Benjamin Moukandjo

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Benjamin Moukandjo
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Moukandjo with Cameroon at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé
Date of birth (1988-11-12) 12 November 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1998–2006 Kadji SA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Kadji SA 15 (12)
2007–2009 Rennes B 14 (2)
2008–2009 Rennes 0 (0)
2008–2009 → L'Entente (loan) 11 (0)
2009–2011 Nîmes 46 (8)
2011 Monaco 16 (3)
2011–2014 Nancy 89 (19)
2014–2015 Reims 31 (8)
2015–2017 Lorient 56 (26)
2017–2018 Jiangsu Suning 10 (7)
2018 → Beijing Renhe (loan) 18 (7)
2019–2020 Lens 4 (0)
2020–2021 Valenciennes 2 (0)
2021 AEL 10 (0)
International career
2011–2018 Cameroon 57 (10)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2017 Gabon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:58, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé (born 12 November 1988) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

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Moukandjo began his career in hometown's Kadji Sports Academy, joining the club's youth setup in 1998, aged 10. Nine years later he moved to France, joining Rennes. In September 2008, after making appearances only for the reserve team of Rennes, he was loaned out to L'Entente SSG.[1]

Moukandjo returned to Rennes in June 2009, but rescinded his link and joined Nîmes on 31 August 2009.[2] He appeared regularly for the side in Ligue 2.

Later he moved to Monaco on 31 January 2011.[3]

In May 2011, after Monaco's relegation to Ligue 2, Moukandjo was linked with Liverpool.[4] He joined Nancy on 12 August 2011 by signing a three-season contract.[5]

On 18 July 2014, Moukandjo moved to Ligue 1 side Reims on a two-year deal.[6]

On 5 August 2015, Moukandjo joined Lorient, also of Ligue 1.[7] On 8 April 2017, he scored two of Lorient's goals and provided an assist for Sylvain Marveaux in their 4–1 league away win over Lyon.[8]

On 13 July 2017, Moukandjo moved to the Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning on a two-year deal.[9][10] On 28 February 2018, Moukandjo was loaned to Beijing Renhe until 31 December 2018.[11][12]

In March 2019 he left Jiangsu Suning by mutual consent.[13]

On 11 September 2019, Moukandjo joined Ligue 2 side Lens.[14][15]

On 23 January 2020, after his release with Lens, Moukandjo joined Ligue 2 rivals Valenciennes where he played just two games.[16]

On 28 January 2021, Moukandjo signed with Greek club AEL.[17][18]

International career

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On 4 June 2011, Moukandjo made his debut for the Cameroon national football team, starting in a 0–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Senegal.[19] He netted his first international goal on 16 June of the following year, the winner against Guinea-Bissau.[20]

Moukandjo was selected in Cameroon's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in all three group matches, against Mexico, Croatia and Brazil respectively.[21]

At the 2015 African Cup of Nations, he scored Cameroon's goal in a 1–1 draw with Guinea at the group stage.[22]

Two years later, he was named Man of the Match in the final as Cameroon won the Africa Cup of Nations for the fifth time.[23] He was the captain of the Cameroon national team for this tournament.

In September 2018 he retired from international duty,[24] having scored eight goals in 57 appearances.[25]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[26][27]
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rennes B 2007–08[citation needed] CFA 12 2 — — 12 2
2008–09[citation needed] 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 14 2 0 0 0 0 14 2
L'Entente 2008–09 National 11 0 — — 11 0
Nîmes 2009–10 Ligue 2 31 3 3 0 — 34 3
2010–11 15 5 5 2 — 20 7
Total 46 8 8 2 0 0 54 10
Monaco 2010–11 Ligue 1 16 3 2 0 — 18 3
Nancy 2011–12 Ligue 1 27 5 1 0 — 28 5
2012–13 35 5 4 4 — 39 9
2013–14 Ligue 2 27 9 — — 27 9
Total 89 19 5 4 0 0 94 23
Reims 2014–15 Ligue 1 31 8 1 0 — 32 8
Lorient 2015–16 Ligue 1 31 13 3 0 — 34 13
2016–17 25 13 — — 25 13
Total 56 26 3 0 0 0 59 26
Jiangsu Suning 2017 Chinese Super League 10 7 1 1 — 11 8
Beijing Renhe (loan) 2018 18 7 1 0 — 19 7
Lens 2019–20 Ligue 2 3 0 1 1 — 4 1
Valenciennes 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
AEL 2020–21 Super League Greece 10 0 1 0 — 11 0
Career total 306 80 24 8 0 0 329 88
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Greek Football Cup.

International

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Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moukandjo goal.[28]
List of international goals scored by Benjamin Moukandjo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 June 2012 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 1–0 1–0 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 17 November 2013 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2–0 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 24 January 2015 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 1–0 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
4 30 March 2015 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1–2 3–2 Friendly
5 3 September 2016 Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 1–0 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6 9 October 2016 Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1–1 1–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 10 January 2017 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1–1 1–1 Friendly
8 14 January 2017 Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville, Gabon File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 1–1 1–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

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Cameroon

References

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  1. ^ Prêt, officiel : Moukandjo à Sannois Saint-Gratien (Loan, official: Moukandjo to Sannois Saint-Gratien); Stade Rennais Online, 15 September 2008 (in French)
  2. ^ Rennes: Moukandjo à Nîmes (Rennes: Moukandjo to Nîmes) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Mercato 365, 31 August 2009 (in French)
  3. ^ Moukandjo pour remplacer Aubameyang (Moukandjo to replace Aubameyang); Football.fr, 31 January 2011 (in French)
  4. ^ Benjamin Moukandjo lined up by Liverpool as Gervinho alternative; Metro, 31 May 2011
  5. ^ Moukandjo a choisi Nancy (Moukandjo chooses Nancy); Nancy's official website, 12 August 2011 (in French)
  6. ^ Benjamin Moukandjo signe au Stade de Reims (Benjamin Moukandjo sign at the Stade de Reims) Archived 23 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Reims's official website, 18 July 2014 (in French)
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  10. ^ 苏宁宣布法甲13球射手加盟 签约2年身披38号 at sina.com 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017 (in Chinese)
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  12. ^ 人和官宣穆坎乔租借加盟 at sohu.com 28 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018 (in Chinese)
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  19. ^ Cameroun-Sénégal: la CAN s'éloigne (0–0) (Cameroon–Senegal: the CAN is far) Archived 27 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine; Okabol, 4 June 2011 (in French)
  20. ^ Eliminatoires CAN 2013: Cameroun 1 – Guinee Bissau 0 (CAN 2013 Qualifications: Cameroon 1 – Guinea-Bissau 0) Archived 19 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Cameroon-Info, 16 June 2012 (in French)
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  27. ^ Ligue 1 profile; Ligue 1. Retrieved on 11 June 2014 (in French)
  28. ^ Benjamin Moukandjo at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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