Moussa Dembélé
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| Moussa Dembélé | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | 17 July 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Wilrijk, Belgium | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Winger, Forward | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006– |
Germinal Beerschot Willem II AZ |
20 (1) 33 (9) 102 (22) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006– | Belgium | 21 (5) |
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Moussa Dembélé (born 17 July 1987) is a Belgian football striker currently playing for AZ. He has a Malian father and a Belgian mother.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Youth
Moussa Dembélé played for K. Berchem Sport in his youth.
[edit] K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot
Dembélé started his professional career playing for K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, a team in the Jupiler Pro League. He played his first game when he was 16 years old. In 2005 he signed for the youth section of Willem II Tilburg, despite apparent interest from Ajax.
[edit] Willem II Tilburg
Moussa Dembélé spent the 2005–06 season in the Eredivisie with Willem II Tilburg. The team had a very bad season that year, but Dembélé scored nine times. After this season for Willem II he attracted further interest from the bigger Eredivisie teams and was subsequently transferred to AZ Alkmaar in summer 2006.
[edit] AZ Alkmaar
In 2006–07 he was one of the most important players of Louis van Gaal's team. They were poised to win the championship but on the last day they lost the title to PSV Eindhoven and only finished third after they lost to Ajax. AZ Alkmaar also lost the final of the KNVB Beker to Ajax. Dembélé scored 6 times that season.
The season of 2007–08 was a very disappointing season for AZ. They finished twelfth, and Dembele scored four times for them.
The 2008–09 season started disappointingly as well for Dembélé's team after two defeats. But then AZ started to win more games. Eventually AZ won the championship. Dembélé was out injured from October until December with a knee injury, but on his return he was hailed as being one of the players of the season in the Eredivisie.[1]
[edit] International career
In October 2006, Dembélé made his first international appearance, against Azerbaijan. Dembélé participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he put on a remarkable show, being instrumental in Belgium's 3–2 win to Italy in the quarterfinals, scoring two goals, including the defining goal of the match. Belgium then progressed on, losing to Nigeria in the semifinals and Brazil in the third place play-offs. Dembélé played in all six of Belgium's games at the Olympics.[2]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | October 11, 2006 | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Azerbaijan |
3–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 2 + 3 | August 22, 2007 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Serbia |
1–0 + 3–1 |
3–2 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 4 | October 17, 2007 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Armenia |
2–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 5 | March 28, 2009 | Fenix Stadion, Genk, Belgium |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1–1 | 2–4 | 2010 WCQ |
[edit] Career statistics
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| Germinal Beerschot | 2003-2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2004-2005 | 19 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 22 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Willem II | 2005-2006 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 3 |
| AZ | 2006-2007 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13 | 4 |
| 2007-2008 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008-2009 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2009-2010 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
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| Germinal Beerschot | 20 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 23 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Willem II | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 3 | |
| AZ | 89 | 39 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 27 | 4 | |
| Total | 142 | 49 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 39 | 7 | |
[edit] Honours
[edit] AZ Alkmaar
[edit] References
- This article incorporates information from the Dutch Wikipedia.
[edit] External links
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