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Steve Mounié
Mounie training in 2014
Personal information
Full name Steve Mounié[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Parakou, Benin
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team 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)
International career‡
2015– Benin 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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]
International goals
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 23 March 2016 Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan  South Sudan 2–0 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Benin – S. Mounié – Soccerway – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  3. ^ "Montpellier vs Ajaccio 0–1". Soccerway. 29 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Montpellier : Steve Mounié prolonge son contrat". L'Équipe. 29 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Sala nets winner as Nantes beat Montpellier". ligue1.com. 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Trois recrues pour Nîmes". L'Équipe. 31 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Steve Mounie: Huddersfield sign Montpellier striker for a club-record fee". BBC. 5 July 2017.
  8. ^ Doyale, Paul. "Steve Mounié double gives Huddersfield perfect start against Crystal Palace". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "Huddersfield Town 4–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  10. ^ Steve Mounié at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Dossou, Jodel". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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