Mickaël David Alphonse (born 12 July 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club Ajaccio. Born in

metropolitan France Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ...

, he represents Guadeloupe at international level.

Club career

Alphonse started his career with

CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club is a football club located in Louhans, France. History The club was founded in 1970 as ''Club Sportif Louhans Cuiseaux 71'' after the merger of ''Club Sportif Louhannais'' (founded in 1916) and ''Club de Cuiseaux' ...

and made his senior debut on 7 September 2007 in the 2–2 draw with

Pau FC Pau Football Club (, Bearnese ), known simply as Pau, is a French professional association football club based in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, capital of Béarn. They compete in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Pau FC were fo ...

, coming on as a second-half substitute for Hicham Elouaari. He went on to make 58 league appearances for the club, scoring eight times. In the summer of 2010, he transferring to

FC Rouen Football Club de Rouen 1899 (; commonly referred to as simply FC Rouen) is a French association football club based in Rouen, Normandy. The club was formed in 1899 and currently plays in Championnat National 2, the fourth level of French foot ...

. The following year Alphonse switched clubs again, this time joining Championnat de France Amateur side

AS Moulins Académie Sportive Moulins Football, commonly known as AS Moulins or simply Moulins, is a French football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''fo ...

. He went on to spend two seasons with the club, playing almost 50 games in all competitions. Alphonse signed for Bourg-Péronnas ahead of the 2013–14 campaign and in his second season with the club he was part of the side that finished third in the Championnat National and thereby earned promotion to Ligue 2 for the first time in the team's history. In July 2016, Alphone signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 club FC Sochaux Montbeliard. In July 2018, he signed a three-year contract for Ligue 1 side

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

. In 21 August 2020, he became an

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

player. In 3 February 2022, he signed for a one-year contract with the Israeli Primer League

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

. On 1 July 2022, Alphonse returned to France and signed a two-year deal with Ajaccio.

International career

Alphonse was born in

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and is of Guadeloupean descent. He made his debut for the Guadeloupe national team in a 3–0

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win over Saint Martin on 11 September 2018.

Career statistics

Honours

Maccabi Haifa *

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

: 2021–22

References

External links

Mickaël Alphonse
at foot-national.com * * Living people 1989 births People from Champigny-sur-Marne French people of Guadeloupean descent Footballers from Val-de-Marne Guadeloupean footballers French footballers Association football defenders Guadeloupe international footballers 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Israeli Premier League players Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players FC Rouen players AS Moulins players Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Dijon FCO players Amiens SC players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players AC Ajaccio players Guadeloupean expatriate footballers Guadeloupean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Israel {{Guadeloupe-footy-bio-stub