Mathias Coureur (born 22 March 1988) is a Martiniquais professional

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who plays as a forward for Chantilly.

Career

Born in

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, Coureur started his professional career in France, playing for

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, Nantes B and Gueugnon, before moving to Spanish side

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in 2010. He later spent one-and-a-half seasons with fellow

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club Atlético Baleares. With Baleares, he won the

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Group III title. In early 2013 Coureur returned to his country to play for

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. After successful 5 months in the

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, Coureur joined Huracán Valencia in July 2013. He made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Reus Deportiu on 25 August. Coureur scored his first goal for Huracán on 14 September, in a 4–0 home win over Elche Ilicitano.

Cherno More Varna

On 16 June 2014, Coureur signed with Bulgarian side Cherno More Varna on a two-year deal. He made his debut in a 0–0 home draw against

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on 26 July, coming on as a substitute for Daniel Georgiev. On 31 May 2015, Coureur scored the winning goal in the 119th minute of the 2015 Bulgarian Cup Final against Levski Sofia, giving Cherno More their first ever Bulgarian Cup trophy. With Varna, he also won the 2015 Bulgarian Supercup. He finished the 2014–15 season as the club's top scorer with 9 goals in all competitions.

Dinamo Tbilisi

On 28 May 2016, after his contract with Cherno More expired, Coureur joined Georgian champions

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. He left the club, however, shortly after that on a mutual agreement, after his team failed to qualify for the group stages of the European competitions. He appeared in 2 matches for Dinamo Tbilisi in the Umaglesi Liga.

Lokomotiv GO

He returned to Bulgaria, playing for newly promoted

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club Lokomotiv GO during the autumn of 2016.

Kaisar

On 13 January 2017, Coureur signed with Kazakh club Kaisar.

Cherno More Varna (second spell)

On 15 January 2020, he returned to his former club Cherno More Varna and was greeted positively by the fans of the team. He scored his first

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for the club on 16 August 2020 in a game against Etar Veliko Tarnovo Coureur topped the goalscoring charts in the league before the winter break, netting 15 times.

Samsunspor

In January 2021, he signed a contract with Turkish team

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NorthEast United

On 18 September 2021, he joined

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side

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on a one-year deal. He made his ISL debut on 20 November against Bengaluru FC in a 4–2 loss, in which he scored a goal. He left the club on 7 January 2022, due to personal issues.

Cherno More Varna (third spell)

In January 2022 it was confirmed that Coureur will once again become part of the Cherno More team.

International career

In June 2013, Coureur was named in the 23-man

squad for the

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. He made his debut in the championship on 7 July in the first group game against

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, coming on for the last 9 minutes in place of Yoann Arquin. On 12 July, Coureur started in Martinique's second group game, a 1–0 defeat to

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. On 3 September 2014, Coureur scored his first international goal in a 6–0 win over

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during the 2014 Caribbean Cup qualifying. In November 2014, he was named in Martinique's squad for the finals of 2014 Caribbean Cup in

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Personal life

In January 2022, Coureur tested positive for

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Martinique's goal tally first.''

Honours

Atlético Baleares *

(Group III): 2011–12 Cherno More *

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: 2014–15 * Bulgarian Supercup:

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Golden Lion *

: 2022–23

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