Mathias Ranégie (; born 14 June 1984) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Early career

He started his career in Masthuggets BK, but left Sweden to be with his

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an father in

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, France, he then started to play for

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in Championnat de France amateur. He then returned to Sweden and

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and played for Majorna BK for one year before they expend their senior team, he then moved to Lärje-Angereds IF where

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got interested in him and signed him prior to the 2007 season, however due to poor performance he only played 14 games and was in the autumn of 2008 loaned out to

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in the Dutch

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, yet a continuing injury made the Dutch club break the loan contract ahead of time.

Häcken

In 2009, he signed for IFK Göteborg's local rivals and newly promoted

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. His first season for his new club proved to be a success as he played 29 games (25 from start) and scored six goals during the team's successful campaign ending at an impressive fifth place in Allsvenskan. Following his successful 2009 season he was hailed by many as a future star and a possible candidate for the top scorer title in Allsvenskan 2010. During the season 2011, it became apparent that Ranégie had improved since his season of 2010 when he scored 12 goals in 30 games. He immediately took a place as the topscorer in Allsvenskan 2011 and when he left the club he had scored 18 goals in 22 games.

Malmö FF

On 30 August 2011 Ranégie signed with Swedish champions

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. The transfer sum was one of the highest ever paid between two Swedish clubs. Ranégie made his debut against

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on 8 September 2011 and scored his first goal against

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on 21 September 2011. On 25 September 2011, Ranégie sealed the championship win for

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

of the 2011 season by scoring the 1–1 tying goal against AIK who were the only championship competitors to Helsingborgs IF at that time. In total Ranégie played seven matches and scored three goals for his first season at Malmö FF.

Udinese

On the last day of the

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, in August 2012, Ranégie transferred to

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club Udinese on a five-year contract. Mathias scored his first goal for Udinese on 24 September, a header against

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in a 2–1 victory.

Watford

On 3 January 2014, Ranégie joined

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from Udinese on a deal until 2017. Ranégie finally made his full Watford debut against Yeovil Town on 18 February 2014. Ranégie opened his Watford account on his home debut, scoring twice in a 4–0 win over

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on 1 March 2014. He left Watford at the end of the 2016–17 season.

Loan to Millwall

After falling down the pecking order at Watford, Ranégie moved on loan to fellow

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side

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on 28 August 2014, until 1 January 2015. He made his debut two days later as a substitute against

on 30 August 2014.

Loan to Dalian Aerbin

On 28 January 2015, Ranégie moved on loan to

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side

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, until 31 December 2015. Upon his return to Watford, Ranégie was informed that he was free to leave the club.

Loan to Djurgården

In February 2016, Ranégie joined

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side

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on a one-season loan. He played 24 league games throughout the campaign, scoring six goals.

Later career

Ranégie was released by Watford upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the 2016-17 season, having not played competitively for the now-

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side since 2014. On 11 August 2017, he returned to former club BK Häcken, six years after initially leaving. Ranégie played 10 games for the club, scoring once, before leaving on a free transfer in November 2017.

International career

Following his performance during the 2009 season he was called up by the Sweden national team's coach

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for the 2010 January tour on the

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. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues. He was once again selected for 2012 tour but withdrew for personal reasons.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Ranégie goal''.

Honours

IFK Göteborg *

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* Svenska Supercupen:

Individual * Allsvenskan top scorer:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

References

External links

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Malmö FF profile
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