Position: Goalkeeper
Birthdate: August 23, 1996
Hometown: Cannes, France
Height: 6-foot-1
Pronunciation: Hugo Fauroux
Previous Team: Loudoun United
Before Louisville City FC: Fauroux made 79 league starts between the sticks for Loudoun United over that period (7,110 minutes), earning 17 clean sheets.
Fauroux has been in the USL Championship since 2021, when he played for the now-defunct Austin Bold FC. He also played for the Charleston Battery in 2022 where he made 22 appearances. In total, the goalkeeper has appeared in 106 league matches.
Fauroux has made more saves (302) than any other USL Championship goalkeeper since 2022. He finished 2025 tied with Louisville’s own Damian Las for the league’s second-highest save total at 73. Only Nico Campuzano of Monterey Bay FC recorded more. Notably, Fauroux, known for his tendency toward acrobatics, led all keepers this past season in penalty saves (3) — one of which came in a March meeting at LouCity.
A product of Cannes, France, a city in the country’s southeast, Fauroux spent time in two different academies — Cannes and AS Monaco — before making the jump over to the United States to play college soccer. The goalkeeper started his journey at Lake Erie College of Division II, but ultimately transferred to Conference USA’s Florida International University. He impressed from the jump at FIU, earning C-USA honors in his debut 2017 season.
Professionally, Fauroux also has experience in Norway at Valdres FK, where he made eight appearances in 2019. He also played with FC Miami City, which now plays in the USL League Two, while in college.
