Louis Appéré

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

Louis Appéré
Personal information
Full name Louis George P. Appéré[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999
Place of birth Perth, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club 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 38 (5)
2019 → Broughty Athletic (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:26, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Early life

Louis Appéré was born in Perth on 26 March 1999.[3] He grew up in Cupar, Fife, where he attended Bell Baxter High School.[4] 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.[3] He then joined Cupar-based AM Soccer, progressing through from the youth system.[4]

Club 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.[4] 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.[4] In July 2016, Appéré signed for Scottish Championship club Dundee United, whose manager Ray McKinnon had previously had him on trial at Raith.[5]

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][6] He signed a new two-year contract with the club in May 2018.[7]

In January 2019, Appéré joined Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League club Broughty Athletic on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[8] After scoring 22 goals in 20 appearances for Broughty, he returned to Dundee United and was able to break into the first team squad on a regular basis.[9]

He scored his first goal for Dundee United on 19 July 2019 in a Scottish League Cup tie against Cowdenbeath.[10] His first league goal came on 30 August 2019, the second goal in a 6–2 victory in the Dundee derby against Dundee.[11] On 17 October 2019, the club announced that Appéré had extended his contract with Dundee United until the summer of 2022.[12] He went on to score 6 goals in 33 appearances during the 2019-20 season as Dundee United won the Championship title.[13]

Following United's promotion to the Scottish Premiership, Appéré initially struggled for playing time. He scored his first top-flight goal against St Johnstone on 12 January 2021, and also assisted Lawrence Shankland to score from 53 yards in the same match.[14]

International career

Appéré received his first call-up to the Scotland under-21 team for scheduled fixtures in March 2020 against Croatia and Greece, only for the matches to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15][13]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 January 2021
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dundee United 2017–18[16] Scottish Championship 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2018–19[17] Scottish Championship 0000102[lower-alpha 1]030
2019–20[18] Scottish Championship 26421411[lower-alpha 1]0336
2020–21[19] Scottish Premiership 121004000161
Career total 385219140537
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. "Louis Appéré". Arab Archive. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. "Louis Appéré". dundeeunitedfc.co.uk. Dundee United F.C. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "Louis Appéré". Dundee United F.C. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. Inglis, Scott (9 June 2016). "Louis feels comfortable mixing it with European football elite". Fife Today. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. Roache, Ian (25 July 2016). "Dundee United win the battle to sign former Roma trialist Louis Appere". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. Duthie, Tom (17 August 2017). "'Pat' on back for Dundee United striker N'Koyi and fringe players". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. Nicolson, Eric (16 May 2018). "Four young Dundee United players sign new deals". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. "Toshney amongst players going on loan". Dundee United F.C. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. Pattullo, Alan (10 August 2019). "Alan Pattullo: Louis Appere and the journey from Roma to Dundee United via Broughty Athletic". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  10. "Dundee United 3–0 Cowdenbeath". BBC. 19 July 2019.
  11. Elgott, Jordan (30 August 2019). "Dundee United 6–2 Dundee". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  12. "Louis Appéré signs contract extension". Dundee United Football Club. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  13. Woodger, Calum (2 May 2020). "Louis Appere feared his days were done at Dundee United". Evening Telegraph. Dundee. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  14. Roache, Ian (16 January 2021). "Dundee United: Louis Appere unfazed by having first top-flight goal overshadowed and jokes about assist for Lawrence Shankland wonder strike". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  15. Roache, Ian (16 March 2020). "Dundee United's rising star Louis Appere has club and country double dream put on hold". The Courier. Dundee. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  16. "Games played by Louis Appere in 2017/2018". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  17. "Games played by Louis Appéré in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  18. "Games played by Louis Appéré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  19. "Games played by Louis Appéré in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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