Antoine Gounet

Antoine Gounet
Personal information
Full name Antoine Gounet[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-16) 16 October 1988
Place of birth Saint-Doulchard, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Quevilly-Rouen
Number 16
Youth career
2000–2006 Bourges 18
2006–2008 Tours
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Tours 0 (0)
2008–2011 Tours B 40 (0)
2011–2013 Brentford 0 (0)
2015–2016 Magreb '90 11 (0)
2017 Achilles '29 0 (0)
2017 Jong Achilles '29 4 (0)
2017– Quevilly-Rouen 0 (0)
2017– Quevilly-Rouen II 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:30, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Antoine Gounet (born 16 October 1988) is a French professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for US Quevilly-Rouen. He began his career in his native France with Tours, before moving to England and joining Brentford in 2011.

Club career

Early years

Gounet grew up in Saint-Doulchard, Cher, France and began his career at his local side Bourges 18, signing at the age of 12.[2]

Tours

Gounet moved to Ligue 2 club Tours at the age of 18.[3] Following an injury to first team keeper Peter Jehle, Gounet served as backup to Denis Ribeiro for a number of Ligue 2 and Coupe de France matches during the 2008–09 season.[4] While at Tours he was a team mate of future France internationals Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud.[5] Gounet made 40 appearances for the B team in the Championnat de France amateur 2 during his time at the club, including 28 appearances during the 2010–11 season.[6] Gounet's spell at Tours came to an end after he suffered an injury in 2010, which kept him out of football for a year and saw him released by the club in June 2011.[7]

Brentford

After arriving in London in October 2011, Gounet was awarded a two-week trial at League One club Brentford.[8] By late-January 2012, he had impressed enough to be awarded a contract running until the end of the 2011–12 season, with the option of a further year.[9] Gounet failed to feature for the first team during the second half of the season and played instead for the Development Squad.[10] The option was taken up on his contract in May 2012.[11] Gounet received his maiden call into the first team squad for a League Cup first round match versus Walsall on 12 August 2012 and was an unused substitute during the 1–0 defeat.[12] Gounet made his professional debut in an FA Cup second round replay against Bradford City at Griffin Park on 18 December 2012.[12] He started the match and conceded two goals as Brentford ran out 4–2 victors after extra time.[12] During the latter part of the season Gounet became a regular backup to Simon Moore.[12] He also made eight Professional Development League 2 South appearances for the Development Squad during the 2012–13 season.[13] Gounet was released upon the expiration of his contract, shortly after Brentford's League One Playoff Final defeat to Yeovil Town.[14] He made just one first team appearance for the Bees.[15]

Free agent

Gounet was offered a contract by Ligue 2 club Stade Laval in the summer of 2013, but turned it down as he wished to remain in England.[2] In January 2014, Gounet tweeted that he had been training with Premier League club Fulham and he trialled with Scottish Championship club Hibernian during the 2014–15 pre-season.[16][17]

Magreb '90

In November 2015, Gounet moved to the Netherlands to sign for Topklasse club Magreb '90.[18] He made 11 appearances during the remainder of the 2015–16 season.[19]

Achilles '29

On 31 January 2017, Gounet joined Eerste Divisie club Achilles '29 on a contract running until the end of the 2016–17 season.[20] He failed to make an appearance and the Whiteblacks were relegated after finishing bottom of the Eerste Divisie.[19] He was released when his contract expired.[21]

US Quevilly-Rouen

On 9 July 2017, Gounet returned to France to sign a contract with newly-promoted Ligue 2 club US Quevilly-Rouen.[22] He was an unused substitute on 16 occasions during a poor 2017–18 season,[19] which resulted in relegation to the Championnat National.[23] Gounet made his debut for the club with a start in a 2–1 Coupe de la Ligue defeat to Troyes on 14 August 2018.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 September 2018
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tours 2008–09[24] Ligue 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Brentford 2012–13[15] League One 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Magreb '90 2015–16[19] Topklasse 11 0 — — — 11 0
Achilles '29 2016–17[19] Eerste Divisie 0 0 — — — 0 0
Jong Achilles '29 2016–17[19] Derde Divisie Sunday 4 0 — — — 4 0
US Quevilly-Rouen 2017–18[19] Ligue 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2018–19[19] Championnat National 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
US Quevilly-Rouen II 2017–18[19] Championnat National 3 Group J 9 0 — — — 9 0
2018–19[19] 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 10 0 — — — 10 0
Career total 250101000270

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012–13" (PDF). p. 81. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "In Depth Interview: Antoine Gounet | Get French Football News". Getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "GOUNET, LE PATIENT ANGLAIS – 30/11/2011 – La Nouvelle République Indre-et-Loire". www.lanouvellerepublique.fr. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Espn Fc". Espn Fc. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Antoine Gounet : " J'avais envie d'aller dans des stades où il y a du monde "". SOFOOT.com (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Antoine Gounet (16 October 1988). "Antoine Gounet – Football Career". Fieldoo. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Antoine Gounet reflects on remarkable journey from trial to first team – Sport". London24. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bees bring in keeper | Football News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Brentford | News | Latest News | Latest News | BEES SIGN GOALKEEPER". brentfordfc.co.uk. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Brentford | News | Latest News | Latest News | SQUAD UPDATE". brentfordfc.co.uk. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Espn Fc". Espn Fc. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "2012/13 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD STATS". Brentfordfc.co.uk. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "End Of Season Player Update". Brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Antoine Gounet in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Twitter / antoinegounet: Training done. Great feeling". Twitter.com. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  17. ↑ Johnstone, Darren (21 July 2014). "Antoine Gounet to remain on trial at Hibs". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "Franse doelman traint bij Go Ahead". Centrale Redactie (web). Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "France – A. Gounet – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  20. ↑ "Gewijzigde selectie Achilles'29". Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Drietal vertrekt bij Achilles'29, Edge en Van Steen praten over langer verblijf | Achilles'29 | gelderlander.nl". www.gelderlander.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  22. ↑ "Mercato : Antoine Gounet, c'est signé ! – SAS Quevilly Rouen Métropole". www.qrm.fr. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "Summary – Ligue 2 – France – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  24. ↑ "Antoine Gounet | Football Stats | Quevilly | Season 2008/2009 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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