Louis George P. Appéré (born 26 March 1999) is a Scottish
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for club Northampton Town. He made his senior debut in August 2017.
Early life
Louis Appéré was born in
Perth
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on 26 March 1999. He grew up in Cupar, Fife, where he attended
Bell Baxter High School
Bell Baxter High School is a non-denominational comprehensive school for 11 to 18-year-olds in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. Founded in 1889, it educates over 1,500 pupils mainly from the surrounding villages.
The school is one of 18 secondary schoo ...
. He started playing football for East Fife Junior Supporters' Club at the age of 9 and later spent two years as a youth player with Dunfermline Athletic. He then joined Cupar-based AM Soccer, progressing through from the youth system.
Club career
Appéré began the 2015–16 season playing youth football, before progressing to AM Soccer's adult amateur team as well as appearing as a trialist for Raith Rovers' under-20 development team. In May 2016 he went to Italy for a trial with
A.S. Roma
' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...
after AM Soccer owner
Austin MacPhee
Austin MacPhee (born 11 October 1979) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is currently working as an assistant coach of the Scotland national team and at Aston Villa as a set piece coach. MacPhee holds his Pro Licence and has a ...
brought a YouTube video of the player to Roma's attention. In July 2016, Appéré signed for
Scottish Championship
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Scotland (, ...
club Dundee United, whose manager Ray McKinnon had previously had him on trial at Raith.
Appéré made his first team debut for Dundee United as a substitute in a
Scottish Challenge Cup
The Scottish Professional Football League Challenge Cup,Cowdenbeath on 15 August 2017. He signed a new two-year contract with the club in May 2018.
In January 2019, Appéré joined
Scottish Junior Football East Region Super League
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club Broughty Athletic on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. After scoring 22 goals in 20 appearances for Broughty, he returned to Dundee United and was able to break into the first team squad on a regular basis.
He scored his first goal for Dundee United on 19 July 2019 in a
Scottish League Cup
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tie against Cowdenbeath. His first league goal came on 30 August 2019, the second goal in a 6–2 victory in the Dundee derby against
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
. On 17 October 2019, the club announced that Appéré had extended his contract with Dundee United until the summer of 2022. He went on to score 6 goals in 33 appearances during the 2019-20 season as Dundee United won the Championship title.
Following United's promotion to the
Scottish Premiership
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, Appéré initially struggled for playing time. He scored his first top-flight goal against
St Johnstone
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...
on 12 January 2021, and also assisted
Lawrence Shankland
Lawrence Shankland (born 10 August 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian and the Scotland national team.
Shankland began his career at Queen's Park before moving ...
to score from 53 yards in the same match.
Northampton Town
On 31 January 2022, Appéré joined
EFL League Two
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club Northampton Town for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half year deal.
International career
Appéré was born in Scotland and is of French descent, and holds both passports. He received his first call-up to the Scotland under-21 team for scheduled fixtures in March 2020 against
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and
Greece
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, only for the matches to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.