Steve Michel Mounié (born 29 September 1994) is a Beninese professional

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who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club

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, whom he

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, and the Benin national team.

Club career

Montpellier

Mounié is a

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youth academy graduate. He made his first team debut on 28 October 2014 in a 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue round of 32 home match against

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, replacing Jean Deza after 86 minutes; Montpellier lost the match 1–0. On 31 August 2015, Mounié was loaned to

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of Ligue 2 for the rest of the 2015–16 season. He was the club's top scorer for the season, with 11 goals in 33 competitive matches, all of them scored during the league campaign. On 29 June 2016, Mounié extended his contract with Montpellier by two years to 30 June 2019. On 11 March 2017, Mounié scored for the fifth consecutive Ligue 1 match in a 3–2 home loss to Nantes; it was his 13th league goal of the

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Huddersfield Town

On 5 July 2017, Mounié joined newly-promoted

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club

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on a four-year deal for a club record fee of €13 million (£11.5 million) plus add-ons. The record fee surpassed the previous record £8 million (initial fee) that the club spent on

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from Manchester City a week earlier. Mounié made his competitive debut on 12 August 2017, scoring twice in Huddersfield's first match in the division, a 3–0 win at

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. On 11 February 2018, he scored, assisted Mooy and forced an own goal in a 4–1 home win over AFC Bournemouth.

Brest

On 9 September 2020, Mounié signed with Ligue 1 side

International career

Mouniè played for Benin national team at the

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where the team reached the quarter-finals.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mounié goal.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mounie, Steve 1994 births Living people People from Parakou Beninese footballers Association football forwards Benin international footballers 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Premier League players Montpellier HSC players Nîmes Olympique players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Stade Brestois 29 players Beninese expatriate footballers Beninese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Beninese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England