Benjamin Moukandjo
Moukandjo at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé
Date of birth (1988-11-12) 12 November 1988
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) 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  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct 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

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 Stade Rennais. In September 2008, after making appearances only for the reserve team of Stade Rennais, he was loaned out to L'Entente SSG.[1] He will appear in 12 games during that loan.

Moukandjo returned to Rennes in June 2009, but rescinded his link and joined Nîmes Olympique on 31 August 2009.[2] He appeared regularly for the side in Ligue 2. He plays 54 games, for 9 goals and 3 assists.

Later he moved to AS Monaco FC on 31 January 2011.[3] With the Red and White, he played just 17 games, but was able to score three times and assisted once.

In May 2011, after Monaco's relegation to Ligue 2, Moukandjo was linked with Liverpool.[4] He joined AS Nancy Lorraine on 12 August 2011 by signing a three-season contract.[5] With Nancy he plays 94 games, for 23 goals and 5 assists.

On 18 July 2014, Moukandjo moved to Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims on a two-year deal.[6] During those two seasons, he played 32 games, scored 8 times and provided one assist.

On 5 August 2015, Moukandjo joined FC 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 Olympique Lyonnais.[8] With the Merlus, he realized his best performance for a club with 26 goals. He also delivered 4 assists.

On 13 July 2017, Moukandjo moved to the Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning on a two-year deal.[9][10] He will play 11 games there, scoring 8 goals and offer 4 assists. On 28 February 2018, Moukandjo was loaned to Beijing Renhe until 31 December 2018 where he will have 19 appearances. He will also score 7 times and assist 2 times.[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] He just played 4 games with Lens and scored a single goal.

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

On 28 January 2021, Moukandjo signed with Greek club AEL.[17][18] After his 11 games, he just delivered an assist and haven't scored for his last career club.

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

As of matches played 15 May 2021[26][27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes B 2007–08[28] CFA 122——122
2008–09[28] 20——20
Total 1420000142
L'Entente 2008–09 National 110——110
Nîmes 2009–10 Ligue 2 31330—343
2010–11 15552—207
Total 46882005410
Monaco 2010–11 Ligue 1 16320—183
Nancy 2011–12 Ligue 1 27510—285
2012–13 35544—399
2013–14 Ligue 2 279——279
Total 891954009423
Reims 2014–15 Ligue 1 31810—328
Lorient 2015–16 Ligue 1 311330—3413
2016–17 2513——2513
Total 562630005926
Jiangsu Suning 2017 Chinese Super League 10711—118
Beijing Renhe (loan) 2018 18710—197
Lens 2019–20 Ligue 2 3011—41
Valenciennes 2000—20
AEL 2020–21 Super League Greece 10010—110
Career total 306802480032988

International goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moukandjo goal.[29]
List of international goals scored by Benjamin Moukandjo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
116 June 2012Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Guinea-Bissau1–01–02013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
217 November 2013Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Tunisia2–04–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
324 January 2015Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Guinea1–01–12015 Africa Cup of Nations
430 March 2015Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Thailand1–23–2Friendly
53 September 2016Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon Gambia1–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
69 October 2016Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria Algeria1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
710 January 2017Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon Zimbabwe1–11–1Friendly
814 January 2017Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville, Gabon Burkina Faso1–11–12017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Cameroon

References

  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)
  7. ↑ "Mercato. Benjamin Moukandjo signe à Lorient". Ouest France (in French). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Moukandjo, Lorient leave Lyon stunned". www.ligue1.com. 8 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Bongben, Leocadia (14 July 2017). "Cameroon captain Moukandjo joins China's Jiangsu Suning". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  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)
  11. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (28 February 2018). "Cameroon captain Moukandjo joins Chinese side Beijing Renhe on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  12. ↑ 人和官宣穆坎乔租借加盟 at sohu.com 28 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018 (in Chinese)
  13. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (3 March 2019). "Benjamin Moukandjo: Ex-Cameroon skipper leaves Jiangsu Suning". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "NOUVELLE RECRUE" (in French). RC Lens. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  15. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (12 September 2019). "Benjamin Moukandjo: Ex-Cameroon skipper returns to France with Lens". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "Official | Valenciennes welcome Benjamin Moukandjo | Get French Football News". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Le Camerounais Benjamin Moukandjo signe en Grèce" [Cameroonian Benjamin Moukandjo signs in Greece]. RFI (in French). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Ανακοίνωση Λυσης Συμβολαιων". www.aelfc.gr/. 14 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  19. ↑ Cameroun-Sénégal: la CAN s'éloigne (0–0) (Cameroon–Senegal: the CAN is far); 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)
  21. ↑ "8 Benjamin MOUKANDJO". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "Cameroon 1-1 Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  23. ↑ Edwards, Piers (6 February 2017). "How Cameroon's Indomitable Lions roared again". BBC News. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  24. 1 2 Enow, Njie (23 September 2018). "Moukandjo: Nations Cup winning captain retires from Cameroon duty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  25. ↑ "Benjamin Moukandjo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  26. ↑ "Benjamin Moukandjo". L'Equipe. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  27. ↑ Ligue 1 profile; Ligue 1. Retrieved on 11 June 2014 (in French)
  28. 1 2 "Benjamin Moukandjo". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  29. ↑ Benjamin Moukandjo at Soccerway
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