Eliott Mounoud (born 10 August 1995) is a Swiss

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player who plays as a

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for the Swiss national team. Besides Switzerland, he has played in Georgia, Costa Rica, Israel, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Portugal, and Spain.

Career

Mounoud has lived in

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since the age of five and originally wanted to represent the Spanish national team, and so initially rejected calls from Switzerland. However, after failing to be called up by Spain, he eventually accepted the opportunity to represent his birth nation, debuting in 2017 aged 22. He helped Switzerland reach third place at the

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(claiming the Golden Glove) and was awarded the 2021 and 2022 best goalkeeper in the world award at the

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ceremony.

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Eliott Mounoud
at playmakerstats.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Mounoud, Eliott 1995 births Men's association football goalkeepers Living people Swiss beach soccer players Beach soccer goalkeepers Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Israel Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Poland Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Russia Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Swiss men's footballers Beach soccer players at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for Switzerland European Games medalists in beach soccer 21st-century Swiss sportsmen