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 | Celtic | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | US Cergy Clos | ||
| 2004–2012 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2012–2013 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Fulham | 56 | (15) |
| 2016– | Celtic | 13 | (7) |
| 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 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016– | France U21 | 4 | (4) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:01, 3 December 2016 (UTC). | |||
Moussa Dembélé (born 12 July 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Premiership side Celtic.
Formed at Paris Saint-Germain and English team Fulham, he made his professional debut for the latter in the Premier League in November 2013, and totalled 19 goals in 64 competitive games for them before joining Celtic in 2016.
He has earned over 30 caps for France at youth level, up to the under-21 team.
Early life and family
Dembélé was born in Pontoise, Île-de-France.[2] His family is Malian.[3]
Club career
Fulham
Dembélé signed for Fulham aged sixteen, from Paris Saint-Germain, in 2012.[4] He subsequently became a regular in the Fulham U18 team and won the Premier Academy League in his first season with the club.[5] He signed his first contract with Fulham in July 2013 until the summer of 2015.[5]
Dembélé was an unused substitute for the Premier League match against Swansea City on 23 November 2013.[6] He made his competitive debut a week later against West Ham United, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Kieran Richardson in a 3–0 loss at the Boleyn Ground,[7] but finished the game with an injury.[8] On 30 March 2014, he started for the first time in the Premier League, as Fulham lost 3–1 at home to Everton.[9] 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.[10]
Dembélé scored his first league goal for Fulham in a 2–1 win against Blackburn Rovers on 13 September 2015, and scored a brace in a 4–2 win against Reading on 24 October as Fulham overcame a 0–2 deficit to win 4–2.[11] Dembélé scored twice again in the following match a week later as Fulham beat Bristol City 4–1 at Ashton Gate.[12] By the end of the calendar year, he had totalled ten goals for the season.[13]
Celtic
On 28 June 2016, Scottish Premiership side Celtic signed Dembélé on a four-year deal.[14] He made his debut on 12 July, his 20th birthday, partnering Leigh Griffiths up front in a 1–0 loss at Gibraltar's Lincoln Red Imps in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the season's UEFA Champions League.[15]
On 3 August 2016, Dembélé scored his first goal for the club with a 92nd minute penalty against Astana—after having won the penalty himself—to put Celtic into the Champions League play-offs.[16] He followed this up by netting twice against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup last 16 on 10 August, as Celtic ran out 5–0 winners.[17] He also scored the fourth goal in a 5–2 win over Hapoel Be'er Sheva the following week.[18]
On 10 September 2016, as his club beat Rangers 5–1 at Parkhead, he scored Celtic's first Old Firm derby league hat-trick since Stevie Chalmers in 1966.[19] He scored his eighth goal in a 2–0 win over Alloa at Celtic Park, firing high into the net to secure Celtic's place in the League Cup semi-final. On 28 September, Dembélé scored his first two Champions League group stage goals against Manchester City, as Celtic finished the match with a 3–3 draw.[20] Dembélé scored a late winner in a 1–0 victory over Rangers on 23 October 2016, sending Celtic to the League Cup final,[21] and scored again during the final against Aberdeen, netting from the penalty spot as Celtic won 3-0, giving Dembélé his first ever senior honour.[22]
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.[23] He made his debut for the under-21 side in October 2016, coming on as a second half substitute and scoring one of France's goals in a 5–1 win over Georgia.[24]
Career statistics
- As of match played 3 December 2016[25]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 2013–14 | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Championship | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 46 | 17 | |||
| Total | 56 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 64 | 19 | |||
| Celtic | 2016–17 | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 17 |
| Total | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 17 | ||
| Career total | 69 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 92 | 36 | ||
Honours
- Celtic
References
- 1 2 "Moussa Dembele profile". Fulham FC. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ↑ "Info FM : Moussa Dembélé, l'ancien espoir du PSG qui cartonne à Fulham". Foot Mercato. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ "Moussa Dembélé séduit Zidane". Footmali (in French). 6 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ "Fulham sign Moussa Dembele to possibly replace Moussa Dembele". Metro Associated Newspapers Limited. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (29 December 2015). "January transfer window: Vardy, Cole, Aubameyang, Robben". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Celtic delighted to sign Moussa Dembele on a four-year deal". Celtic F.C. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ Donohoe, Eamonn (12 July 2016). "Lincoln Red Imps FC 1–0 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Brendan Rodgers: Celtic fans 'put players on edge' against Astana". BBC Online. BBC Sport. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ Swales, Andy (10 August 2016). "Celtic 5 – 0 Motherwell – Match Report & Highlights". Sky Sports. Sky UK. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ Esplin, Ronnie (17 August 2016). "Celtic vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva match report: Brendan Rodgers' side take step closer to Champions League group stage". The Independent. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ↑ "Scottish Premiership: Celtic 5–1 Rangers – BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ English, Tom (28 September 2016). "Champions League: Celtic 3-3 Manchester City - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ English, Tom (23 October 2016). "Rangers 0–1 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Aberdeen 0-3 Celtic: Tomas Rogic, James Forrest and Moussa Dembele hand Brendan Rodgers first trophy as Hoops boss with Betfred Cup win". Daily Mail. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ Haslam, Andrew (12 July 2015). "France beat Greece to first place in Group A". UEFA. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ↑ Wilson, Fraser (6 October 2016). "Watch Celtic ace Moussa Dembele score on his debut for France Under 21s as Hoops striker's stock rises further". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ↑ "Moussa Dembélé Soccerway Profile". Retrieved 12 July 2016.
