Marius Mouandilmadji (; born 22 January 1998), sometimes known as just Marius, is a Chadian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Chad national team.

Club career

Porto

On 17 July 2018, Mouandilmadji signed a four-year contract with

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. Despite initial media reports stating that the youngster would play for the reserve side, manager

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integrated him with the pre-season main squad. Mouandilmadji made his professional debut for the

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title holders on 11 August as an 81st-minute substitute for fellow

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graduate

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, and scored the final goal of a 5–0 home win over Chaves. He then dropped down to the second team in

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, and scored both of their goals of a 2–1 win over

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on 11 November. On 9 January 2020, Mouandilmadji was loaned to last-placed

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for the rest of the top-flight season. After their relegation, he was named in Porto's first-team squad for 2020–21. He rescinded his contract by mutual consent in January 2021, with 18 months remaining.

Seraing

After being a free agent for six months, Mouandilmadji signed a two-year contract with

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club

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in July 2021.

Samsunspor

On 7 July 2023, recently-promoted

side

announced the signing of Mouandilmadji on a three-year contract.

International career

In August 2019, Mouandilmadji was called up for the first time to the Chad national team, for a

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qualifier against neighbours

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. He started the match, a 3–1 home loss on 5 September. On 29 March 2022, Mouandilmadji scored his first goal for Chad, in a 2–2 draw with

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in the second leg of the preliminary round of

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for the

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International

:''Scores and results list Chad goal tally first.''

Honours

Coton Sport *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Individual * LFPC Youngster of the Month: March 2018 * LFPC Player of the Month: April 2018

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mouandilmadji, Marius 1998 births Living people Belgian Pro League players C.D. Aves players Chad men's international footballers Chadian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Cameroon Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Chadian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Chadian expatriate sportspeople in Cameroon Chadian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Chadian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Chadian men's footballers Coton Sport FC de Garoua players Elite One players FC Porto B players FC Porto players Gazelle FC players Liga Portugal 2 players Men's association football forwards People from Logone Oriental Region Primeira Liga players R.F.C. Seraing (1922) players