| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1997 | FC Bourget | ||
| 1997–1999 | Lille | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2001 | Lille B | 54 | (18) |
| 2001–2006 | Lille | 98 | (24) |
| 2006–2007 | Nice | 19 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2007 | → Marseille (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Al-Arabi (loan) | 23 | (21) |
| 2008–2009 | Nice B | 20 | (18) |
| 2009–2010 | Boulogne | 15 | (1) |
| 2011– | Lausanne-Sport | 20 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | France U21 | 4 | (1) |
| 2009– | Congo | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:08, 13 September 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba (born 1 June 1982 in Paris[2]) is a French-Congolese[3] footballer who plays for Lausanne-Sport in the Swiss Super League as a striker. He has been capped by Congo at international level.
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On February 3, 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Saint-Étienne against Sedan.[4] He played as a striker for Nice and after returning from a loan to Al-Arabi, he was on August 27, 2009 released from his club.[5]
On September 7, 2009 it was announced that he had joined Swansea City on trial[6] but on October 6, 2009 he signed for Boulogne on a free transfer, until the end of the season.[7] With Boulogne's relegation at the end of the campaign, Moussilou did not re-sign. In January 2011, he signed with Lausanne-Sport until the end of the 2010–2011 season.[8]
In 2006 he was called up to represent the national team of the Republic of the Congo by their new coach Noel Tosi. Since Moussilou had represented France at under-21 level, however, FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before December 31, 2005.[9] However, the rule was changed, and finally he made a full international debut for Congo on August 12, 2009 in a friendly against Morocco. He scored his first goal in this match.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2009-08-12 | Rabat, Morocco | Morocco | 1–1 | Drew | Friendly match |
Moussilou was born in Paris, France of Beninese and Congolese descent.[10]