Sochaux Thuram started his professional career at
Sochaux, where he also played for the club's youth team. He made his
Ligue 2 debut on 20 March 2015 against
Châteauroux, replacing
Edouard Butin on 83 minutes. He played 43 total matches for Sochaux and scored one goal, in a 3–1 loss at
Tours on 14 April 2017.
Guingamp On 5 July 2017, Thuram joined
Ligue 1 club
Guingamp for an undisclosed fee. In August 2018, he gained attention for playing against
Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper
Gianluigi Buffon, a long-term teammate of his father at Parma and
Juventus. Twenty days later he scored the equaliser in a 2–2 home draw with
Monaco in the semi-final, and his attempt in the subsequent penalty shootout was saved by
Danijel Subašić though Guingamp nonetheless advanced.
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2019–20: Debut season On 22 July 2019,
Borussia Mönchengladbach announced they had signed Thuram on a four-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Guingamp was reported as €12 million. He was given the number 10 shirt, vacated by
Thorgan Hazard after his move to
Borussia Dortmund. He made his debut for
Gladbach on 9 August in the first round of the
DFB-Pokal away to
2. Bundesliga club
SV Sandhausen, and scored the only goal. He got his first
Bundesliga goals on his fifth appearance on 22 September, scoring both of a 2–1 home win over
Fortuna Düsseldorf. On 31 May 2020, Thuram scored twice in a 4–1 win over
Union Berlin. He took a knee after his first goal of the match and dedicated the strike in honour of ongoing protests in the United States following the
murder of George Floyd.
2021–2023: Later seasons and Champions League qualification On 27 October 2020, Thuram scored twice in a 2–2 draw with
Real Madrid in the group stage of the
UEFA Champions League. On 19 December, Thuram was sent off for spitting in the face of opponent
Stefan Posch as Gladbach fell to a 2–1 defeat to
Hoffenheim, and was given a six-match ban and a €40,000 fine. Thuram failed to score in his first 15 Bundesliga matches of the
2021–22 Bundesliga season. He later scored only three goals, one each against
Wolfsburg,
Stuttgart and
Greuther Fürth. As of November 2022, Thuram managed to score 10 goals in 15
Bundesliga matches, in which he equaled his personal best since the debut season. In April 2023, Gladbach's
sporting director Roland Virkus confirmed that Thuram would depart the club at the end of the 2022–23 campaign, having chosen not to renew his contract.
Inter Milan On 1 July 2023, Thuram was officially signed as a free agent by the
Serie A team,
Inter Milan. His contract with the club is set to last until June 2028. On 3 September, he scored his first goal in a 4–0 win over
Fiorentina. On 3 October, he scored his first
Champions League goal for the club in a 1–0 victory over
Benfica in the group stage, becoming the third Frenchman to score in this competition for Inter after
Youri Djorkaeff (1998 vs
Sturm Graz) and
Patrick Vieira (2006 vs
Bayern Munich). He scored 13 goals and added an equal number of assists as Inter won the league in his first season. ==International career==