Lorient completes contract extension with French utility defensive player Théo Le Bris..

Lorient announced on their official website on Tuesday that the club has extended the contract of its French utility defensive player Théo Le Bris.

According to the Lorient's official statement, Le Bris has signed on a new three-year deal with the club which runs until the summer of 2029.

About Théo Le Bris

The 24-year-old Le Bris was born on October 1, 2002 in Rennes, France. Hei s 1.65 meters tall and primarily plays as a right-back but can also play as a left-back or a defensive midfielder. Both his father, Benoît, and his uncle, Régis, the latter currently serving as the head coach of Sunderland, were professional footballers.

Influenced by his father and uncle from a young age, Le Bris developed a passion for football. In 2008, he began his youth career with local amateur clubs in Rennes. In 2017, he moved to Lorient, where his uncle was coaching at the time, began representing the club's reserve team in 2019 and completed his Lorient first-team debut in September 2021, under the guidance of his uncle.

On the 2025 winter transfer window deadline day, Le Bris joined Guingamp on a short-term loan.

Since his debut, so far, Le Bris has made 110 appearances for the Ligue 1 side across all competitions, scoring 5 goals and providing 8 assists. He was also part of the squad that won the Ligue 2 title once.

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