Benjamin Moukandjo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé | ||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lorient | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2006 | Kadji SA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007 | Kadji SA | 15 | (12) |
| 2007–2009 | Rennes B | 14 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Rennes | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → L'Entente (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Nîmes | 46 | (8) |
| 2011 | Monaco | 16 | (3) |
| 2011–2014 | Nancy | 89 | (19) |
| 2014–2015 | Reims | 31 | (8) |
| 2015– | Lorient | 19 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011– | Cameroon | 28 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:59, 20 December 2015 (UTC). | |||
Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé (born 12 November 1988) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for FC Lorient in Ligue 1 as a forward.
Club career
Moukandjo began his career in hometown's Kadji Sports Academy, joining the club's youth setup in 1998, aged 10. Nine years later he moved to France, joining Stade Rennais. In September 2008, after appearing only with the reserve squad, he was loaned out to L'Entente SSG.[1]
Moukandjo returned to Rennes in June 2009, but rescinded his link and joined Nîmes Olympique on 31 August 2009.[2] He appeared regularly for the side in Ligue 2, and later moved to AS Monaco FC on 31 January 2011.[3]
In May, after Monaco's relegation, Moukandjo was linked with Liverpool,[4] but joined AS Nancy Lorraine instead.[5]
On 18 July 2014, Moukandjo moved to the Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims on a two-year deal.[6]
International career
On 4 June 2011, Moukandjo made his debut for the Cameroon national football team, starting in a 0–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Senegal.[7] He netted his first international goal on 16 June of the following year, the winner against Guinea-Bissau.[8]
Moukandjo was selected in Cameroon's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in all three group matches, against Mexico, Croatia and Brazil respectively.[9]
At the 2015 African Cup of Nations, he scored Cameroon's goal in a 1–1 draw with Guinea at the group stage.[10]
International goals
- Score and Result list Cameroon's goal tally first[11]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 June 2012 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon |  Guinea-Bissau | | | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 2. | 17 November 2013 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon |  Tunisia | | | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 3. | 24 January 2015 | Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |  Guinea | | | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations | |
| 4. | 30 March 2015 | Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand |  Thailand | | | Friendly |
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rennes B | 2007–08[14] | CFA | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09[14] | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| L'Entente | 2008–09 | National | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nîmes | 2009–10 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |
| 2010–11 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | 20 | 7 | |||
| Total | 46 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | ||
| Monaco | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 3 | |
| Nancy | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | |
| 2012–13 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | 39 | 9 | |||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 9 | — | — | 27 | 9 | |||
| Total | 89 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23 | ||
| Reims | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 8 | |
| Lorient | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 11 | |
| Career total | 222 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 57 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue
References
- ↑ Prêt, officiel : Moukandjo à Sannois Saint-Gratien (Loan, official: Moukandjo to Sannois Saint-Gratien); Stade Rennais Online, 15 September 2008 (French)
- ↑ Rennes: Moukandjo à Nîmes (Rennes: Moukandjo to Nîmes); Mercato 365, 31 August 2009 (French)
- ↑ Moukandjo pour remplacer Aubameyang (Moukandjo to replace Aubameyang); Football.fr, 31 January 2011 (French)
- ↑ Benjamin Moukandjo lined up by Liverpool as Gervinho alternative; Metro, 31 May 2011
- ↑ Moukandjo a choisi Nancy (Moukandjo chooses Nancy); Nancy's official website, 12 August 2011 (French)
- ↑ Benjamin Moukandjo signe au Stade de Reims (Benjamin Moukandjo sign at the Stade de Reims); Reims's official website, 18 July 2014 (French)
- ↑ Cameroun-Sénégal: la CAN s'éloigne (0–0) (Cameroon–Senegal: the CAN is far); Okabol, 4 June 2011 (French)
- ↑ Eliminatoires CAN 2013: Cameroun 1 – Guinee Bissau 0 (CAN 2013 Qualifications: Cameroon 1 – Guinea-Bissau 0); Cameroon-Info, 16 June 2012 (French)
- ↑ "8 Benjamin MOUKANDJO". FIFA. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ "Cameroon 1-1 Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Benjamin Moukandjo profile at Soccerway
- ↑ "Benjamin Moukandjo". L'Equipe. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ Ligue 1 profile; Ligue 1. Retrieved on 11 June 2014 (French)
- 1 2 "Benjamin Moukandjo". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
External links
- Stade Rennais profile (French)
- Ligue 1 profile
- Benjamin Moukandjo profile at Soccerway
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