Toifilou Maoulida (born 8 June 1979) is a French former professional

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who played as a striker or as a winger.

Club career

Maoulida was born in

Mayotte Mayotte (; french: Mayotte, ; Shimaore: ''Maore'', ; Kibushi: ''Maori'', ), officially the Department of Mayotte (french: Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is loca ...

, a small island in the Indian Ocean, close to the

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and

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, and raised in

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. He started his professional career at Montpellier Hérault Sport Club in 1997. In January 2002, he was transferred to

Stade Rennais F.C. Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and pla ...

After two seasons, coach

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considered that Maoulida did not fit in any longer with his tactical scheme and he was loaned to

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, in the east of France. There, he scored 12 goals in 33 matches. After returning to Stade Rennais for the 2004–05 season he scored 7 goals in 31 matches. In summer 2005, he was transferred to

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on free transfer, where he failed once more. Eventually, he went to Olympique de Marseille where he finally met success reaching the

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final in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons and getting the second place in the French League 1 in the 2006–07 season. He played for

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

in the 2007–08 season, and joined

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), co ...

in January 2008, at that time of the bottom three in Ligue 1. In August 2011, he signed a contract with Ligue 2 side

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French f ...

. In July 2014, he signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 team

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International career

Given that Comorians consider the Mayotte's people as their own, the country's football federation asked Maoulida to join the Comorian senior team, but he rejected the offer out of respect for the people of his island.

Career statistics

Honours

Montpellier * UEFA Intertoto Cup:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maoulida, Toifilou 1979 births Living people Mayotte people French sportspeople of Comorian descent Mayotte men's footballers Comorian men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Montpellier HSC players Stade Rennais F.C. players FC Metz players AS Monaco FC players Olympique de Marseille players AJ Auxerre players RC Lens players SC Bastia players Nîmes Olympique players Tours FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players