He was the younger brother of Jean Laurent, who also played football and represented France and was named to the squad for the 1930 World Cup.

As an amateur player, he only received basic compensation from the French Football Federation while at the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay.

[1] At the Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo, Laurent made history by scoring the first ever World Cup goal: a volley in the 19th minute of a game against Mexico on 13 July 1930.

He played two years of wartime football for Besançon before retiring in 1946, opting to become a trainer and youth coach.

He was the only surviving member of the 1930 French team to see France lift the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil, and died seven years later at the age of 97 in Besançon.