Steve Mounié
Steve Michel Mounié (born 29 September 1994) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 club Brest and the Beninese national team.[2]
 Mounié training in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve Michel Mounié[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Parakou, Benin | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Brest | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2014 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Montpellier | 37 | (14) |
| 2015–2016 | → Nîmes (loan) | 32 | (11) |
| 2017–2020 | Huddersfield Town | 89 | (17) |
| 2020– | Brest | 15 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Benin | 25 | (7) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019 (UTC) | |||
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 31 August 2015, Mounié was loaned to Nîmes Olympique of Ligue 2 for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[4] He was the club's top scorer for the season, with 11 goals in 33 competitive matches, all of them scored during the league campaign.
On 29 June 2016, Mounié extended his contract with Montpellier by two years to 30 June 2019.[5]
On 11 March 2017, Mounié scored for the fifth consecutive Ligue 1 match in a 3–2 home loss to Nantes; it was his 13th league goal of the season.[6]
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 record fee surpassed the previous record £8 million (initial fee) that the club spent on Aaron Mooy from Manchester City a week earlier.[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 Mooy and forced an own goal in a 4–1 home win over AFC Bournemouth.[9]
International career
He played at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where the team reached the quarter-finals [11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 July 2020[12]
| 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 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Championship | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 8 | ||
| Total | 89 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 19 | ||
| Brest | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 158 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 45 | ||
International
- As of match played on 17 November 2019.[13]
| Benin | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | 12 | 5 |
| Total | 25 | 7 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first.[13]
| 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 |
| 2. | 17 November 2018 | Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia |  Gambia | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3. | 24 March 2019 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin |  Togo | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 4. | 18 June 2019 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Mauritania | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 5. | 2–1 | |||||
| 6. | 3–1 | |||||
| 7. | 13 October 2019 | Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin |  Zambia | 1–1 | 2–2 |
References
- "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- "Benin – S. Mounié – Soccerway – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- "Montpellier vs Ajaccio 0–1". Soccerway. 29 October 2014.
- "Trois recrues pour Nîmes". L'Équipe. 31 August 2015.
- "Montpellier : Steve Mounié prolonge son contrat". L'Équipe. 29 June 2016.
- "Sala nets winner as Nantes beat Montpellier". ligue1.com. 11 March 2017.
- "Steve Mounie: Huddersfield sign Montpellier striker for a club-record fee". BBC. 5 July 2017.
- Doyale, Paul. "Steve Mounié double gives Huddersfield perfect start against Crystal Palace". The Guardian.
- "Huddersfield Town 4–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- "Stade Brestois. Steve Mounié à Brest, c'est officiel". Ouest France (in French). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/matches/45/lineups
- Steve Mounié at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- Steve Mounié at National-Football-Teams.com
