Stephy Mavididi

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Stephy Mavididi
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Stephy Mavididi with Leicester City in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Stephy Alvaro Mavididi [1]
Date of birth (1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Derby, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 10
Youth career
Southend United
2011–2016 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Arsenal 0 (0)
2017 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 5 (0)
2017–2018 → Preston North End (loan) 10 (0)
2018 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 12 (2)
2018–2019 Juventus U23 32 (6)
2018–2020 Juventus 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Dijon (loan) 24 (5)
2020–2023 Montpellier 91 (21)
2023– Leicester City 67 (15)
International career
2015 England U17 9 (1)
2015 England U18 1 (0)
2016 England U19 5 (2)
2017 England U20 3 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:34, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Stephy Alvaro Mavididi (born 31 May 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Premier League club Leicester City.

Contents

Early and personal life

Born in Derby, [3] Mavididi was raised in East London. [4] His younger brother Shaun is also a footballer. [4]

Club career

Arsenal

Mavididi playing for Arsenal U19s in 2015. Stephy Mavididi 2015 (crop).jpg
Mavididi playing for Arsenal U19s in 2015.

He began his career at Southend United before joining Arsenal at the age of 13. [5] He turned professional with Arsenal in July 2015. [6]

Mavididi joined Charlton Athletic on loan on 31 January 2017 until the end of the season. [7] However, following an injury in his fifth game for the club, he returned to Arsenal on 1 March 2017, having made three starts and two substitute appearances. [8]

He signed on loan for Preston North End in August 2017. [9] [10] [11]

On 3 January 2018, it was announced by Arsenal that Mavididi had returned to the club and was then subsequently sent on loan with Charlton Athletic. [12] In his first game of his second loan spell at Charlton he scored his first goal in professional football in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic. [13] In February 2018 he suffered a hamstring injury. [14]

Juventus

After eight years with Arsenal, [15] in August 2018, he signed for Italian club Juventus. [16] He was initially signed as a reserve player, having been scouted by Giorgio Chiellini's brother, but soon began training with the first team. [15] On 13 April 2019, Mavididi made his senior Juventus debut in a 2–1 away loss against S.P.A.L. in Serie A. [15] [17] [18] In doing so he became the first English player since David Platt in 1992 to play for Juventus. [15] Juventus won the Serie A title in his first season, but Mavididi did not receive a winner's medal as he had not played in enough matches. [15] Shortly after the championship title was confirmed, Mavididi learned that his father had died. [15]

On 29 August 2019, he joined French club Dijon on loan. [19]

Montpellier

On 30 June 2020, Mavididi joined French club Montpellier on a permanent deal worth €6.3 million. [20]

On 16 April 2023, Mavididi became the English player with the most appearances in the history of Ligue 1 after making his 108th appearance, overtaking the record of Chris Waddle. [21]

He later described his time with Montpellier saying "Everyone just sees the charmed life, but it is really more than that. For me personally I have been to some dark places being far away from home. For example I have a little brother and I basically missed all his teenage years growing up - it's little things like that, that can really take a toll on you [...] For me the dark times have made me 10 times stronger". [4]

Leicester City

On 31 July 2023, Mavididi returned to England and joined Championship club Leicester City for an undisclosed fee [22] [23] reported to be around €7.5 million. [24] On 6 August, he made his debut for Leicester, in which he assisted Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's winning goal against Coventry City, in the club's first game of the season. [25] On 12 August, he scored his first goal for Leicester in the league in the 73rd minute in a 1–0 away win against Huddersfield Town. [26] His form over the next few weeks was inconsistent. [27] Following a run of five goals in seven games, Mavididi was awarded the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for December 2023. [28]

International career

Mavididi was born in England and is of DR Congolese descent. [29] Mavididi has played for England at under-17 youth level, representing them at the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, [6] and the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [3] He has also played for England at under-18 and under-19 levels. [30]

Although he is eligible to play for the DR Congo national football team, Mavididi appeared to commit himself to England in December 2020, stating "my ultimate goal is to get into England's senior team, but for now the best pathway is the Under-21s so I want to try and get into that squad". [31]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2016–17 [32] Premier League 0000000000
2017–18 [13] Premier League0000000000
Total0000000000
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2016–17 [32] League One 5000000050
Preston North End (loan) 2017–18 [13] Championship 1000010–110
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2017–18 [13] League One122––3 [c] 0152
Juventus U23 2018–19 [33] Serie C 326–––326
Juventus 2018–19 [33] Serie A 1000–0010
2019–20 [33] Serie A0000–0000
Total1000000010
Dijon (loan) 2019–20 [33] Ligue 1 2454300–288
Montpellier 2020–21 [33] Ligue 135950––409
2021–22 [33] Ligue 130810––318
2022–23 [33] Ligue 126410––264
Total91217000009821
Leicester City 2023–24 [33] Championship46121110–4813
2024–25 [34] Premier League2131121–245
Total67152231007217
Career total24249135413026255
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in EFL Trophy, two appearances in League One play-offs

Honours

Leicester City

Individual

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  31. ↑ "Montpellier's Stephy Mavididi: 'Training with Ronaldo helped me so much' | Montpellier". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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  35. ↑ "Championship: 2023/24: Current table". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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