Moussa Dembélé

This article is about the French soccer player Moussa Dembélé. He is not to be confused with the Belgian soccer player Mousa Dembélé .

Moussa Dembélé
Moussa Dembélé (2017)
Personnel
birthday	July 12, 1996
place of birth	Pontoise ,  France
size	183 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
2002-2004	Cergy Clos US
2004–2012	Paris Saint-Germain
2012-2016	Fulham FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2013-2016	Fulham FC	54 (15)
2016-2018	Celtic Glasgow	55 (26)
2018–	Olympique Lyon	60 (31)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2011–2012	France U-16	14 0(4)
2013	France U-17	3 0(0)
2013-2014	France U18	3 0(1)
2014-2015	France U-19	10 0(5)
2015-2016	France U-20	4 0(0)
2016–	France U-21	25 0(13)
1 Only league games are given. As of March 8, 2020 2 As of June 27, 2019

Moussa Dembélé (born July 12, 1996 in Pontoise ) is a French football player of Malian descent. The striker has been under contract with Olympique Lyon since summer 2018 .

Career

In the club

Dembélé in a game for Celtic

Dembélé began his career in 2002 with Cergy Clos US youth, before joining Paris Saint-Germain youth in 2004 . He played there until 2012 and then moved to England in the youth department of Fulham FC .

In July 2013 Dembélé signed his first professional contract until June 30, 2015. On November 23, 2013, he sat in the 2-1 defeat by Swansea City for the first time with the first team on the bench, but was not substituted on. Dembélé made his Premier League debut a game day later when he was substituted on for Kieran Richardson on November 30, 2013 in the 3-0 defeat by West Ham United in the 83rd minute . On March 30, 2014, he was in the starting line-up for the first time in the 3-1 defeat by Everton .

In June 2016 Dembélé moved to Scotland to Celtic Glasgow and signed a four-year contract. Dembélé made his debut for Celtic in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Lincoln Red Imps FC from Gibraltar . On September 10, 2016, he managed a hat trick in a 5-1 win in the 402nd Old Firm against Glasgow Rangers . This was last achieved by Stevie Chalmers in 1966. At the end of September Dembélé managed a brace in the Champions League group stage in the 3-3 draw against Manchester City at Celtic Park . On October 23, 2016, he scored the 1-0 winning goal in the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup against the Glasgow Rangers in Hampden Park . In February 2017, he scored two hat tricks in a row in consecutive competitive games against FC St. Johnstone and Inverness Caledonian Thistle . A goal against St. Johnstone was nominated for the 2017 FIFA Puskás Award. With Celtic, he won the national triple of the Scottish Championship , Cup and League Cup twice in 2017 and 2018 .

On August 31, 2018, Moussa Dembélé moved to the French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyon , where he signed a five-year contract. Lyon paid a transfer fee of 22 million euros for him.

In the national team

Dembélé played from the U-16 for all French national teams.

successes

Celtic Glasgow:

• Scottish Champion : 2017 , 2018
• Scottish Cup Winner : 2017 , 2018
• Scottish League Cup Winner : 2017 , 2018

Web links

Commons : Moussa Dembélé  - collection of images

• Moussa Dembélé in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Moussa Dembélé in the database of weltfussball.de
• Moussa Dembélé on soccerway.com (English)
• Moussa Dembélé on the official website of the French Football Association (French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Olympique Lyonnais: Moussa Dembélé dit non aux Aigles de Mali. In: Orange Football Club. February 13, 2019, accessed on August 5, 2019 (Fri-FR). 
2. ↑ Fulham FC: Biography ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Kenny Macintyre: Celtic: Moussa Dembele signs as Stefan Scepovic joins Getafe. BBC Sport, June 28, 2016, accessed September 11, 2016 . 
4. ^ Eamonn Donohoe: Lincoln Red Imps FC 1: 0 (0: 0) Celtic. BBC Sport, July 12, 2016, accessed September 11, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Tom English: Celtic 5: 1 (2: 1) Rangers. BBC Sport, September 10, 2016, accessed September 11, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Tom Deutsch: Celtic 3: 3 (2: 2) Manchester City. BBC Sport, September 28, 2016, accessed October 24, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Tom English: Rangers 0: 1 (0: 0) Celtic. BBC Sport, October 23, 2016, accessed October 24, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Mark Jones: Celtic's Moussa Dembele has scored six goals in his last 88 minutes of football. Daily Mirror, February 11, 2017, accessed February 12, 2017 . 
9. ↑ COMMUNIQUÉ: L'OL INFORME DE L'ARRIVÉE DE MOUSSA DEMBÉLÉ ET LENNY PINTOR. Olympique Lyon, August 31, 2018, accessed September 1, 2018 (French). 
10. ↑ see his profile on the FFF website.