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, whom he captains, and the Beninese national team.[2]

Steve Mounié
Mounié training in 2014
Personal information
Full name Steve Michel Mounié[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-29) 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 46 (12)
National team‡
2015– Benin 36 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2021 (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]

Brest

On 9 September 2020, Mounié signed with Ligue 1 side Brest.[10]

International career

He played at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where the team reached the quarter-finals.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 November 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montpellier 2014–15 Ligue 1 000010—10
2015–16 200000—20
2016–17 35141021—3815
Total 37141031004115
Nîmes (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 2 32111000—3311
Huddersfield Town 2017–18 Premier League 2873200—319
2018–19 3121000—322
2019–20 Championship 3081010—328
Total 89175210009519
Brest 2020–21 Ligue 1 35921——3710
2021–22 11300——113
Total 46122100004813
Career total 2045493410021758

International
As of match played 11 November 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Benin 201520
201631
201740
201841
2019125
202031
202183
Total3611
Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mounié goal.[13]
List of international goals scored by Steve Mounié
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
123 March 2016Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan South Sudan2–02–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
217 November 2018Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia Gambia1–01–32019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
324 March 2019Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Togo2–12–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
418 June 2019Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Mauritania1–03–1Friendly
52–1
63–1
713 October 2019Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin Zambia1–12–2Friendly
811 October 2020Estádio Pina Manique, Lisbon, Portugal Gabon2–02–0Friendly
92 September 2021Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
107 October 2021National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1111 November 2021Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Madagascar2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. "Benin – S. Mounié – Soccerway – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  3. "Montpellier vs Ajaccio 0–1". Soccerway. 29 October 2014.
  4. "Trois recrues pour Nîmes". L'Équipe. 31 August 2015.
  5. "Montpellier : Steve Mounié prolonge son contrat". L'Équipe. 29 June 2016.
  6. "Sala nets winner as Nantes beat Montpellier". ligue1.com. 11 March 2017.
  7. "Steve Mounie: Huddersfield sign Montpellier striker for a club-record fee". BBC. 5 July 2017.
  8. Doyale, Paul (12 August 2017). "Steve Mounié double gives Huddersfield perfect start against Crystal Palace". The Guardian.
  9. "Huddersfield Town 4–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  10. "Stade Brestois. Steve Mounié à Brest, c'est officiel". Ouest France (in French). 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  11. "Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019 | CAFOnline.com". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02.
  12. Steve Mounié at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  13. Steve Mounié at National-Football-Teams.com
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