![]() Amougou with Saint-Étienne in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mathis Amougou [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Le Blanc-Mesnil, France [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Entente Brie Est | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2021 | Torcy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Saint-Étienne | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2025 | Saint-Étienne II | 21 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2025 | Saint-Étienne | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2025– | Chelsea | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | France U16 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | France U17 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | France U18 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | France U19 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | France U20 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:39, 25 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 |
Mathis Amougou (born 18 January 2006) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Chelsea.
Born in Le Blanc-Mesnil, Amougou has three brothers; one elder, a twin and one younger, all of whom also play football. [3] He first took an interest in football as a child, accompanying his elder brother to his football training sessions in Sevran, though he was not able to register with any club as he was too young. [3]
After his family moved to La Ferté-Gaucher, Amougou began his career with local side Entente Brie Est, spending two seasons before a move to Torcy in 2014. [4] While at Torcy, he was also enrolled at the prestigious football academy INF Clairefontaine. [4]
Amougou who had already been training with the academy of professional side Saint-Étienne, moved officially in July 2021. [3] [5]
After a year playing youth football with Saint-Étienne, he was promoted to the club's second team, competing in the Championnat National 3. Mid-way through his first season in senior football, in April 2023, he signed his first professional contract with the club, penning a two-year deal. [6]
After making his senior debut on 13 January 2024 in a goalless draw against Laval in Ligue 2, [7] he established himself as a more regular starter during the first half of the 2024–25 Ligue 1. [8]
On 3 February 2025, Amougou signed an eight-year contract with Premier League club Chelsea, [9] for a reported transfer fee of €15 million. [10]
Of Cameroonian descent, Amougou is eligible to represent both Cameroon and France at international level. In 2022, following impressive performances for Saint-Étienne's youth team, French national youth coach Jean-Luc Vannuchi called him up for a double-header against Germany, and he made his under-16 debut in the second of these two games. [11]
Despite this being his only appearance for the under-16 squad, he remained a player of interest for Vannuchi, and having impressed at both under-17 and under-18 level, he was called up to the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [12] In France's second game against South Korea, Amougou's goal in the 2nd-minute lead France to a 1–0 win, ensuring his nation progressed to the knockout stages. [13]
Club | Season | League | Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Saint-Étienne II | 2022–23 | Championnat National 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
2023–24 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||||
2024–25 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 21 | 3 | — | — | — | 21 | 3 | |||||
Saint-Étienne | 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Total | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
Chelsea | 2024–25 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
France U17
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