Harold Moukoudi
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| Full name | Harold Desty Moukoudi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bondy, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AEK Athens | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | US Nogent | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Chantilly | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Le Havre | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Chantilly | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Le Havre | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Le Havre B | 44 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Le Havre | 59 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Saint-Étienne | 61 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | AEK Athens | 69 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | France U16 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | France U17 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | France U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | France U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Cameroon | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:20, 8 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Harold Desty Moukoudi (born 27 November 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club AEK Athens. Born in France, he represents Cameroon at international level.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Moukoudi was born in Bondy, the same commune that Kylian Mbappé hails from. His parents were born in Douala, Cameroon. He acquired French nationality on 17 January 2000 through the collective effect of his father's naturalization.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Saint-Étienne
[edit | edit source]At the end of the contract in June 2019, he signed on 29 March 2019 in favour of AS Saint-Étienne.[2] Moukoudi takes his first steps under the on 10 August 2019, the first day of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 season against the Dijon FCO. He is in central defense alongside Loïc Perrin and participates in the Les Verts's victory over the score of two goals to one.
On 31 January 2020 he was loaned to Middlesbrough. He is remembered by Saint-Étienne as early as July, in order to compete in the Coupe de France final against PSG.[3] Moukoudi established himself in the Les Verts workforce as a reliable defence value in the following year. But the 2021-2022 season of the former Le Havre is a nightmare that he competes in 26 games under the green jersey, and wins no victory.[4] The latter were relegated to Ligue 2 after a lose in return against Auxerre.[5]
AEK Athens
[edit | edit source]On 17 August 2022, following his decision to leave Saint-Étienne, Moukoudi travelled to Athens to discuss a possible move to AEK.[6] One day later, the Greek club officially announced the signing of Moukoudi on a free transfer, until the summer of 2026.[7]
On 14 May 2023, AEK celebrated their 13th championship, after a comfortable 4–0 home win over Volos.[8] Ten days later, Moukoudi scored in the Greek Cup final, which saw AEK prevail over PAOK with a 2–0 win and seal their first double since 1978 and third overall, despite playing with ten players from the sixth minute.[9]
In early July, Lens offered a sum between €8 and €10 million, but the greek club turned it down.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]Due to his dual nationality, Moukoudi was originally eligible to play for both the Cameroonian and French national teams. He is a former youth international for France.[11] He debuted for the senior Cameroon national team in a 0–0 friendly tie with Tunisia on 12 October 2019.[12]
Moukoudi competes for his first international competition at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played on 11 September 2025[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Le Havre B | 2014–15 | Championnat National 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | Championnat National 2 | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 44 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 44 | 0 | ||||||
| Le Havre | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 4 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 65 | 6 | ||||
| Saint-Étienne | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[d] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 3 | ||
| Middlesbrough (loan) | 2019–20 | Championship | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| AEK Athens | 2022–23 | Superleague Greece | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2023–24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 9[e] | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 3[f] | 1 | — | 29 | 5 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[f] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 232 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 272 | 18 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Greek Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit | edit source]Saint-Étienne
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2019–20[14]
AEK Athens
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2021[15]
Individual
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Harold Moukoudi at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Harold Moukoudi – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Harold Moukoudi at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Harold Moukoudi at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bondy
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Cameroon men's international footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Cameroonian people of French descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Men's association football central defenders
- US Chantilly players
- Le Havre AC players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- English Football League players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- French expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- 21st-century French sportsmen