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Matt Moussilou Personal information Full name Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba Date of birth 1 June 1982 Place of birth Paris, France Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1] Playing position Striker Club information Current club Lausanne-Sport Number 29 Youth career 1994–1997 FC Bourget 1997–1999 Lille Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1999–2001 Lille B 54 (18) 2001–2006 Lille 98 (24) 2006–2007 Nice 19 (0) 2007 → Saint-Étienne (loan) 11 (3) 2007 → Marseille (loan) 4 (0) 2008 → Al-Arabi (loan) 23 (21) 2008–2009 Nice B 20 (18) 2009–2010 Boulogne 15 (1) 2011– Lausanne-Sport 20 (4) National team‡ 2002–2003 France U21 4 (1) 2009– Congo 5 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:08, 13 September 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:00, 6 September 2011 (UTC)Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba (born 1 June 1982 in Paris[2]) is a French-Congolese[3] footballer who plays for Lausanne-Sport in the Swiss Super League as a striker. He has been capped by Congo at international level.
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Club career
On February 3, 2007 he played his first Ligue 1 match for Saint-Étienne against Sedan.[4] He played as a striker for Nice and after returning from a loan to Al-Arabi, he was on August 27, 2009 released from his club.[5]
On September 7, 2009 it was announced that he had joined Swansea City on trial[6] but on October 6, 2009 he signed for Boulogne on a free transfer, until the end of the season.[7] 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 2010–2011 season.[8]
International career
In 2006 he was called up to represent the national team of the Republic of the Congo 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 December 31, 2005.[9] However, the rule was changed, and finally he made a full international debut for Congo on August 12, 2009 in a friendly against Morocco. He scored his first goal in this match.
Goals for Senior National Team
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 2009-08-12 Rabat, Morocco 
Morocco1–1 Drew Friendly match Personal life
Moussilou was born in Paris, France of Beninese and Congolese descent.[10]
References
- ^ "Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://www.soccerway.com/players/matt-devlin-moussilou-massamba/1274/. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ footballdatabase.com Profile
- ^ Profile on National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3646.php. Retrieved February 5, 2007.
- ^ Matt Moussilou joker de Boulogne
- ^ "Swans boss takes two new faces". Swansea City Official Site. http://www.swanseacity.net/page/Latest/0,,10354~1790299,00.html. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
- ^ Matt Moussilou signe avec l'USBCO
- ^ Matt Moussilou signe au LS!
- ^ Reuters (1 September 2006). "FIFA tell Congo they cannot play French-born pair". http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=377765&cc=5739. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
- ^ Playerhistory Profile
External links
Categories:- Republic of the Congo footballers
- French footballers
- Sportspeople from Paris
- France under-21 international footballers
- Lille OSC players
- OGC Nice players
- Beninese footballers
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- US Boulogne players
- Lausanne Sports players
- Ligue 1 players
- French people of Republic of the Congo descent
- 1982 births
- Living people
- French people of Beninese descent
- French expatriate footballers
- Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Qatar
- Beninese expatriates in France
- Al-Arabi Sports Club players
- French people of Black African descent
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