Henri Arnaud Antchouet Rebienot (born 2 August 1979), known as Antchouet, is a Gabonese former

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who last played the for French club FC Gobelins. Nicknamed "The Arrow" due to his agility, the striker spent most of his professional career in

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and played in five other countries abroad. From 2007 to 2009 he served a ban due to doping.Antchouet banned for doping

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, 15 June 2007

Club career

Born in

Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. The area has been inh ...

, Antchouet started his career at the age of 15 in local club

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. After a quick spell in

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he moved to

, first with Leixões SC (then in the third division), and remained there for the vast majority of the following six years. He have had advanced positions among the top scorers in

2002–03 Primeira Liga The 2002–03 Primeira Liga was the 69th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 25 August 2002 with a match between Varzim and Paços de Ferreira, and ended on 1 June 2003. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Sporting ...

with 9 goals, 2003–04 season with 10 goals and 2004–05 season with 12 goals. Consistent performances for

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attracted the attention of

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in July 2005, but Antchouet left Spain after only a few months, returning to Portugal with

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, on loan. After a loan in

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, Antchouet joined

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in Greece, in January 2007, still owned by Alavés, and helped the team win the domestic cup, netting the winner against

Panathinaikos F.C. Panathinaikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός Α.Ο. ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', "All-Athenian ...

just eight minutes from time, as a substitute. On 15 June 2007, however, he was given a two-year ban by the

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, after testing positive for

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. In August 2009 Antchouet returned to active and Portugal, signing with

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side

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. After one season, he was due to change clubs – and countries – again, joining FC U Craiova from Romania in June 2010; however, the deal eventually fell through and he returned to the country he had left, moving to

Moreirense F.C. Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

in division two. In June 2011 Antchouet signed for

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n club

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, scoring on his debut against

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and finding the net against the same rival on 18 December in a 6–0 routing. He finished the season as joint-sixth top scorer, helping his team to the third position in the

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International career

Antchouet made his senior international debut for Gabon national team on 27 February 1999 against South African in

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qualification match, which ended as a 4-1 defeat. He scored his first goal against

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in an international friendly match in 1999. He has also represented Gabon in competitions like 2000 ACN, 2004 ACN and 2013 African Cup of Nations main stages alongside

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and

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qualifiers. Between 1999 and 2012, he appeared in 24 international matches for his country, scoring 3 goals.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first.''

Club statistics

Honours

Leixões *

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: Runner-up 2001–02 *

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: Runner-up

AEL 1964 *

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: 2006–07 Churchill Brothers *

: 2012–13 *

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: 2013–14

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