Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé (born 12 November 1988) is a Cameroonian professional

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who last played as a forward for Greek club AEL.

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 The Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien is a French association football team based in the suburb of Saint-Gratien in Paris. The team was founded in 1989 and play in the Championnat National 3, the country's fifth tier of competition. Recent history ...

. Moukandjo returned to Rennes in June 2009, but rescinded his link and joined

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, ...

on 31 August 2009. He appeared regularly for the side in Ligue 2, and later moved to

AS Monaco FC Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Frenc ...

on 31 January 2011. In May 2011, after Monaco's relegation to Ligue 2, Moukandjo was linked with

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. He joined

AS Nancy Lorraine Association Sportive Nancy Lorraine (), commonly known as AS Nancy Lorraine, or simply Nancy, is a French association football club founded in 1967 in Nancy, Grand Est and located in Tomblaine, in the inner suburbs of Nancy. The club currently ...

on 12 August 2011 by signing a three-season contract. On 18 July 2014, Moukandjo moved to Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims on a two-year deal. On 5 August 2015, Moukandjo joined

FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (; commonly referred to FC Lorient or simply Lorient) is a French association football club based in Lorient Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in we ...

, also of Ligue 1. On 8 April 2017, he scored two of Lorient's goals and provided an

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for Sylvain Marveaux in their 4–1 league away win over Olympique Lyonnais. On 13 July 2017, Moukandjo moved to the Chinese Super League side

Jiangsu Suning Jiangsu Football Club (), later known as Jiangsu Sainty F.C. (2000–2016) and Jiangsu Suning F.C. (2016–2021), was a professional football club that participated in the Chinese Super League since 2009 until its dissolution in 2021. The tea ...

on a two-year deal. On 28 February 2018, Moukandjo was loaned to

Beijing Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...

until 31 December 2018. In March 2019 he left Jiangsu Suning by mutual consent. On 11 September 2019, Moukandjo joined Ligue 2 side

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. On 23 January 2020, after his release with RC Lens, Moukandjo joined Ligue 2 rivals

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. On 28 January 2021, Moukandjo signed with Greek club AEL.

International career

On 4 June 2011, Moukandjo made his debut for the

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, starting in a 0–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against

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. He netted his first international goal on 16 June of the following year, the winner against

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. Moukandjo was selected in Cameroon's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in all three group matches, against

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and

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respectively. At the 2015 African Cup of Nations, he scored Cameroon's goal in a 1–1 draw with Guinea at the

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. Two years later, he was named Man of the Match in the

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as Cameroon won the Africa Cup of Nations for the fifth time. In September 2018 he retired from international duty, having scored eight goals in 57 appearances.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moukandjo goal.''

Honours

Cameroon * Africa Cup of Nations:

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References

External links

Stade Rennais profile
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