Guy Moussi (born 23 January 1985) is a French former professional

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who last played as a

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. He spent several years with both

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the first ...

and

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

, and short spells with

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and

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Sin ...

. He ended his career after one season with Finnish club

HJK Helsinki Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history i ...

Career

Angers

Born in Bondy,

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, Moussi began his career at

. He spent six seasons, where he made 120 appearances, scoring two goals. On 30 June 2008, it was announced that Moussi had travelled to the

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to join

Nottingham Forest

After joining Forest in the summer, Moussi made a confident start to his career in England, becoming a regular in the Forest midfield. However, due to injury, he missed a large portion of his debut English season. After recovering from an injury at the start of the 2009–10 season, Moussi scored his first goal for Nottingham Forest three minutes into added time in the 1–0 win over Barnsley at the City Ground on Tuesday 20 October. His over-enthusiastic celebration earned him a second yellow card, resulting in him being sent off. On 19 July 2011, despite reports linking Moussi with moves to Everton,

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

, Stoke City and

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pl ...

, he re-signed for Nottingham Forest on a three-year deal after his contract had run out on 30 June. On 14 November 2013, Moussi signed on loan for

until 2 January 2014. On 28 May 2014, it was announced Moussi would not be having his contract renewed.

Birmingham City

In November 2014, Moussi signed a two-month deal with Football League Championship club

. Following his signing, he pledged to donate all his salary to four charities: the Birmingham City Disabled Supporters Club, Stop Ebola, a church in Paris () and the TEV Soma Charity, which was raising money to help victims of the

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in Turkey. He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the Championship match at home to

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on 13 December, with Birmingham already 6–1 ahead. He had little opportunity to force himself into a stable first team, and his contract was not extended, his final appearance coming at his former employers Nottingham Forest, where he received a good reception from the Forest fans.

HJK

On the transfer deadline day in February 2015, Moussi signed for Finnish club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moussi, Guy 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Bondy French footballers Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis Association football midfielders Ligue 2 players English Football League players Veikkausliiga players Angers SCO players Nottingham Forest F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players French expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate footballers in Finland