Éric Mouloungui (born 1 April 1984) is a Gabonese former professional

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who played as a winger. He spent most of his career in France while representing the Gabon national team at international level.

Club career

Mouloungui was born in

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, Gabon. He began his career in his native Gabon at Mangasport Moanda, before moving to

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side Vauban Strasbourg, France in 2002. Here he spent a year before signing for

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, then of the French top flight. For the first half of the 2005–06 season Mouloungui gained first-team experience on loan to

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before returning to his

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based parent club in January 2006. Here he made two first team appearances, not scoring, as Strasbourg were relegated to Ligue 2. In the 2006–07 season he was top goal scorer for his side with 11 goals from 30 games, helping the club make a swift return to the French top flight, after just one season spent in the second tier. He became first choice forward for his club, starting Strasbourg's first Ligue 1 game in the 2007–08 season alongside on-loan

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striker

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against French giants

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with the game ending in a 0–0 draw. In 2008, he joined

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based side

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, taking the number 11 shirt. On 17 July 2014, Mouloungui transferred to

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side Shenyang Zhongze.

International career

In the

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he scored a goal in the quarterfinals, but it did not help the team further, as they lost on penalties. But it is still the best result in history

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* * 1984 births Living people People from Ogooué-Maritime Province Men's association football forwards Gabonese men's footballers Gabon men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players AS Mangasport players AS Pierrots Vauban Strasbourg players RC Strasbourg Alsace players FC Gueugnon players OGC Nice players Al Wahda FC players Śląsk Wrocław players Shenyang Zhongze F.C. players CF Mounana players AS Béziers Hérault (football) players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Gabon Championnat National D1 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players Ekstraklasa players China League One players UAE Pro League players Gabonese expatriate men's footballers Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates 21st-century Gabonese sportsmen {{Gabon-footy-bio-stub