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Steve Mounié

Steve Mounié
Mounié training in 2014
Personal information
Full name Steve Michel Mounié[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Parakou, Benin
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 15
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)
2020–2024 Brest 125 (30)
2024– FC Augsburg 10 (0)
International career‡
2015– Benin 56 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2024

Steve Michel Mounié (born 29 September 1994) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Benin national team.[2]

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]

FC Augsburg

On 5 July 2024, Mouniè joined Bundesliga side FC Augsburg on a three-year contract.[11]

International career

Mouniè played for Benin national team at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where the team reached the quarter-finals.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 December 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
Division 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 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 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 32 6 3 1 — 35 7
Total 125 30 10 3 0 0 135 33
FC Augsburg 2024–25 Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 — 11 0
Career total 293 72 18 5 4 1 315 78
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup

International

As of match played 11 October 2024[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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 7 3
Total 56 19
Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mounié goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Steve Mounié
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
17 10 June 2024 Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Nigeria 2–1 2–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 10 September 2024 Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Libya 1–1 2–1 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
19 11 October 2024 Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Rwanda 1–0 3–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ^ "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Benin – S. Mounié – Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Montpellier vs Ajaccio 0–1". Soccerway. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Trois recrues pour Nîmes". L'Équipe. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Montpellier : Steve Mounié prolonge son contrat". L'Équipe. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Sala nets winner as Nantes beat Montpellier". ligue1.com. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Steve Mounie: Huddersfield sign Montpellier striker for a club-record fee". BBC. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. ^ Doyale, Paul (12 August 2017). "Steve Mounié double gives Huddersfield perfect start against Crystal Palace". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "Huddersfield Town 4–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Stade Brestois. Steve Mounié à Brest, c'est officiel". Ouest France (in French). 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Mittelstürmer Steve Mounié wechselt zum FCA" [Centre forward Steve Mounié moves to FCA]. www.fcaugsburg.de (in German). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019". CAFOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019.
  13. ^ Steve Mounié at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  14. ^ a b Steve Mounié at National-Football-Teams.com
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