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Louis Appéré
Personal information
Full name Louis George P. Appéré[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Perth, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Dundee United
Number 27
Youth career
East Fife Junior Supporters' Club
Dunfermline Athletic
AM Soccer
2016– Dundee United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 AM Soccer
2016– Dundee United 25 (4)
2019 → Broughty Athletic (loan)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:05, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Louis George P. Appéré (born 26 March 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Dundee United of the Scottish premiership. He made his senior debut in August 2017.

Early life

Louis Appéré was born in Perth on 26 March 1999.[2] He grew up in Cupar, Fife, where he attended Bell Baxter High School.[3] He started playing football for East Fife Junior Supporters' Club at the age of 9 and later spent two years as a youth player with Dunfermline Athletic.[2] He then joined Cupar-based AM Soccer, progressing through from the youth system.[3]

Playing career

Appéré began the 2015–16 season playing youth football, before progressing to AM Soccer's adult amateur team as well as appearing as a trialist for Raith Rovers' under-20 development team.[3] In May 2016 he went to Italy for a trial with A.S. Roma after AM Soccer owner Austin MacPhee brought a YouTube video of the player to Roma's attention.[3] In July 2016, Appéré signed for Scottish Championship club Dundee United, whose manager Ray McKinnon had previously had him on trial at Raith.[4]

Appéré made his first team debut for Dundee United as a substitute in a Scottish Challenge Cup tie against Cowdenbeath on 15 August 2017.[1][5] He signed a new two-year contract with the club in May 2018.[6]

In January 2019, he joined Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League club Broughty Athletic on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]

He scored his first goal for Dundee United on 19 July 2019 in a Scottish League Cup tie against Cowdenbeath.[8]

His first league goal for Dundee United came on 30 August 2019, the second goal in a 6–2 victory in the Dundee derby against Dundee.[9] On 17 October 2019, the club announced that Appéré had extended his contract with Dundee United until the summer of 2022.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 March 2020
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dundee United 2017–18[11] Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
2018–19[12] Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 3 0
2019–20[13] Scottish Championship 25 4 2 1 4 1 1[a] 0 32 6
Career total 25 4 2 1 5 1 4 0 36 6
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

  1. ^ a b "Louis Appéré". Arab Archive. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Louis". Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Inglis, Scott (9 June 2016). "Louis feels comfortable mixing it with European football elite". Fife Today. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ^ Roache, Ian (25 July 2016). "Dundee United win the battle to sign former Roma trialist Louis Appere". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ^ Duthie, Tom (17 August 2017). "'Pat' on back for Dundee United striker N'Koyi and fringe players". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. ^ Nicolson, Eric (16 May 2018). "Four young Dundee United players sign new deals". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Toshney amongst players going on loan". Dundee United F.C. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Dundee United 3–0 Cowdenbeath". BBC. 19 July 2019.
  9. ^ Elgott, Jordan (30 August 2019). "Dundee United 6–2 Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Louis Appéré signs contract extension". Dundee United Football Club. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Games played by Louis Appere in 2017/2018". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Games played by Louis Appéré in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Games played by Louis Appéré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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