Steve Michel Mounié (born 29 September 1994) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Brest, whom he captains, and the Benin national team.[2]
 Mounié training in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve Michel Mounié[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Parakou, Benin | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brest | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| 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 | 117 | (27) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Benin | 51 | (16) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Club career
Montpellier
Mounié is a Montpellier 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
Mouniè played for Benin national team at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where the team reached the quarter-finals.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 March 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montpellier | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 38 | 15 | |||
| Total | 37 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | ||
| Nîmes (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 11 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 2017–18 | Premier League | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 9 | |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Championship | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 8 | ||
| Total | 89 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 19 | ||
| Brest | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 37 | 10 | ||
| 2021–22 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 10 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 6 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 117 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 30 | ||
| Career total | 275 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 75 | ||
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 16 | |
- Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mounié goal.[13]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 March 2016 | Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan |  South Sudan | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 | 17 November 2018 | Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia |  Gambia | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 24 March 2019 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin |  Togo | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 18 June 2019 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco |  Mauritania | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 2–1 | |||||
| 6 | 3–1 | |||||
| 7 | 13 October 2019 | Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin |  Zambia | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 8 | 11 October 2020 | Estádio Pina Manique, Lisbon, Portugal |  Gabon | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 2 September 2021 | Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar |  Madagascar | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 7 October 2021 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |  Tanzania | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11 | 11 November 2021 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Madagascar | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12 | 24 March 2022 | Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey |  Liberia | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 13 | 29 March 2022 | Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey | Togo | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 14 | 22 March 2023 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin |  Rwanda | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 15 | 9 September 2023 | Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique |  Mozambique | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 16 | 18 November 2023 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa |  South Africa | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
External links
- Steve Mounié at Soccerbase
