Alban Lafont is a goalkeeper born in Ouagadougou in 1999 and raised in France. He joined Toulouse's academy and became the youngest goalkeeper to play in Ligue 1 when he debuted in 2015. Lafont later moved to Fiorentina, returned to France with Nantes, won the 2021-22 Coupe de France, and joined Panathinaikos on loan in 2025. After France youth caps, he began representing Ivory Coast in 2025.