Moussa Dembélé (French footballer)
 Dembélé playing for Fulham in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moussa Dembélé | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pontoise, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Fulham | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | US Cergy Clos | ||
| 2004–2012 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2012–2013 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | Fulham | 41 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | France U16 | 14 | (4) |
| 2013 | France U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | France U18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | France U19 | 10 | (5) |
| 2015– | France U20 | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:55, 13 February 2016 (UTC). | |||
Moussa Dembélé (born 12 July 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Fulham.[1]
Club career
Dembélé signed for Fulham aged sixteen, in August 2012, from Paris Saint-Germain,[2] with other clubs interested in signing him.[3] He became a regular in the Fulham U18 team and won the Premier Academy League in his first season with the club.[3] He signed his first contract with Fulham in July 2013 until the summer of 2015.[3]
Dembélé was an unused substitute for the league match against Swansea City on 23 November 2013.[4] He made his Premier League debut on 30 November 2013 against West Ham United, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Kieran Richardson,[5] but finished the game with an injury.[6] On 30 March 2014, he started for the first time in the Premier League, as Fulham lost 3–1 at home to Everton.[7] The club ended the season with relegation to the Championship.
On 28 October 2014, in the fourth round of the League Cup, Dembélé scored his first professional goals, a brace which put Fulham 2–0 up at home against Derby County; however, the match ended in a 2–5 defeat.[8]
On 13 September 2015, Dembélé scored his first league goal for Fulham in a 2–1 win against Blackburn Rovers. He scored a brace in a 4–2 win against Reading on 24 October as Fulham overcame a 0–2 deficit to win 4–2.[9] Dembélé scored twice again in the following match a week later as Fulham beat Bristol City 4–1.[10] By the end of the calendar year, he had totalled ten goals for the season.[11]
International career
Dembélé was part of the France under-19 squad which reached the semi-finals of the 2015 European Championship, scoring in group stage victories over Ukraine and the hosts.[12]
Career statistics
- As of match played 13 February 2016
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 2013–14[13] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014–15[14] | Championship | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| 2015–16[15] | Championship | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12 | |
| Career total | 41 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 14 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 "Moussa Dembele profile". Fulham FC. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ "Fulham sign Moussa Dembele to possibly replace Moussa Dembele". Metro Associated Newspapers Limited. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Through The Ranks: Moussa Dembele". Fulham FC. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ "Fulham 1–2 Swansea City". BBC Sport. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ "West Ham 3–0 Fulham". BBC Sport. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ "Dembélé Debut". Fulham FC. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ "Fulham 1–3 Everton". BBC Sport. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Fulham 2–5 Derby". BBC Sport. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ "Fulham 4-2 Reading". BBC. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "Bristol City 1-4 Fulham". BBC. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (29 December 2015). "January transfer window: Vardy, Cole, Aubameyang, Robben". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Haslam, Andrew (12 July 2015). "France beat Greece to first place in Group A". UEFA. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ↑ "Games played by Moussa Dembele in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Moussa Dembele in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ↑ "Games played by Moussa Dembele in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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