Lilian Thuram, born in Guadeloupe in 1972, had a prestigious international career in football for the French national team World champion in 1998, European champion in 2000, World Cup finalist in 2006 and played for elite European clubs such as Juventus and Barcelona. In 2008, he created the Lilian Thuram Foundation to educate against racism, and he has become a high-profile activist himself. He is the author of various non-fiction books.
