Julien Duranville
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julien Dienda M. Duranville[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Uccle, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2021 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Anderlecht | 6 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | RSCA Futures | 4 | (1) |
| 2023–2026 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | (0) |
| 2025 | Borussia Dortmund II | 4 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Basel (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2026– | Lyon | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Belgium U16 | 12 | (2) |
| 2022 | Belgium U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Belgium U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2024– | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:25, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Julien Dienda M. Duranville (born 5 May 2006) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Belgium national team.
Early life and club career
Duranville was born in Uccle, Belgium, to a father from Martinique and a Congolese mother from Etterbeek.[2][3]
Duranville is a youth product of Anderlecht, signing his first contract in May 2021. He made his professional debut on 22 May 2022 in a 1–1 Belgian First Division A draw against Club Brugge.[4] On 27 January 2023, Duranville signed for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.[5] On the final matchday of the 2022–23 season, he made his debut in a 2–2 draw against Mainz.[6]
On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[7] However, he missed the majority of the 2023–24 season due to a thigh muscle injury.[8]
On 17 August 2024, Duranville scored his first goal for Die Schwarzgelben in a 4–1 victory over 1. FC Phönix Lübeck. He made his European debut in the club's 7–1 thrashing of Scottish side Celtic.[9]
On 5 July 2025, in a FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final match against Real Madrid, Duranville suffered a dislocated shoulder injury.[10] On 22 January 2026, he joined Swiss champions Basel on loan until the end of the 2025–26 season.[11]
On 2 July 2026, Duranville signed a five-year contract with Ligue 1 club Lyon.[12]
International career
Duranville debuted for the Belgium national team on 6 September 2024 in a Nations League game against Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadion in Hungary. He substituted Jérémy Doku in the 74th minute of Belgium's 3–1 victory.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 22 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Anderlecht | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| RSCA Futures | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Borussia Dortmund II | 2024–25 | 3. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Regionalliga West | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Basel (loan) | 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |
| Lyon | 2026–27 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in Belgian Pro League play-offs
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
International
- As of match played 9 September 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Borussia Dortmund (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2025. p. 6. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ↑ "Julien Duranville: Who is Borussia Dortmund's new Belgian wonderkid?". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website.
- ↑ "Ariane Malongo, maman de Julien Duranville, se confie sur l'éclosion de son fils : "Son objectif, c'est d'aller au Mondial"". www.dhnet.be.
- ↑ "Club Brugge vs. Anderlecht - 22 May 2022". Soccerway.
- ↑ "BVB verpflichtet Julien Duranville" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ↑ "BVB spielt nur 2:2 gegen Mainz" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 27 May 2023.
- ↑ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ↑ "Kurioser Grund: Warum Julien Duranville der BVB-Durchbruch noch nicht gelungen ist" (in German). Fussball Europa. 25 January 2024.
- ↑ "Karim Adeyemi hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund thrash Celtic". Bundesliga. 2 October 2024.
- ↑ "Dortmund winger Julien Duranville needs shoulder surgery after Club World Cup injury". AP News. 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "Julien Duranville leihweise zum FCB" (in German). FC Basel. 22 January 2026.
- ↑ "L'international belge Julien Duranville s'engage avec l'OL jusqu'en 2031" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 2 July 2026.
- ↑ "Belgium v Israel game report". ESPN. 6 September 2024.
External links
- Profile at the Borussia Dortmund website
- Julien Duranville at the Royal Belgian Football Association
- Julien Duranville – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2006 births
- Living people
- People from Uccle
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- Footballers from Brussels
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian people of Ivorian descent
- Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football forwards
- RSC Anderlecht players
- RSCA Futures players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- FC Basel players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Bundesliga players
- Swiss Super League players
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
- Belgium men's international footballers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France