Maurice Junior Dalé (born 12 July 1985) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

of who plays as a striker for ES Fosséenne.

Career

The French-Ivorian began his career with

FC Martigues Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club which plays in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France. The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which has a ...

, where he played until 2008 while spending 2007 on loan at

US Le Pontet US Pontet Grand Avignon 84 (previously Union Sportive Le Pontet Football) is a football club based in Le Pontet, Vaucluse, France. They play at the Stade de Montbord Stade (), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (german: Hansestadt Stade, ...

. In July 2008, Dalé joined

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 o ...

, where he played his first professional match in the

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

on 13 December 2008 against

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

. On 7 August 2009, AC Arles-Avignon signed the forward from AJ Auxerre. After one season with Arles-Avignon, Dalé signed for

Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County which currently plays in fourth division, Ialomi ...

. Due to financial problems of Unirea Urziceni, Dalé on 25 August 2010 agreed to go on loan to Panserraikos F.C. for one year. On 3 October 2010, he scored his first goal for Panserraikos in a 1–0 home win of his team against

Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

. After two-year stint at Romania and Greece, he returned to France and joined

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...

on 28 June 2011. In 2014, Dalé signed with Nancy. In the 2016–17 season he made 25

appearances scoring three goals while Nancy suffered relegation. In July 2017, Dalé joined

Giresunspor Giresunspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club based in Giresun. It was founded in 1925 and re-formed in 1967 after the merger of Yeşiltepespor, Akıngençlikspor, and Beşiktaşspor. The football club is playing in the Turkish S ...

of the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

, the Turkish second tier, on a two-year contract with the option of a third. After returning to

in January 2020, Dalé moved to ES Fosséenne in the summer 2020.Bienvenue Maurice Junior Dalé
esfos.com, 21 June 2020

References

External links

playerhistory.com

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dale, Maurice 1985 births Living people French footballers French sportspeople of Ivorian descent Association football forwards FC Martigues players AJ Auxerre players FC Nantes players AC Arlésien players FC Unirea Urziceni players Panserraikos F.C. players US Pontet Grand Avignon 84 players AS Nancy Lorraine players Giresunspor footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Liga I players Super League Greece players TFF First League players French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Greece French expatriate sportspeople in Greece Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Greece