François M'Pelé
Appearance
![]() M'Pelé with Paris Saint-Germain in 1978 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 July 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Brazzaville, Middle Congo | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966–1968 | Standard de Brazzaville | 56 | (63) |
1968–1973 | Ajaccio | 149 | (71) |
1973–1979 | Paris Saint-Germain | 217 | (97) |
1979–1981 | Lens | 65 | (16) |
1981–1982 | Rennes | 34 | (16) |
Total | 521 | (263) | |
International career | |||
1971–1978 | Congo[1] | 29 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
François M'Pelé (born 13 July 1947) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[2]
Career
[edit]M'Pelé played professional football in Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens and Stade Rennais F.C. He played for PSG from 1973 to 1979, and as of 2014, was the club's fourth-leading goal-scorer with 97 in all competitions. He is PSG's all-time leading goal-scorer in the Coupe de France with 28 goals.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kongb-recintlp.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "François M'Pelé reçu au Stade Rennais... en attendant le Paris-Saint-Germain" (in French). Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- François M'Pelé at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Brazzaville
- Men's association football forwards
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
- Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
- 1972 African Cup of Nations players
- 1974 African Cup of Nations players
- 1978 African Cup of Nations players
- Ligue 1 players
- AC Ajaccio players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- RC Lens players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France
- Republic of the Congo football biography stubs