Sandra Thuram is famous as the mother of Marcus Thuram. Marcus is a professional football player who plays as a forward.
He is currently playing for the France national team and Serie A club Inter Milan.
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Who was Sandra married to?
Sandra Thuram was married to Lilian Thuram.
Lilian is a former professional football player who played from the position of a defender but was even capable of playing from the position of centre-back or right-back.
He started his career in 1981 with the youth team of Portugais de Fontainebleau and hung his boot while playing with Barcelona on August 2, 2008.
He also represented his country, France, on an international level. He played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 2008.
They exchanged wedding vows on June 3, 1995. Sadly they could not save their marriage and got divorced.
They have not revealed the date and reason for their divorce.
Children
From their marital bliss, they became parents to two children.
They gave birth to their first child, a son, on August 6, 1997, in Parma, Italy, and named him Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien.
They named their firstborn after Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey.
They welcomed their second child, also a son, on March 26, 2001, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and named him Khephren Thuram-Ulien.
They named their second son after the Egyptian pharaoh Khephren. Both her sons are football players.
Her son Khephren plays as a midfielder for the France national team and Ligue 1 club Nice.
Her ex-husband remarried
After divorcing Sandra, her ex-husband Lilian moved on with life. In 2007, he started dating a French TV host named Karine Le Marchand.
They were together for more than six years and got separated in 2013. He then met Kareen Guiock in 2015. Kareen is a journalist by profession.
They dated for more than seven years before tying the wedding knot in August 2022 in the Palace of Fontainebleau which is located in Paris.
Sandra is very important to her son
In an interview with CBS Sports Golazo, Thierry Henry surprised Marcus as Thierry is Marcus's favorite uncle.
During the same interview, Thierry gave a shoutout to Sandra. He said he has known Marcus's mother Sandra for a long period of time.
He said Sandra is outstanding. Thierry recalled a time when he was in Monaco and Sandra was there with Lilian.
He said they were always at their place and Sandra was always cooking for him and taking care of him.
Thierry knows what type of family they are and what type of mom Marcus has. Thierry further said Marcus would not be who he is without his mother.
Marcus then said his mother is going to be very happy because every time he does an interview, Sandra sends him the interview.
He said his mother loves Thierry and every time she sees him, her eyes get full of tears as it brings back a lot of memories.
Marcus said his mother is very important to him and she is always calling him, making him laugh.
He also said that he is very similar to his mother as they have the same laugh and the same character.
Her ex-husband influenced their son
Her ex-husband, Lilian, is the one who introduced their sons to football. Marcus said his father has influenced him in a great way.
He said he knows who his father is, what he represents, what he fights for, and what he stands for.
He gave him the lessons that any normal father would give to his son and that is you have to live and grow in respect and what you represent in the society as a black man and prepared him for the difficulties he might go through in his life.
He also joked and said he didn’t get his sense of style from his father.
His father always comes with the hat whereas he likes to look fresh off the pitch and has a unique sense of style.
During an interview, Marcus revealed that the best advice his idol Thierry Henry gave him was that when you go on the pitch you have no friends and you go there to kill, not to have fun, and not to play around.
Thierry played against his father, Lilian, when he was in his prime. They asked Thierry and Marcus who would win between Marcus and Lilian.
Marcus said that was not even a question as he is his son so he will let him pass.
Thierry looked surprised at Marcus's answer and questioned his answer with an expression.
Then Marcus laughed and said his father might hurt him even though he is his son but despite this, he will still choose himself.
Thierry then said when Lilian was on the field, it didn’t matter if it was family or not, he would bring his opponent down and he was just a force of nature.
Marcus would only win against his father in one situation and that is space behind as he thinks his father would have struggled.