Moussa Marega

Moussa Marega
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-04-14) 14 April 1991
Place of birth Les Ulis, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Porto
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Évry FC ? (?)
2012–2013 Le Poiré-sur-Vie 31 (5)
2013–2014 Amiens 33 (9)
2014–2015 Espérance de Tunis 0 (0)
2015–2016 Marítimo 29 (12)
2016– Porto 40 (23)
2016–2017 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 25 (13)
National team‡
2015– Mali 16 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2018

Moussa Marega (born 14 April 1991) is a Malian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Portuguese club Porto.

He began his career in France, playing no higher than the Championnat National, and after one year in Tunisia he moved to Marítimo of the Primeira Liga in 2015. Shortly afterwards, he signed for Porto. After spending 2016–17 on loan at Vitória Guimarães he became a regular in the Porto side and won a league title.

Marega made his international debut for Mali in 2015 and was part of their squad at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career

Early career

Born in Les Ulis, Essonne, Marega began his career at local Évry FC before moving to Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie Football of the Championnat National in 2012, and fellow league team Amiens SC a year later. He spent 2014–15 at Espérance Sportive de Tunis.[1]

He subsequently moved to C.S. Marítimo in Portugal's Primeira Liga. In November 2015, he was sent off in a 1–0 loss at Amarante F.C. for two yellow cards and then gestured at the bench; he was suspended from training with the club as a result.[2]

Porto

Both Marega and Marítimo goalkeeper José Sá were on the cusp of a move to Sporting Clube de Portugal in January 2016, but it was hijacked by FC Porto, who signed the pair on contracts lasting to 2020; Marega's buyout clause was set at €40 million.[3] He made 13 appearances in his first campaign at the Estádio do Dragão – mostly as a substitute – and scored once in a 2–0 home win over Gil Vicente F.C. in the Taça da Liga on 2 March.[4]

On 20 July 2016, Marega was loaned to Vitória S.C. for the upcoming season.[5] He made his debut a month later in a 2–0 win at former team Marítimo, scoring the second goal,[6] and on 30 October he scored all three in a 3–0 win at Rio Ave F.C. to reach 10 goals from 8 games.[7] On 4 November, he received a straight red card in the first half-hour of a 2–1 home win over C.D. Nacional for striking Nuno Sequeira, receiving a three-match ban.[8]

On his return to Porto, Marega scored twice in the opening game of the 2017–18 season, a 4–0 home win over G.D. Estoril Praia, as a first-half substitute for Tiquinho.[9] He was part of a three-pronged attack made of African players, alongside the Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar and Yacine Brahimi of Algeria.[10] He scored 14 league goals in 14 starts and reportedly began to attract the interest of Premier League sides Manchester United and Chelsea in January 2018.[11] Porto won the league for the first time in five years and Marega was their top scorer (third overall behind Jonas and Bas Dost) with 22 goals.[12]

International career

Marega made his debut for the Mali national team on 25 March 2015 in a friendly against Gabon in Beauvais, France; he started in the 4–3 defeat. On 4 September 2016, he scored his first international goal in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Benin, helping towards a 5–2 win at the Stade du 26 Mars.[13]

In January 2017, he was called up for Mali's squad at the final tournament in Gabon.[14] In the Eagles' opening game against Egypt in Port-Gentil, he was man of the match in a goalless draw.[15] He also started the other two games of the group stage elimination.

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 May 2018[16][17]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Évry 2011–12 ——20
Le Poiré-sur-Vie B 2012–13 20———20
Le Poiré-sur-Vie 2012–13 31510——325
Amiens 2013–14 33930——369
Espérance de Tunis 2014–15 000000—00
Marítimo 2014–15 1472100—168
2015–16 1552111—187
Total 29124211—3415
Porto 2015–16 90210020131
2017–18 29223110603823
Total 38225210805224
Vitória Guimarães (loan) 2016–17 25134120—3114
Career Total 15961175418018656

International

As of 9 September 2018
Mali
YearAppsGoals
201550
201641
201740
201831
Total162

International goals

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[18]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2016Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Benin3–05–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.9 September 2018Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan South Sudan1–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qaulification

Honours

Club

    References

    1. ↑ Chachois, Alexandre (20 June 2014). "Amiens : Moussa Marega file en Tunisie" [Amiens: Moussa Marega heads off to Tunisia] (in French). Foot National. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
    2. ↑ "Marítimo suspende Moussa Marega" [Marítimo suspend Moussa Marega]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
    3. ↑ "FC Porto paga cinco milhões e desvia Marega e José Sá de Alvalade" [FC Porto pay five million and lure Marega and José Sá from the Alvalade] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
    4. ↑ "ALL SET FOR JAMOR". FC Porto. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
    5. ↑ "Marega assina pelo Vitória de Guimarães" [Marega signs for Vitória de Guimarães] (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
    6. ↑ "Vitória de Guimarães bate Marítimo no Funchal por 2-0" [Vitória de Guimarães beat Marítimo 2–0 in Funchal] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
    7. ↑ "Moussa Marega, l'Aigle qui survole le Portugal" [Moussa Marega, the Eagle who soars over Portugal] (in French). RFI. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
    8. ↑ "CD MANTÉM CASTIGO DE TRÊS JOGOS A MAREGA" [CD PUNISH MAREGA FOR THREE GAMES] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
    9. ↑ "Marega só precisou de meia hora para bisar frente ao Estoril" [Marega only needed half an hour to score twice against Estoril]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
    10. ↑ Chukwu, Solace (1 November 2017). "The three-headed Dragon: Brahimi, Marega, Aboubakar powering Porto". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
    11. ↑ "Who is Moussa Marega? Meet the €40m Porto striker attracting interest from Man Utd and Chelsea". Goal.com. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
    12. ↑ "A Bola de Prata - 2017/2018". A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
    13. ↑ "Marega, Moussa". National Football teams. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
    14. ↑ Teye, Prince Narkortu (5 January 2017). "Mali announce final squad for Afcon 2017". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
    15. ↑ "Total Man of the Match". CAF. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
    16. ↑ "Marega". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
    17. ↑ "M. Marega". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
    18. ↑ "M. Marega". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
    19. ↑ talkSPORT (2018-05-07). "Porto break Benfica dominance in Portugal to win first league title since 2013 and have a massive party". talkSPORT. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
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