Benjamin Moukandjo

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

Club career

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Moukandjo returned to Rennes in June 2009, but rescinded his link and joined Nîmes on 31 August 2009.[2] He appeared regularly for the side in Ligue 2.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

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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[26][27]
Club Season League CupTemplate:Efn Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rennes B 2007–08Script error: No such module "Unsubst". CFA 12 2 — — 12 2
2008–09Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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

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International

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 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Guinea-Bissau flag alias = Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg size = name = altlink = national football team

}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2 17 November 2013 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon {{ Template:Yesno alias = Tunisia flag alias = Flag of Tunisia.svg flag alias-1959 = Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg flag alias-old = Tunisian flag till 1831.svg border-old = flag alias-bey = Flag of Tunis Bey-fr.svg Tunisian National Navy link alias-army = Tunisian Army link alias-air force= Tunisian Air Force Tunisian National Navy size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|4–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

3 24 January 2015 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea {{ Template:Yesno alias = Guinea flag alias = Flag of Guinea.svg size = name = altlink = national football team

}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || 2015 Africa Cup of Nations

4 30 March 2015 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Thailand shortname alias = Thailand flag alias = Flag of Thailand.svg flag alias-1767 = Flag of Thailand (Ayutthaya period).svg flag alias-1782 = Flag of Thailand (1782).svg flag alias-1817 = Flag of Thailand (1817).svg flag alias-1855 = Flag of Thailand 1855.svg flag alias-1893 = State Flag of Thailand (1916).svg flag alias-1916 = Flag of Siam (1916).svg flag alias-marines=Flag of the Royal Thai Marine Corps.svg link alias-marines=Royal Thai Marine Corps border-marines= flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Thailand.svg link alias-naval = Royal Thai Navy flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Thai Navy.svg link alias-navy = Royal Thai Navy flag alias-military=Flag of the Royal Thai Armed Forces HQ.svg link alias-military=Royal Thai Armed Forces flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg link alias-air force = Royal Thai Air Force flag alias-army= Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg link alias-army=Royal Thai Army flag alias-sanctionedFB = THA AFF 2020.png size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|3–2 || Friendly

5 3 September 2016 Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon {{ Template:Yesno alias = The Gambia shortname alias = Gambia flag alias = Flag of The Gambia.svg flag alias-colonial = Flag of The Gambia (1889–1965).svg link alias-naval = Gambian Navy link alias-army = Gambian National Army flag alias-army = Flag of the Gambian Army.svg link alias-navy = Gambian Navy flag alias-navy = Flag of the Gambian Navy.svg size = name = variant = altlink = national football team

}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

6 9 October 2016 Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria {{ Template:Yesno alias = Algeria flag alias = Flag of Algeria.svg flag alias-1830 = Flag of France (1794-1815).svg flag alias-1958 = Flag of Algeria (1958-1962).svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Algeria.svg link alias-naval = Algerian National Navy link alias-air force = Algerian Air Force link alias-army = Algerian Land Forces flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Algeria.svg link alias-navy = Algerian National Navy link alias-military = Algerian People's National Army size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

7 10 January 2017 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon {{ Template:Yesno alias = Zimbabwe flag alias = Flag of Zimbabwe.svg flag alias-1980=Flag of Zimbabwe (WFB 2000).jpg flag alias-army = Flag of the Zimbabwe National Army.svg link alias-army = Zimbabwe National Army flag alias-military=Flag of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.svg link alias-military=Zimbabwe Defence Forces flag alias-air force =Air Force Ensign of Zimbabwe.svg link alias-air force = Air Force of Zimbabwe size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly

8 14 January 2017 Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville, Gabon {{ Template:Yesno alias = Burkina Faso flag alias = Flag of Burkina Faso.svg link alias-military = Burkina Faso Armed Forces size = name = altlink = national football team

}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

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 Template:In lang
  2. ↑ Rennes: Moukandjo à Nîmes (Rennes: Moukandjo to Nîmes) Template:Webarchive; Mercato 365, 31 August 2009 Template:In lang
  3. ↑ Moukandjo pour remplacer Aubameyang (Moukandjo to replace Aubameyang); Football.fr, 31 January 2011 Template:In lang
  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 Template:In lang
  6. ↑ Benjamin Moukandjo signe au Stade de Reims (Benjamin Moukandjo sign at the Stade de Reims) Template:Webarchive; Reims's official website, 18 July 2014 Template:In lang
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  19. ↑ Cameroun-Sénégal: la CAN s'éloigne (0–0) (Cameroon–Senegal: the CAN is far); Okabol, 4 June 2011 Template:In lang
  20. ↑ Eliminatoires CAN 2013: Cameroun 1 – Guinee Bissau 0 (CAN 2013 Qualifications: Cameroon 1 – Guinea-Bissau 0) Template:Webarchive; Cameroon-Info, 16 June 2012 Template:In lang
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