 2018, Luke Dinh joined the English club Everton on a five-year lease with a priority buyback status. “Butterscotch” paid an initial 18 million euros for the Frenchman. He made his debut ten days after signing the contract, replacing striker Richard Charlison for the last four minutes of the match, which ended in a 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton.
Performances for France
In 2008, Dinh made his debut in the youth team of France. In total, at this level he took part in 53 games, noting one goal scored. In subsequent seasons, Luke played in all age categories of his team, taking part in the youth world and European championships.
During 2012-2013, Digne was involved in the youth team of France.
At the 2013 World Youth Championships, he took part in all the matches of his national team, which became the champion of this tournament.
Since 2014, Dinh began playing for the adult national team, held at this level so far 15 official matches.
The debut for the adult team took place on March 5, 2014 in a friendly match against the Netherlands (2-0 victory). Luca Dinh entered the field in the second half, replacing Patrice Evra with Stade de France.
Dinh was declared for the European Championship in 2016, in which France took second place, but never entered the field. The defender did not get into the main national team for the 2018 World Cup, however, he was one of the main contenders from the Didier Deschamps wait-list.