Steve Mounié
 Mounie training in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve Mounié[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Parakou, Benin | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2014 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Montpellier | 37 | (14) |
| 2015–2016 | → Nîmes (loan) | 32 | (11) |
| 2017– | Huddersfield Town | 35 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Benin | 7 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:20, 7 October 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 July 2017 | |||
Steve Mounié (born 29 September 1994) is a Beninese professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Huddersfield Town.[2] He has been capped by Benin at senior international level.
Club career
Montpellier
Mounié is a Montpellier HSC youth academy graduate. He made his first team debut on 28 October 2014 in a 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue round of 32 home match against AC Ajaccio, replacing Jean Deza after 86 minutes; Montpellier lost the match 1–0.[3]
On 29 June 2016, Mounié extended his contract with Montpellier HSC by two years to 30 June 2019.[4]
On 11 March 2017, Mounié scored for the fifth consecutive Ligue 1 match by opening the scoring in the 12th minute in the 3–2 home Ligue 1 loss to Nantes; it was his 13th Ligue 1 goal of the season.[5]
Loan to Nîmes
On 31 August 2015, Mounié was loaned to Nîmes Olympique for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[6] He was the club's top scorer for the 2015–16 season, with 11 goals in 33 competitive matches, all of them scored during the 2015–16 Ligue 2 campaign.
Huddersfield Town
On 5 July 2017, Mounié joined newly-promoted Premier League club Huddersfield Town on a four-year deal for a club record fee of €13 million (£11.5 million) plus add-ons. The £11.5 million transfer fee surpassed the previous record £8 million (initial fee) that Huddersfield Town spent in buying Aaron Mooy from Manchester City on 30 June 2017.[7]
Mounié made his competitive debut on 12 August 2017, scoring twice in Huddersfield's first match in the division, a 3–0 win at Crystal Palace.[8] On 11 February 2018, he scored, assisted Aaron Mooy and forced an own goal in a 4–1 home win over AFC Bournemouth.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 6 October 2018 [10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montpellier | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 38 | 15 | |||
| Total | 37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | ||
| Nîmes (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 11 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 2017–18 | Premier League | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 9 | |
| 2018–19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 104 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 35 | ||
International
- Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first.[11]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 March 2016 | Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan |  | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
References
- ↑ "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ↑ "Benin – S. Mounié – Soccerway – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ↑ "Montpellier vs Ajaccio 0–1". Soccerway. 29 October 2014.
- ↑ "Montpellier : Steve Mounié prolonge son contrat". L'Équipe. 29 June 2016.
- ↑ "Sala nets winner as Nantes beat Montpellier". ligue1.com. 11 March 2017.
- ↑ "Trois recrues pour Nîmes". L'Équipe. 31 August 2015.
- ↑ "Steve Mounie: Huddersfield sign Montpellier striker for a club-record fee". BBC. 5 July 2017.
- ↑ Doyale, Paul. "Steve Mounié double gives Huddersfield perfect start against Crystal Palace". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Huddersfield Town 4–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ↑ Steve Mounié at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ↑ "Dossou, Jodel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
External links
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