Matt Moussilou (born 1 June 1982) is a former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker. Born in France, he was
capped
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by
Congo at international level.
Club career
On 2 April 2005, he scored four goals for
Lille
Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...
in a 8–0 win over
Istres
Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture.
Location
I ...
, including a hat-trick in four minutes to be the fastest in
Ligue 1
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history. On 3 February 2007, he played his first Ligue 1 match for
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
against
Sedan. He played as a striker for
OGC Nice
Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice (), commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional association football, football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of Footb ...
and after returning from a loan to
Al-Arabi, he was on 27 August 2009 released from his club.
On 7 September 2009, it was announced that he had joined
Swansea City
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on trial but on 6 October he signed for
Boulogne
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; ; ; or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Hauts-de-France, Northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Pas-de-Calais. Boul ...
on a free transfer, until the end of the season. With Boulogne's relegation at the end of the campaign, Moussilou did not re-sign. In January 2011, he signed with
Lausanne-Sport until the end of the 2010–11 season. Moussilou would go on to spend two and half years with the club before moving on to sign for Tunisian-side
Club Africain
Club Africain (), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. ...
.
International career
In 2006, Moussilou was called up to represent the national team of the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ...
by their new coach
Noel Tosi. Since Moussilou had represented France at under-21 level, however, FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before 31 December 2005. However, the rule was changed, and finally he made a full international debut for
Congo on 12 August 2009 in a friendly against
Morocco
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. He scored his first goal in this match.
Personal life
Moussilou was born in
Paris
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, France,
and is of
Benin
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...
ese and
Congolese descent.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moussilou goal.''
Honours
Lille
*
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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:
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Paris
French men's footballers
Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Lille OSC players
OGC Nice players
AS Saint-Étienne players
Olympique de Marseille players
Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players
US Boulogne players
FC Lausanne-Sport players
Club Africain players
Amiens SC players
FC Le Mont players
Yverdon-Sport FC players
FC Meyrin players
Ligue 1 players
Swiss Super League players
Swiss Challenge League players
Qatar Stars League players
France men's under-21 international footballers
Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
French expatriate men's footballers
Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Black French sportspeople
French sportspeople of Beninese descent
French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
21st-century French sportsmen