Matt Moussilou

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Matt Moussilou
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Moussilou in 2012
Personal information
Full name Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba
Date of birth (1982-06-01) 1 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 FC Meyrin
Number 9
Youth career
1994–1997 FC Bourget
1997–1999 Lille
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001 Lille B 54 (18)
2001–2006 Lille 98 (24)
2006–2009 Nice 19 (0)
2007 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 11 (3)
2007 → Marseille (loan) 4 (0)
2008 → Al-Arabi (loan) 22 (12)
2008–2009 Nice B 20 (18)
2009–2010 Boulogne 15 (1)
2011–2013 Lausanne-Sport 70 (17)
2013–2014 Club Africain 14 (2)
2014–2015 Amiens 11 (0)
2015–2016 FC Le Mont 9 (2)
2016–2017 Yverdon-Sport 22 (14)
2017– FC Meyrin 5 (7)
International career‡
2002–2003 France U21 4 (1)
2009– Congo 11 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 September 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2013

Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba (born 1 June 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. [2] Born in France, he was capped by Congo at international level.

Contents

Club career

On 2 April 2005, he scored four goals for Lille in a 8–0 win over Istres, [3] including a hat-trick in four minutes to be the fastest in Ligue 1 history. [4] On 3 February 2007, he played his first Ligue 1 match for Saint-Étienne against Sedan. [5] He played as a striker for OGC Nice and after returning from a loan to Al-Arabi, he was on 27 August 2009 released from his club. [6]

On 7 September 2009, it was announced that he had joined Swansea City on trial [7] but on 6 October 2009 he signed for Boulogne on a free transfer, until the end of the season. [8] With Boulogne's relegation at the end of the campaign, Moussilou did not re-sign. In January 2011, he signed with Lausanne-Sport until the end of the 2010–11 season. Moussilou would go on to spend two and half years with the club before moving on to sign for Tunisian-side Club Africain. [9]

International career

In 2006, Moussilou was called up to represent the national team of the Republic of the Congo by their new coach Noel Tosi. Since Moussilou had represented France at under-21 level, however, FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before 31 December 2005. [10] However, the rule was changed, and finally he made a full international debut for Congo on 12 August 2009 in a friendly against Morocco. He scored his first goal in this match.

International goals

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moussilou goal. [11]
List of international goals scored by Matt Moussilou
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 August 2009 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, MoroccoFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–01–1 Friendly
211 November 2011 Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and PríncipeFlag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 1–05–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
329 February 2012 Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Republic of the CongoFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3–13–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Personal life

Moussilou was born in Paris, France and is of Beninese and Congolese descent.

Honours

Lille

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References

  1. ↑ "Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Matt Moussilou déjà buteur avec Meyrin, proxifoot.ch, 8 August 2017
  3. ↑ "Lille OSC 8–0 FC Istres". mondefootball.fr. 2 April 2005.
  4. ↑ "Romelu Lukaku's 11-minute hat-trick? Good, but WAY short of the best ever in the game". eurosport.com. 13 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 5 February 2007.
  6. ↑ Matt Moussilou joker de Boulogne
  7. ↑ "Swans boss takes two new faces". Swansea City Official Site. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
  8. ↑ Matt Moussilou signe avec l'USBCO Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Matt Moussilou quitte le FC Lausanne-Sport". FC Lausanne-Sport (in French). lausanne-sport.ch. 20 August 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "FIFA tell Congo they cannot play French-born pair". Reuters. 1 September 2006. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2006.
  11. ↑ "Moussilou, Matt". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Leiria 0-2 Lille (Aggregate: 0 - 2)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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