Barel Morial Mouko (born 5 April 1979) is a Congolese professional

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who plays as a

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for

Daring Club Motema Pembe Daring Club Motema Pembe, or simply DCMP for a short, is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. History Created in 1936 under the name Falcon Daring, by the Rev. Father Raphaël de la Kethulle de Ryhove who was a missionary of the Congr ...

Club career

Mouko was born in

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. He started his career at his home nation Congo, having a brief spell at Gabonese

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, before playing amateur football in France. In 2003, he joined

Dijon FCO Dijon Football Côte d'Or (; literally "Dijon Football Gold Coast"), commonly referred to as Dijon FCO or simply as Dijon, is a French football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in ...

and became the starter goalkeeper, achieving promotion from the

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in his first season. He left the club in 2008, signing for

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in 2009. In the next season, Mouko was signed by his former Dijon manager,

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, to play for

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

. At Lille, Mouko was a reserve to regular goalkeeper

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. He made a few

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appearances after Elana suffered a drop in form during 2013, but spent most of the playing time with the B team. He scored once in the

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International career

Mouko was a regular for the Congo national team, appearing in

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qualifying. In 2010, during the

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, he scored the first goal of a 3–1 win against

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from the penalty spot.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Mouko goal''.

Honours

Lille *

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