Mathias Coureur (born 22 March 1988 in

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) is a Martiniquais professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Born in

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, Coureur started his professional career in France, playing for

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, Nantes B and

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, before moving to Spanish side Orihuela in 2010. He later spent one-and-a-half seasons with fellow

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club

Atlético Baleares Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

. With Baleares, he won the

2011–12 Segunda División B The 2011–12 Segunda División B season is the 35th since its establishment. The first matches of the season were played on 20 August 2011, and the season ended on 24 June 2012 with the promotion play-off finals. Group 1 * Teams from Asturias, ...

Group III title. In early 2013 Coureur returned to his country to play for

. After successful 5 months in the

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, Coureur joined Huracán Valencia in July 2013. He made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Reus Deportiu on 25 August. Coureur scored his first goal for Huracán on 14 September, in a 4–0 home win over

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Cherno More Varna

On 16 June 2014, Coureur signed with Bulgarian side Cherno More Varna on a two-year deal. He made his debut in a 0–0 home draw against Ludogorets Razgrad on 26 July, coming on as a substitute for

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. On 31 May 2015, Coureur scored the winning goal in the 119th minute of the 2015 Bulgarian Cup Final against Levski Sofia, giving Cherno More their first ever Bulgarian Cup trophy. With Varna, he also won the

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. He finished the 2014–15 season as the club's top scorer with 9 goals in all competitions.

Dinamo Tbilisi

On 28 May 2016, after his contract with Cherno More expired, Coureur joined Georgian champions

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 i ...

. He left the club, however, shortly after that on a mutual agreement, after his team failed to qualify for the group stages of the European competitions. He appeared in 2 matches for Dinamo Tbilisi in the Umaglesi Liga.

Lokomotiv GO

He returned to Bulgaria, playing for newly promoted A PFG club Lokomotiv GO during the autumn of 2016.

Kaisar

On 13 January 2017, Coureur signed with Kazakh club Kaisar.

Cherno More Varna (second spell)

On 15 January 2020, he returned to his former club Cherno More Varna and was greeted positively by the fans of the team. He scored his first

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for the club on 16 August 2020 in a game against

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Coureur topped the goalscoring charts in the

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before the winter break, netting 15 times.

Samsunspor

In January 2021, he signed a contract with Turkish team Samsunspor.

NorthEast United

On 18 September 2021, he joined

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side

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on a one-year deal. He made his ISL debut on 20 November against Bengaluru FC in a 4–2 loss, in which he scored a goal. He left the club on 7 January 2022, due to personal issues.

Cherno More Varna (third spell)

In January 2022 it was confirmed that Coureur will once again become part of the Cherno More team.

International career

In June 2013, Coureur was named in the 23-man

squad for the

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. He made his debut in the championship on 7 July in the first group game against

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, coming on for the last 9 minutes in place of

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. On 12 July, Coureur started in Martinique's second group game, a 1–0 defeat to

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. On 3 September 2014, Coureur scored his first international goal in a 6–0 win over

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during the 2014 Caribbean Cup qualifying. In November 2014, he was named in Martinique's squad for the finals of

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Personal life

In January 2022, Coureur tested positive for

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Atlético Baleares *

(Group III): 2011–12 Cherno More *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

: 2014–15 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coureur, Mathias 1988 births Living people French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Martiniquais men's footballers Martinique men's international footballers Martiniquais expatriate men's footballers AS Beauvais Oise players FC Gueugnon players Orihuela CF players CD Atlético Baleares footballers Huracán Valencia CF players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa players FC Kaisar players Seongnam FC players NorthEast United FC players Samsunspor footballers Tercera División players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Kazakhstan Premier League players K League 1 players TFF First League players Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in India French expatriate sportspeople in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan French expatriate sportspeople in South Korea French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in India Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in Spain Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Martiniquais expatriate sportspeople in India 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Fort-de-France Indian Super League players