Dave Mussard (born 8 February 1987) is a

Seychellois Demographic features of the population of Seychelles include population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Seychelles has no indigenous population and was first permanently settled by a small group ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player and chef. He is a goalkeeper playing for the

Seychelles national football team The Seychelles national football team, nicknamed ''the Pirates'', represents Seychelles in international football and is controlled by the Seychelles Football Federation (SFF). SFF has been a member of the Confederation of African Football (C ...

and has represented Seychelles in the

AFCON The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON and officially known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is san ...

2018.

Internet Sensation

Mussard became an internet sensation during the AFCON 2018 qualifiers. He went viral because of his large shape as a goalkeeper, his daytime job is also a chef at a hotel in

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, ...

. According to publications, most of the team members have daytime jobs and like Mussard they all had to beg for time off in order to play the AFCON cup.

References

1987 births Living people Seychellois men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Seychelles men's international footballers {{Seychelles-footy-bio-stub